Rome, May 4 (IANS/AKI) Prosecutors in Rome have opened a kidnapping and anti-terrorism investigation after Italian journalist Domenico Quirico disappeared in war-torn Syria.


Probe opens after Italian reporter goes missing in Syria


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Washington, May 4 (IANS/AKI) North Korea, Iran and Syria are among the top 10 countries deemed worst for press freedom, according to an annual ranking by a Washington-based watchdog.


Press freedom 'non-existent' in N.Korea, Iran, Syria


Expressing concern over the killing of over 600 journalists in the last decade, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for ensuring safety of journalists on World Press Freedom Day Friday.


UN calls for safety of journalists


I was in Lucknow when Sarabjit Singh died in Lahore. My purpose in visiting the city of my childhood was to address a much milder agenda: to attend a seminar organised by the local Urdu Media Guild on May Day. Since May Day this year coincided with celebration of Prophet Mohammads daughter Fatima Zehras birthday, the organisers made this coincidence the theme of the seminar.


Intemperate media hysteria setting political agenda (Comment)


While irate depositors of the Saradha Group, which has gone bust, have hit the streets, over 160 employees of its popular television channels, Tara News and Tara Muzik, are soldiering on regardless and are seeking support from their listeners worldwide to stay afloat.


Popular Bengali channels battle to stay on air


Brasilia, April 29 (IANS/EFE) Five Brazilian police officers have been arrested for their suspected role in the murders of journalist Rodrigo Neto de Faria and press photographer Walgney Carvalho, the daily Folha de Sao Paulo said.


Five Brazilian cops arrested for journalists' murders


"Chak de phatte goooaaalll Joffrey Lupul! Torrronto Maple Putayyy!" - that's how a Punjabi commentator does play-by-play on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada" to win new ice hockey fans.


'Chak de phatte' draws new hockey fans in Canada


Compounding the misery of West Bengal's Trinamool Congress government, employees of a news channel run by the Saradha Group have lodged an FIR against the party MP Kunal Ghosh.


Trinamool MP named in FIR for financial irregularities


Social networking site Twitter is abuzz with scorn and ridicule for the arrested Saradha Group promoter, Sudipta Sen, whose chit fund-driven company went bust after collecting money from lakhs of unsuspecting depositors in West Bengal.


Twitterati pour scorn, poke fun at Sudipta Sen


Mexico City, April 26 (IANS/EFE) The mutilated body of Daniel Alejandro Martinez, a photographer for Mexico's La Vanguardia newspaper, was found along with that of another young man in the northern city of Saltillo, the daily reported Thursday.


Photojournalist's mutilated body found in Mexico


Reddit, a popular social news and entertainment website, has apologised for posts on the site that had led to speculation that a missing Indian origin student could be one of the Boston bombing suspects.


Reddit apologises for Indian student's witchhunt


Moscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the nationalist LDPR party, has called on the media to stop covering mass killings in order to avoid sparking copycat incidents.


Hush up mass killings, Russian leader tells media


Pakistan's apex court has released a list of journalists who were allegedly paid by the information ministry through its secret fund, a media report said.


Pakistan court releases list of journalists paid secretly


The ruling BJP in Goa Monday warned the media against publishing "biased" reports about a stand-off between the state government and transport operators over a controversial entry tax imposed last week.


Goa BJP warns media against biased reports on entry tax


The social media was Friday abuzz with people condemning the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, just four months after the gang-rape and death of a young woman shook the country.


Social media abuzz with rape of 5-year-old girl


Major online media outlets in China Friday simultaneously opened special webpages to solicit public tips that may help combat corruption.


Chinese media opens online pages against corruption


The editor of a Bangladesh's pro-opposition daily was sent to jail Wednesday in a case filed for publication of a report on the Skype conversation.


Bangladeshi pro-opposition daily's editor sent to jail


Bollywood star Aamir Khan has been featured on one of the seven special covers of the Time magazine listing the world's 100 most influential people.


Aamir Khan featured on Time cover


Puebla (Mexico), April 17 (IANS/EFE) A journalist was murdered as he left a bank in Puebla, a city in central Mexico, officials said.


Journalist murdered in Mexico


Mexico City, April 18 (IANS/EFE) Two bombs were thrown at the office of the Mural newspaper in Zapopan, a city in the western Mexican state of Jalisco. No one was injured, state prosecutors said.

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