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BP CEO hits back at media and politicians (AP)

October 25th, 2010

Bob Dudley, Group Chief Executive of BP speaks at the annual Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference, at the Grosvenor House hotel, in London, Monday Oct. 25, 2010. Dudley defended potentially dangerous deepwater drilling, even as he attempted to strike a penitent note for the devastating Gulf of Mexico spill in his first external address since taking the top job. The American also stressed BP's commitment to the United States despite the ongoing political and public fallout there and talked up the company's ability to withstand the expected financial hit from the spill.(AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley accused some politicians and the media on Monday of being too hasty to pin all the blame on his company for the devastating…

Foreign media barred from covering Myanmar vote (AP)

October 18th, 2010

Local women ride bicycle on their way to a local bazaar on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, in Myanmar's new administrative city of Naypyitaw. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Foreign journalists will not be allowed into Myanmar to cover the military-ruled country’s first election in 20 years, election officials said Monday, issuing the latest restriction for an…

British media join forces against Murdoch buyout (AP)

October 12th, 2010

A view of the Sky TV headquarters in west London, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has dominated Britain's press for decades, shaking Fleet Street to its foundations and dueling with the BBC. But Murdoch's latest move, an attempt to consolidate his hold over the broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, may be a step too far. An unprecedented media coalition has appealed to the government to take a close look at the multibillion-pound (-dollar) buyout. Murdoch's News Corp. owns 39 percent of BSkyB and wants to buy the rest of it. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - He’s dominated Britain’s media landscape for decades, shaking Fleet Street to its foundations and dueling with the venerable BBC.


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Jamaica media push for libel law reform (AP)

October 5th, 2010

AP - Media organizations are pushing parliament to overhaul Jamaica’s libel law, complaining that the difficulty and cost of fighting off lawsuits, coupled with the risk of huge judgments, are…

WikiLeaks chief lashes out at media during debate (AP)

September 30th, 2010

AP - WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange lashed out at the mainstream media during a debate at a London university Thursday, fighting back at a string of unfavorable stories that have…

China’s media say 3 Japanese freed, 1 still held (AP)

September 29th, 2010

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, Japanese Coast Guard vessel Kudaka, top, and a Chinese fisheries patrol ship sail side by side in the waters near disputed Senkaku islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan's major newspapers, reported the Chinese ship that patrols Chinese fishing boats has been spotted since Sept. 24 in the water about 22 kilometers (13.75 miles) outside the Japanese territorial water in the East China Sea according to the Japan's Maritime Safety Agency. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Kanji Tada) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - China’s Xinhua News Agency says three Japanese detained after allegedly intruding on a Chinese military zone have been released, but one person is still being held.


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Newspaper: Mexican media defenseless against gangs (AP)

September 17th, 2010

El Diario de Juarez photojournalist Christian Torres, colleague of Luis Carlos Santiago who was killed, reacts at the scene of the crime at a shopping mall parking lot in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Santiago, 21, who started working at the newspaper two weeks ago, and fellow photojournalist Carlos Sanchez, an intern, were attacked as they left their offices, according to El Diario de Juarez news director Pedro Torres. Sanchez was seriously wounded. This is the second attack against reporters of El Diario and comes almost a year after the death of reporter Armando Rodriguez who was shot outside his house. (AP Photo/El Diario de Juarez, Ricardo Lopez)AP - Mexican journalists are defenseless against cartel attacks that the government seems incapable of stopping, the main newspaper in this drug war-torn city said Thursday in a front-page editorial…

State media: Iran ready to release American woman (AP)

September 12th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iranian state TV is reporting that a senior prosecutor is ready to release a jailed American woman on bail.


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Nigerian media mogul reports election threat (AP)

September 11th, 2010

AP - A Nigerian media mogul says his family has received kidnap threats over his support for a former military dictator in country’s the upcoming election.

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Violence targets police, media in Mexico massacre (AP)

August 27th, 2010

A soldier and investigators work at the site where a vehicle exploded outside the Televisa network in the northern city of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday Aug. 27, 2010. Two cars exploded early Friday, in front of the offices of a major Mexican television station and a transit police station, in a northern state where officials are investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants. (AP Photo)AP - A car explodes outside a police station, another outside a television station. A drug gang is suspected of massacring 72 migrants. A prosecutor investigating those deaths suddenly disappears.


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