Journalist dies in Turkmen jail
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A Radio Liberty journalist dies in prison in Turkmenistan with reported injuries to her head, the station says.
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An Afghan journalist sentenced to death for distributing an article that allegedly violated Islam is actually being punished for reporting by his brother about abuses by northern warlords, a media group said Wednesday.
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An al-Qaida suspect arrested last week has died of a heart attack while in the custody of Lebanese security officials. In his early 50s, Muhammad al-Khatib was among 10 people seized last week after government
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KABUL : An Afghan court sentenced a man to death for killing three foreign journalists and their Afghan colleague shortly after the fall of the hardline Taliban regime in 2001.
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State propaganda called him "the light of new Turkmen literature" and even after his death the writings of late President Saparmurat Niyazov take precedence over other subjects in Turkmenistan's schools.
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The alleged top al-Qaida operative in Lebanon, who was arrested 10 days ago after authorities uncovered a plot to bomb embassies and kill diplomats, died of a heart attack Monday, hospital and security officials said.
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A court on Monday sentenced the editor of an opposition newspaper and two other journalists to two years in jail for &quot;damaging the image of justice&quot;, in the latest case against Egypt&#39;s media.
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[World News]: Kabul, Nov.20 : A court in Kabul has sentenced an Afghan man to death for killing four journalists, including two from the Reuters news agency.
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Two al-Qaeda suspects and five prison guards die in a jailbreak attempt in Kabul, Afghan authorities say.
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The kidnapped Turkish engineer was found dead in Kunar province in east Afghanistan on Wednesday, one day after he was abducted by unknown gunmen, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.
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A Moscow court jails a journalist for five years in connection with his reporting on the Chechnya conflict.
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A Palestinian dies of wounds suffered in a riot at an Israeli jail, as Palestinians accuse guards of provoking the trouble.
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The manager of a radio station critical of both the Somali government and the Islamic militants who have been trying to topple it was killed outside his home in the Somali capital, the eighth journalist slain in the country this year.
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A leading female Afghan journalist was shot dead overnight, the interior ministry said Wednesday, in the second such killing in a week -- crimes that have raised alarm among media rights groups.
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The body of a Turkish engineer was found in Afghanistan yesterday, a day after he was kidnapped by gunmen along with his driver and translator.
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A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant  gang in eastern Afghanistan was found dead on Wednesday, a  witness who saw the body being carried down from a mountainside  told Reuters.
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An Islamic cleric arrested in Pakistan for suspected al-Qaeda links dies in custody, officials say.