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Swedish newspapers unite to defend freedom of speech over Muhammad cartoons
Three leading Swedish newspapers and the national broadcaster carried a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body after an alleged plot to murder the artist who drew it was unveiled in the Republic of Ireland.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 01:48 PRESS DIGEST - Singapore newspapers - March 11
SINGAPORE, March 11 (Reuters) - The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories.
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Newspapers battling to be Gary's 1st love
The Times of Northwest Indiana, rival Post-Tribune in turf war over Gary It's nice to see newspapers get back to fighting each other, if only for nostalgia's sake. Most of the time, they're too busy fighting for survival.
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Swedish newspapers reprint Prophet cartoon
Several Swedish newspapers on Wednesday reprinted a controversial caricature of the Prophet Mohammed as a dog, the day after an alleged plot to murder the cartoonist was disclosed.
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Iran Threatens to Shut Down 17 More Newspapers
Iran's top press official is warning the editors and publishers of 17 newspapers they will be shut down if they do not conform to government regulations. Two reformist papers were shut down last month and dozens of opposition journalists have been arrested since a disputed presidential election in June. -VOA
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Google Economist Hal Varian: Newspapers Must Experiment, Engage
What's Your Reaction? In my view, the best thing that newspapers can do now is experiment, experiment, experiment. There are huge cost savings associated with online news.
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The End of Newspapers
If employing less experienced staff and producing lower-quality news continues, it will turn more readers away from newspapers, hastening their decline.
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Leading Swedish newspapers publish sacrilegious cartoon
Leading Swedish newspapers yesterday published a sacrilegious cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad by a caricaturist after he was targeted by an alleged assassination plot.
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| World News In Brief |
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Lotus returns to F1 with dreams of world championship
The iconic Lotus name returns to Formula One at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, with modest ambitions for this year but big plans to seize a future world championship.
A world-class field and wide-open tournament
DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- One of the billboards at Doral promotes this World Golf Championship with a familiar slogan and some familiar faces, a photo sequence of five players under the phrase, "The World is Watching."
Mexican mogul Slim edges out Gates as world's richest person
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.
Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.
The World's Billionaires
Carlos Slim Helu takes the No. 1 spot on Forbes' annual list of the world's richest as a record 164 billionaires return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery.
Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man
Carlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World's Billionaires list as a record 164 10-figure titans return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery.
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