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Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis acquitted in trial for naming alleged tax cheats (UPDATE)

November 1, 2012 05:11
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Kostas Vaxevanis, a journalist who published a list of Greeks suspected of stashing their wealth in Swiss bank accounts, went on trial today in Athens.

Chinese media crackdown

July 22, 2012 06:00
HONG KONG — Heads are rolling at some of China’s most outspoken newspapers, sending a chilling signal to mainland journalists to stick to the party line ahead of the country’s tense political transition this fall.
July 11, 2012 12:44
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German satire magazine suggests pope has his own 'Vatileak'

Titanic magazine ran a cover showing Pope Benedict XVI in a suspiciously stained cassock.
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Pope Benedict XVI was not amused by German satire magazine Titanic's take on the Vatileaks scandal. (Daneil Dal Zennaro/AFP/Getty Images)
The offending picture shows the pope wearing a white cassock which is soiled at crotch level. The headline reads: "Hallelujah in the Vatican: The leak is found!"
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February 27, 2012 14:06
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Ecuador president pardons newspaper after libel case

President Rafael Correa had said he was cracking down on "the dictatorship of the media." Now he says, “I never wanted this trial."
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Ecuador President Rafael Correa speaks during a press conference at the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito on Feb. 27, 2011. Correa announced Monday he was pardoning the executives and a former columnist of El Universo newspaper in a high-profile libel case in which a court levied jail sentences and a $40 million fine. (AFP/Getty Images)
Ecuador President Rafael Correa has pardoned three newspaper publishers and a columnist who had been sentenced to jail and ordered to pay over $40 million in damages to Correa.
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Egypt releases Australian journalist, US student and translator

February 13, 2012 19:33
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The arrests are part of "a disturbing pattern of attacks and harassment of media" in Egypt, says the Committee to Protect Journalists
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