Concern over Venezuela media law
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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CARACAS -- President Hugo Chavez yesterday called opposition news channel Globovision an enemy of the state and said he would do what was needed to stop it from inciting violence, only days after he shut another opposition broadcaster. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched in Caracas in a fourth consecutive day of protests over Chavez's closure of the RCTV network ...
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Venezuelan farms and banks could be nationalised if they break the law, warns President Hugo Chavez.
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Police broke up an opposition protest using a water cannon and tear gas after hundreds took to the streets on Sunday condemning a decision by President Hugo Chavez to force Venezuela's most widely watched channel off the air.
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Venezuela's parliament is set to discuss for a second time President Chavez's  call for constitutional changes.
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A key state prosecutor may have been killed when his car exploded in Venezuela, officials fear.
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A Venezuelan weblog, Noticias24.com, says the "first manifestations of censorship on the internet" are being felt in the country.
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A media sting operation gone awry revives a debate on media regulation
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The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday condemned Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's removal of an opposition TV station from the airwaves, accusing him of seeking to tighten his grip on the media.
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By Patrick Markey HATO EL CHARCOTE, Venezuela  - Venezuelan troopsand police escorted local authorities to inspect a cattle ranchowned by Britain's Vestey Group on Saturday in the firstgovernment enforcement of a rural land redistribution law thatcritics say threatens private property.
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President Hugo Chavez assured private property owners their rights will be guaranteed in Venezuela under a pending constitutional reform, as long as proprietors and investors respect the law.
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Venezuelan authorities accuse a TV channel of inciting people to kill the president, a day after closing another station.
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Venezuela's assembly is to finalise a law granting President Chavez sweeping powers to rule by decree.
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By Alfonse D'Amato  The Fair Media Council posted a Media Bill of Rights on its blog recently, and it requires reprinting in good old-fashioned ink. In the interest of complete accuracy, it's really not about the media's rights, which are pretty much covered under the First Amendement.
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The case, along with the detention of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times, has prompted international concern about ChinaÂs crackdown on press freedom.
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PANAMA CITY, June 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Venezuela's foreign minister on Monday fired verbal broadsides at each other here over the closure of a television station in Venezuela that has been critical of the government.
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U.S. communications regulators are expected to approve on Tuesday a plan to loosen media ownership restrictions, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.