Journalist's journal: Drawing heat in Syria
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The Syria daily Teshreem is considered a mouthpiece for President al-Assad's regime devoted two full pages of commentary blasting editorial cartoons that criticized Saddam Hussein and his regime, A-Domain is the only newspaper that is under the personal censorship of the minister of information, which is kept for his approval. The irony is if the newspaper is not published, the license will be cancelled as per the Syrian government, for which action was taken by the Journalist Union in Syria to defend the journalist.
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Mirror launches in New Sudan
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The Southern Sudan was one of the most populated areas on Earth with no media. Enter Dan Eiffe, a former Catholic priest from County Meath helped launch Sudan's first independent newspaper Mirror in October 2005 which focuses on post-conflict resolution between the religion's tribes, who have been at each other's throats as a result of co-opted into the wider north-south.
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Getting past the image of Saddam
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A reporter relates the success story of his emails when he began freelance writing for a weekly 'Letters from Iraq' column for the weekend edition 'The Examination'. He got a positive feedback from the readers who claimed that they found his personal style and the focus on his ordinary day-today life a refreshing change from the sensationalism of the media.
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