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Richard Pyle Associated Press May 31, 2006 With the deaths of two CBS television crew members from a car bomb in Baghdad, the casualty toll among journalists in Iraq has risen to 71 — the same number that were killed or presumed dead during the Vietnam War, the deadliest ever for the media until now.

Robert Mahoney May 4, 2006 11:44 AMPublished in The Guardian’s Comment is Free blog http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/robert_mahoney/2006/05/press_freedom.html Could you pick out Equatorial Guinea on the world map? Or Turkmenistan, or Eritrea? Probably not at the first attempt. These countries are usually below the radar of the international media, and the autocrats who run them like it that…

Ann Cooper The Seattle Times April 19, 2006 Hu Jintao and Bill Gates will have had a lot to talk about Tuesday, when the Chinese president visited Microsoft’s Redmond campus.

Jonathan Katzenellenbogen International Affairs Editor Business Day, South Africa March 29, 2006 NEARLY a year ago Ethiopia was viewed by western donors as reform-minded, progressive, and on a path to growth and political liberalisation. Today it is state of repression and fear.

Gerardo Reyes El Nuevo Herald March 19, 2006 Alos periodistas colombianos no les queda otra posibilidad que ejercer su oficio en puntillas. Están condenados a cubrir la historia de su país con la delicadeza del cazador de minas que trata de no pisar los intereses de quienes podrían ejercer el derecho artillado de la réplica.

James Pinkerton Houston Chronicle Feb. 27, 2006 HARLINGEN – Three weeks after gunmen shot him five times, Jaime Orozco tells friends he’s itching to get out of his hospital bed and back to his true passion – newspapers.

Paul McLeary From CJR Daily The Water Cooler Feb. 24, 2006 Earlier this month, the Committee to Protect Journalists released its “Attacks on the Press 2005” report, which documents the number of journalists killed in the line of duty last year along with violent attacks on the press and journalists who have been imprisoned because…

Paul Steiger St. Petersburg Times February 20, 2006 For 24 years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has remained steadfast in its mission to defend the press around the world. But in 2005, that mission meant paying unusual attention to what was happening at home. From Iraq to China, from Uzbekistan to Zimbabwe, 2005 was another…

Clarence Page Chicago Tribune January 29, 2006 SAN`A, Yemen: A lot of people were alarmed to see that Palestinians gave the terrorist Hamas organization an upset victory last week over the reputedly corrupt Fatah in parliament elections. But, in this part of the world, any change of power through ballots instead of bullets is a…