Hezbollah courier convicted in Cyprus
Hezbollah . A three-judge panel found Hossam Taleb Yaacoub guilty of five counts, including participating in a criminal organization, The New York Times reported. Sentencing was postponed. "It has been...
View ArticleDFL Republican lawmaker broke law with letters to newspapers
Minnesota's Democratic Party asked an administrative judge on Thursday, March 21, to rule that a veteran Republican lawmaker broke the law with letters to newspapers saying that four Democrats had...
View ArticleJournalist gunned down in Guatemala
A journalist with Nuestro Diario newspaper was fatally shot in the eastern Guatemalan province of Jutiapa, the publication said Thursday. Jaime Napoleon Jarquin Duarte, 63, was a former schoolteacher...
View ArticleChidambaram to inaugurate national editors conference tomorrow
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will inaugurate a two-day national editors' conference on social and infrastructure issues here tomorrow. The conference will deliberate on crucial policy decisions,...
View ArticleEsquire editor brands women ornamental objects
The editor of leading men's magazine Esquire has claimed that the women who are featured in his magazine are 'ornamental objects' and should be admired in the same way that people look at 'cool cars'....
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Phoenix Satellite stake diluted by News Corp
WASHINGTON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has diluted its stake in Hong Kong listed broadcaster Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings by selling a 5.28 per cent stake for $92 million, as part of...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor Perry right to refuse federal money
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Fred Koeckritz Perry right to refuse federal money The article in Sunday's paper titled "Perry's hazardous health care policy" by Mr. Nick Jimenez states that $4 billion annually is...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor Blue Texas No thanks.
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Steven D. Putnam Blue Texas? No thanks. RE: Dave McNeely's "What it would take to turn Texas blue," March 21 So Dave McNeely, and many others, including the owners of this paper, want...
View ArticleCSMonitor editors share their favorite people to follow on Twitter
Twitter turned 7 this week. In celebration of the social network's birthday, The Christian Science Monitor compiled a list of favorite Twitter accounts. Each is informative and useful in its own way....
View ArticleFrench Newspaper Reprints Controversial Cartoons
Paris, Feb. 1 2006 (VOA News) -- A French newspaper has published Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have stirred outrage in the Muslim world. France-Soir newspaper says it is simply...
View ArticlePress Club of India elections sees youth making a mark
This year's elections at the Press Club of India has seen the votes going more in favour of youth. The team led by Anand Kishore Sahay emerged as the winner, cornering 70 per cent of the over 1106...
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Slow down in media coverage means less journalists
A Pew Research study has revealed there was a continued erosion of news reporting resources in 2012. Shrinking reporting power has been documented in a report which has estimates that newspaper...
View ArticleU.S. We still support Syrian rebels
Obama administration Monday offered no strategy changes for pushing Syrian leader Bashar Assad out of power following the resignation of a key rebel leader. White House deputy press secretary Josh...
View ArticleMan gets prison for enslaving 4 children
A judge in Michigan Monday sent a Ypsilanti man to federal prison for 11 1/4 years for enslaving four West African children in his home for years. Jean-Claude Toviave, originally from Togo, showed no...
View ArticleAnthony Lewis of Cambridge New York Times journalist 85
Anthony Lewis of Cambridge, a former newspaper reporter and longtime New York Times columnist who won Pulitzer Prizes in 1955 and 1963, died yesterday at his home.Mr. Lewis died in his sleep from...
View ArticleSan Francisco Chronicle Paywall The Citys Biggest Newspaper Starts Charging...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Chronicle announced over the weekend that the paper would begin charging for a large portion of its online content by imposing a paywall. Since it became one of the...
View ArticlePolice Berezovsky apparently hanged self
Boris Berezovsky , the financially distressed Russian oligarch living in Britain, appears to have hanged himself, police said Monday. Thames Valley Police released a statement saying there were no...
View ArticleLondon museum hit by fire
More than 100 firefighters spent hours Monday battling a blaze in a museum in London. The fire at the Cuming Museum and Newington Library in Southwark was reported in late morning, The Guardian...
View ArticleNewspaper review Cyprus crisis not yet over
The crisis in Cyprus continues to dominate the papers, with the Telegraph saying the tragedy is still unfolding. Its banking sector is not being restructured so much as demolished thanks largely to...
View ArticleAmanda Knox retrial Top Italy court to rule
Amanda Knox in her roommate's murder, lawyers told Italy's top court ahead of a Tuesday ruling on a new Knox trial. The prosecution "started with an error and the prosecution continues to insist in the...
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