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AFGHANISTAN
Not Much Good News for the Media
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Good news has become harder to come by these days in Afghanistan, especially as the war-ravaged country gears up for the parliamentary election scheduled on Sep. 18.
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INDIA
Kashmiri Youngsters Wage Online Struggle
By Athar Parvaiz – Asia Media Forum*
SRINAGAR, India - Rasik Rasheed’s (not his real name) hefty Internet bills hardly bother his family. Cooped up at home due to curfews and strikes here for nearly three months now, youngsters like him have been busy not just with their studies but with waging what they call the Kashmir struggle on the Internet.
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PHILIPPINES
Media Take a Hit in Hostage Crisis
By Kara Santos – Asia Media Forum*
MANILA - In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine media are finding themselves a target of anger by many who say that sensationalism and no-holds-barred coverage added to the bloody end to a crisis they call an international embarrassment.
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Women Pulling Out of the Technological Gap
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - When she gets up in the morning, Ghadeer Malek, a young Palestinian feminist activist, checks her Facebook page to keep up on new developments and messages linked to her work.
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MEXICO
The Voice of the Community Faces Numerous Threats
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - The Jenpoj ("winds of fire) community radio station in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, which plays an important role in keeping the Mixe indigenous community informed, has had its equipment confiscated and has fought and won a court case to get a broadcast license.
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Brazil Aims for World's "Most Perfect" Population Census
By Thalif Deen
RIO DE JANEIRO - Come Dec. 31, about 68 countries are expected to complete the arduous task of taking an accurate head count of the number of people living within their geographical borders.
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MEXICO
Threats Against Journalists: "You're Vulnerable, and It's Hard to Accept"
By Daniela Pastrana
MEXICO CITY - "The threats change your whole life," said Jade Ramírez, a journalist who has been living for months with that burden, which also hangs over a growing group of her colleagues in Mexico.
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ARGENTINA
Transvestite Magazine Fights Media Stereotypes
By Sebastián Lacunza
BUENOS AIRES - The magazine El Teje, which is published in the Argentine capital and presents itself as "the first transvestite publication in Latin America," has been fighting the stigmatisation of the trans community for nearly three years.
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RIGHTS-PAKISTAN
Film Gives Women Survivors A New Take on Life
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Pakistan - "The first film I make when I go back to my village will be about unequal wages women peasants get compared to their male counterparts," says Haseena Mallah, an unlettered farmhand in her 40s.
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MALAYSIA
Let Information Flow, State Tells Federal Gov’t
By Baradan Kuppusamy – Asia Media Forum*
KUALA LUMPUR - The freedom of information bill pending in opposition-ruled Selangor state may be just at the state level, but it throws a direct challenge to the federal government of Malaysia and its strict controls on the media.
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MEDIA-PHILIPPINES
Citizen Journalism Gets Public Involved
By Kara Santos - Asia Media Forum*
MANILA - Television news images of a phony policeman on a motorcycle escorting a sedan travelling against the flow of traffic – submitted by a passing motorist – is a sign of the changing face of journalism and public involvement in the Philippines.
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INDIA
Amid Renewed Violence, Kashmir Journalists Become the News
By Athar Parvaiz – Asia Media Forum*
SRINAGAR, India - Abdul Rehman stopped in his tracks when he did not see his usual newspapers strewn out on his lawn one morning this month. But little did he know that he would not see newspapers, whether out on the newsstands or delivered to subscribers like him, for three more days.
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MEXICO
Local Media in the Line of Fire
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - It is open season on local media in states and cities in the interior of Mexico, which are virtually unprotected against violent attack and have been the worst hit by the murders of at least eight journalists this year.
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EU
This Big Brother Is in the U.S.
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS - Private information on innocent citizens will be handed over to U.S. law enforcement authorities under an agreement slated for approval by the European Parliament this week.
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ARGENTINA
Poorest First Served with Free Digital TV
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - In contrast to what has happened in most countries that have switched from analogue to digital television, in Argentina the technological leap has begun with the poorest households.
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