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12 May, 2008


- "Le nouveau Syndicat des journalistes publie son premier rapport sur la liberté de la presse"
Lebanon - "Au bord de la guerre civile?"


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12 May

النقابة التونسية الجديدة للصحافيين تصدر أول تقرير عن حرية الصحافة

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Tunisia - "New journalists' union issues first report on press freedom" Exclusive
Lebanon - " Moroccan Student in Lebanon Chronicles Life in the Middle of Political Crisis" (EN-FR)
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·Arab League SecGen Calls Meetings with Lebanese Leaders Positive
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·Hezbollah says it will return things to normal in Lebanon after government reversed decisions
·Bush criticizes Mideast extremists, says US, Israel oppose Iran's nuclear ambitions
·Lebanon: 40 Sunni Officers Threaten to Resign
·Iraqi forces hunt for al-Qaeda militants door-to-door in Mosul
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·Sadr City: The Calm after the Ceasefire

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Tunisia. "New journalists' union issues first report on press freedom"

by Jamel Arfaoui

In its first annual report on press freedoms since reorganisation, the new National Union of Tunisian Journalists made numerous claims of harassment and censorship by the government. Critics say the union lacks factual support for its arguments.
Tunisi. May. 12, 2008 - - The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) is calling for legal immunity for journalists and a review of media regulations in accordance with international standards of press freedom and independence.

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 Today: Lebanon

Today Exclusive! - " Moroccan Student in Lebanon Chronicles Life in the Middle of Political Crisis"

by Lydia Beyoud (*)

Beirut. May (Mai) 14, 2008 - (EN-FR) -Manal, a female Moroccan blogger studying at the American University of Beirut, has been drawing lots of attention to her blog Carpe Diem with her on going account of the rising crisis in Lebanon. Manal fills her readers in with a mix of trepidation, hope and on-the-street commentary, offering what is perhaps a rare glimpse at a foreign -though Arab- “on the ground” perspective of what's happening in Beirut. The following are extracts from several of her most recent posts: In her most recent post dated Monday, May 12, 2008, she reacts to Sunday's relative calm following a recent ceasefire:


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 Today: Tunisia

Today "A cinematographic pole"

Tunis. May 12, 2008 - A major Italian film producer, Mario Cotone, who is jointly producing a movie entitled the "Door of the Wind" (La Porta del Vento), by the filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore, is currently in Tunisia where large parts of the movie are being shot and produced. During his meeting with the Tunisian Minister of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, the producer expressed his willingness to set up other projects in Tunisia, which he said was a "successful destination of the top of the range cinema industry, thanks to its stimulating political and cultural climate, to its beauty and diversity, as well as to its natural sites and the high artistic and technical potential of its young people".


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 Today: Lebanon

Today "Fighters shut down media"

Gunmen loyal to Hezbollah have shut a pro-government TV station and newspaper as battles continued between the group and Lebanese government supporters.
Beirut. May 09, 2008 - Future News, owned by Saad Hariri, the leader of the pro-Western governing coalition, went off the air as fighting entered a third day. The offices of Mr Hariri's al-Mustaqbal newspaper were reportedly set ablaze by opposition gunmen. Fighting erupted over a government move to shut Hezbollah's telecoms network. At least 10 people, mainly civilians, have been killed and more than 20 injured in several parts of the city since the clashes began.


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Terrorism has no religion: Latest Campaign"


12-18 Mai, 2008 - Terrorism feeds on the division of people, wanting to subjugate even the most basic of daily pleasures. The fight against terrorism is all the more potent when people come together in strength and when they refuse to allow sectarianism to divide their ranks. Click to view: www.noterror.info/Match.wmv

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