As thousands of protesters pushed toward Bolotnaya Square , crews from mainstream Russian television fanned out. Satellite trucks were ranged curbside, their engines running. For six days after the Duma elections last month, TV ignored the street protests that were starting to shake the nation. Now the reporters and cameramen were ready. But still, not a peep. Read full article > >

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Russian TV veers back to familiar ground

The White House’s relationship with the reporters who cover it has blown hot and cold throughout history. And this year, some reporters say, things have taken a decidedly frosty turn. When a reporter gets something wrong or is perceived as being too aggressive, the pushback is often swift and sometimes at top volume, reporters say. Read full article > >

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Journalists complain the White House press office has become overly combative

After nine years of interviews, Imam Johari Abdul-Malik has learned to wait for the questions. If he waits long enough, the reporters inevitably ask about Anwar al-Aulaqi , the radical cleric who once led the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque. They want to know about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood shooter , and the two Sept. 11 hijackers who also once worshiped there. And they often come armed with a list of other terrorism suspects who have been connected in some way with his Northern Virginia mosque. Read full article > >

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Imam serves as public face of an embattled mosque

Fewer journalists were killed in 2010 than the previous year but more were kidnapped, Reporters Without Borders says.

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Fewer journalist deaths in 2010

Iran arrested two foreign reporters on Monday for trying to interview the family of a woman who’s sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery. Iran has not released the reporters’ names or nationalities, but says they posed as tourists to enter the…

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Iran Arrests Two Foreign Reporters