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JANUARY 5. 2005 Updated: June 11, 2005 Florence Aubenas, Libération ABDUCTED Aubenas, a French journalist with the daily newspaper Libération, and her Iraqi translator, Hussein al-Saadi, were released by their kidnappers on June 11 after spending more than five months in captivity.

JANUARY 5, 2005 Posted: January 19, 2005 Adil Aidan, Al-Arabiya HARASSED, IMPRISONED Aidan, a correspondent for news channel Al-Arabiya, was arrested after the station aired a disputed report of clashes between Kuwaiti government forces and militants.

JANUARY 4, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 Segun Jacob Olatunji, Nigerian Tribune Yomi Odunuga, Punch Ibrahim Samaila, Punch Francis Ojo, Daily Champion Kennedy Egbonodje, Daily Trust Akin Osimolade, Tell

JANUARY 2, 2005 Posted: January 18, 2005 Majdi al-Arabid, Channel 10 TV ATTACKED Al-Arabid, who was on assignment for Israel’s Channel 10 TV, was shot in the stomach near Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip while reporting on IDF operations against Palestinians suspected of firing rockets into Israel. Channel 10 reporter Sholmi Eldar, who…

MAY 3, 2004 Posted: June 10, 2005 Mohamed Halane, HornAfrik ATTACKED Nuradin Mualin Muktar, Baydhabo.com and Midnimo.com ATTACKED Halane, a reporter for private radio HornAfrik and Mualin, an online journalist, were injured in a huge blast at a Mogadishu stadium, where they were covering a rally by Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. At least 15…