Strictures loosened, Egyptian media revel
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CAIRO -- A contemptuous editor hemmed in by only his suspenders, Ibrahim Issa has been sued more than once for "humiliating the president." It's a distinction he rather likes, given that in the last two years he has written 84 unflattering columns about Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egyptian security forces greatly reduced their presence along the breached Gaza border late on Friday after Palestinian militants defied their attempts to seal the gaps by bulldozing a new opening.
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Pakistan's government has put curbs on the media and threatened operators with closure in the hope of stifling an opposition campaign for judicial independence and democracy, analysts and media workers said on Tuesday.
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A major thorn in the side of Israeli-Egyptian relations was removed after Cairo freed an Israeli Druze jailed seven years ago for spying and the Jewish state released six Egyptian students.
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Faction voices concern as Islamists help Egyptian troops restore order and seal border at Rafah
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Sunday's swap of an Israeli spy for Egyptian students is indicative of a post-Arafat thaw between the nations.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 7 -- Under mounting domestic and international pressure, the Pakistani government on Thursday suspended stringent media restrictions that critics said were designed to muzzle the free press.
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The Islamists in Mogadishu seem to be trying to increase public support by softening their views, at least officially.
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Critics say Putin's regime stifles dissent in the press.
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While veils are imposed by law, hejab may actually be easing social mobility in the country's once-rigid society. Take marriage for example.
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Within the news business, there is a consensus that the roof is caving in on the legal protections for working journalists.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Jan. 24 -- Egyptian security forces began imposing control over the country's breached border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, using clubs and dogs to police the thousands of Gazans still making their way past barricades blown up or toppled by Palestinian gunmen a day earlier.
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Michael K. Powell's term was marked by tighter decency standards and attempts to loosen media ownership restrictions.
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Egypt freed an Israeli Arab convicted of spying in exchange for Israel's release of six Egyptian students on Sunday, a swap that signaled a warming of relations that had been severely strained by the four-year-old Palestinian uprising.
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Michael K. Powell's term was marked by tighter of standards on decency and attempts to loosen restrictions on media ownership.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah have made progress towards a unity government, Egypt's president says.
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Egypt has brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, the official Egyptian news agency said Tuesday.