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<title><![CDATA[Afghan media blazes new trails]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Its a far cry from the days of the Taliban when satellite dishes were banned. NUPUR BASU finds that both government and private broadcasters are getting bolder and better. Pic A programme on BBC Media Action.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Textbook case of media pressure ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Revision of textbooks is always subjected to intense media scrutiny on the sub continent. V S HARIHARAN describes how it recently forced Pakistans Punjab province to retain what scholars had identified as hate content.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lanka policy gets media flak]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Tamil Nadu based media exerted high decibel pressure on Indian foreign policy with regard to Sri Lanka. MAYA RANGANATHAN sees this is as a recasting of public space. Pix the 12yearold Balachandran]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Young bloggers catalyse Dhaka protests]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bangladeshis all over the world were able to mount a flash campaign against a war tribunal verdict. SREELATA MENON says this proves once again the power of social media.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TV regulation and the Pakistan Constitution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Pakistan is currently hearing petitions filed by media houses on the way the Pakistani regulator PEMRA  functions. The HOOT  publishes relevant  extracts from the proceedings as published on the Geo TV website. Pix Hamid Mir of Geo TV one of the petitioners]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A CJ is impeached media outraged]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The latest attempt to curb the independence of the judiciary has been fearlessly criticised by a media itself under attack. NUPUR BASU highlights the tussle in the island nation. Pix The Sri Lanka Supreme Court.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Myanmar media still under siege]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although Myanmars quasi civilian government has ended direct press censorship its not yet time for celebration. Full media freedom is not anywhere in sight says ANINDYA RAI VERMAN]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With Arnab is there hope for Aman Ki Asha]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You begin to doubt the mission of Aman Ki Asha and wonder about the sincerity of its two media partners as you watch Arnab Goswami conduct TV debates on issues over which India and Pakistan regularly squabble says AJAZ ASHRAF]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When The Hindu chose to remain silent ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A significant news item that appeared in two major newspapers was found missing in Southern Indias most read paper. SUDEEP K.S. sees a contrast in reporting Sri Lankan war excesses.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No to vigil aunties]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Pakistani morning show turns to moral policing on couples stirring major outcry against medias quotvigil auntiesquot in the country reports BEENA SARWAR on her blog.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The censors dilemma]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Monitoring 1700 objectionable words The Pakistan Telecom Authoritys ill advised decision to ban certain words from mobile text messages highlights the predicament of the would be censor says SAJAN VENNIYOOR]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=8&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=5614</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Trans boundary  journalism]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China already has experience of running community radios. They can play the role of an early warning system. China lies in the upstream amd if they can forsee any disaster they can inform us. We can do this as we have one thing in common  the river TERESA REHMAN on a climate change workshop involving journalists of three countries. Pix the Yarlung Zangbo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Promoting Pak Afghan Media Collaboration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The attempt to promote and facilitate collaboration was aimed at improving coverage and understanding of Afghanistan and issues of common interest in Pakistan through bringing on board the mainstream media. It was felt that  a first step media houses of the two countries could post their correspondents in the other country to improve coverage says ADNAN REHMAT. Pix The dialogue]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media ironies in Pakistan administered Kashmir]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pak administered Kashmir has newspapers but they lack coverage of the region.  And when the mainstream Pak press covers Kashmir they are focused on the Indian side. Azad Kashmir was never really on the agenda of the Pakistani press an editor in Islamabad  tells ZAFAR CHOUDHARY.]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=8&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=5380</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Putting Balochistan on the national media map]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As the rest of Balochistan waits to plug into the vibrant media scene Quetta has become the provincial hub of media activity. The addiction to realtime daily news especially acute in this politically charged province  says ADNAN REHMAT]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Information darkness in FATA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In FATA the theatre of conflict between Pakistani and international forces and militants of Taliban and Al Qaeda conflict sound bites drown out news and information about development and public works. says ADNAN REHMAT. The Hoot begins reprinting  a regular column on media in Pakistan. Map from longwarjournal.org]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silenced once again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The evolution of Pakistans independent broadcast media coincided with the rise of terrorism in the country While over 70 have been killed a staggering 2000 plus have been injured arrested or kidnapped May there not be another Pakistani journalist who in the pursuit of news becomes a news item himself says ADNAN REHMAT in DAWN]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Most Nepali publications lean to the Left]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In todays age of economic globalization television has become powerful and a key element of reporting is the blackout of peoples struggles which affect the investment climate. In reporting these it is the duty of every journalist to counter official misinformation says journalist ANAND VERMA in an interview with PRIYANKA BORPUJARI]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Angelina Jolie]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Your head covering at the press conference reflected the assumption that Pakistani women in public spaces are or should be covered up like this. This is one of the fights we are fighting. Pictures like these in the media shape the image of Pakistan says  BEENA SARWAR.  Pix Angelina in Pakistan  dressed accordingly]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No one is going beyond the floods]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The full picture of Pakistans month of sorrow has still not emerged. The rigour shown by media while reporting religious extremism and terrorism in Pakistan is absent in the floods coverage says SHYAM G MENON]]></description>
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