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/ 16 January 2006
Thousands of angry protesters took to the streets across Pakistan on Sunday to condemn an American air strike aimed at al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, that left at least 18 people dead. Up to 10 000 people reportedly protested at rallies in the largest city, Karachi.
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/ 16 January 2006
Iran stepped up its defiance of international pressure over its nuclear programme on Sunday by warning of soaring oil prices if it is subjected to economic sanctions. Last week, Manouchehr Takin, of the Centre for Global Energy Studies, argued that crude prices could hit a barrel if Iran stopped exporting. ”Supply and demand are very tightly balanced,” he said.
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/ 16 January 2006
Having come under fire for flouting the hallowed rules of South African journalism by bringing his own experiences into his columns, David Bullard says what’s good enough for the likes of Bernard Levin is good enough for him.
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/ 16 January 2006
There are many theories why big conglomerates are suddenly buying up independent "community" newspapers, but the answer appears simply to lie in the sector’s exponential growth in revenues. Raymond Joseph considers what this means for the grassroots voice.
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/ 16 January 2006
<i>New York Times</i> reporter Judith Miller abetted the illegal activities of White House officials in a campaign to smear a whistle-blower. Sean Jacobs writes that her jail sentence was more a statement on the sorry state of journalism than a heroic protection of her sources.
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/ 16 January 2006
Despite consumer inflation being consistently lower than "adflation", Harry Herber thinks media prices in South Africa are just too low. Who wants to buy him a whiskey?
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/ 16 January 2006
Media lawyers in Africa might operate in an environment of learning, but legal progress is lagging way behind movements in commerce and technology. Mark Rosin argues the law cannot be a donkey amongst thoroughbreds.
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/ 16 January 2006
An alternative to the antagonistic relationship that often exists between print and online is an obvious collaboration that results in better journalism. Matthew Buckland explains.
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/ 16 January 2006
First there was the decolonisation process that started in the ’50s, then came the deregulation of the ’90s. The "third wind" to change the African print landscape could be driven by pan-African projects out of South African companies like Johncom and Naspers. Wallace Chuma reports.
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/ 16 January 2006
The sense Kim Novick gets on talking to the big players in the African outdoor environment is that there’s every reason for optimism, but tough lessons await the unwary. Less gung-ho and more softly-softly is the new order.