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WORLD: Muslims rely on foreign communications

Speakers at Organization of Islamic Conference stress economic cooperation between Muslim countries in the telecom and IT sectors
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WORLD: Newspapers surge ahead in Asia but slump in the West

Circulation of paid newspapers rise continuously in China and India but fall in the United States and European Union, according to latest WAN report
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ASIA: High-speed superhighway sets the tone

Video-on-demand, multi-player online games, video content sharing and social networking sites drive demand for broadband services
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WORLD: E-health is C'wealth's new agenda

Association of 53 independent nations seeks to translate proliferation of mobile phone technology into improved health care services
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BRITAIN: Facebook murder rocks 'perfect little family'

Murdered wife reveals plan to split with husband in Facebook profile
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US: Deal close as Facebook face-off averted

'New York Times' source says motions to dismiss case between founders of Facebook and ConnectU will be filed in coming weeks
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US: Microsoft sets three-week deadline for Yahoo

Microsoft threatens to take its buyout offer to Yahoo shareholders if the board does not respond by April 26
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BRITAIN: YouTube 'rape victim' arrested

British members of parliament alarmed by gang rape video, call for YouTube clips to be checked before posting
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US: Teen accuses Lori Drew over MySpace suicide

Employee of Lori Drew granted immunity to testify against her boss in fraud case
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ITALY: YouTube yobs chase top video off the charts

Creator of YouTube's most-watched video is suspected of manipulating viewer statistics after over 70 million of the views occurred in its last month
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RUSSIA: Journalists slain in Russia

Assailants shot at Gadzhi Abashilov in contract-style killing
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BRITAIN: 'On the Internet, guard your personal space'

Services that track consumer information are a "serious breach of privacy," says Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee
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FRANCE: RSF to mark March 12 as "Online Free Expression Day"

Reporters Without Borders reports at least 62 cyber-dissidents incarcerated and more than 2,600 Internet forums shut down in 2007
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BRITAIN: Pleas for press curb over deaths

Journalists asked for restraint in graphic reporting and in superficial speculation regarding suicides in Bridgend county
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US: Court puts kybosh on telltale site

Wikileaks plans to appeal U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White's order to shut down
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QATAR: Al Jazeera slams new media rules

New code of conduct for TV channels in Arab states is intended to curb satellite television talk
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US: NY Times cuts 100 jobs

'The New York Times' halts hiring, offers buyouts and lays off staff due to decline in revenue and profit
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FRANCE: Row over disbanding of journalists 'spy' unit

Intelligence unit gathered information about politicians and journalists for ministry of overseas territories
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US: Being Web 2.0 is absolutely the go

Interactivity key to success in latest Internet boom
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US: Apple snuffs out Think Secret site

Apple rumor website Think Secret, run by Harvard student Nicholas Ciarelli, shuts down but keeps name of source secret
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