Slain Libyan Rights Activist Documented Her Last Hours Online
Date: 26 June 2014
By ROBERT MACKEY
Robert MACKEY
Hours before she was assassinated, Salwa Bugaighis logged on to Facebook to urge her fellow citizens of Benghazi to head to the polls and vote, despite violence in the streets.
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Judge Dismisses British Hacking Jury, Hung on Remaining Charges
Date: 26 June 2014
By KATRIN BENNHOLD and ALAN COWELL
Katrin BENNHOLD
Judge dismisses jury in Britain's spectacular phone hacking trial after they fail to reach verdict on two outstanding charges against Andy Coulson, former tabloid editor who had been found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voice mail messages a day earlier; also castigates Prime Min David Cameron for making statement about Coulson, his former spokesman.
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ABC Anchor Shift Signals Morning’s Triumph
Date: 26 June 2014
By BILL CARTER
Bill CARTER
ABC News announces Diane Sawyer will step down as anchor of network's evening newscast in August, replaced by rising star David Muir; George Stephanopoulos, co-host of Good Morning America, will become lead anchor for breaking news coverage, and will rank above Muir; moves underscore predominance of morning news television over anything else produced by network news division.
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Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Case
Date: 25 June 2014
By KATRIN BENNHOLD and ALAN COWELL
Katrin BENNHOLD
Rebekah Brooks, former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper empire, is acquitted of all charges in Britain's phone-hacking trial; Brooks had come to symbolize freewheeling tabloid press and its proximity to power; Brooks's former lover Andy Coulson is found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voice mails, and is the only one of the seven defendants in the case to be convicted.
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Egypt’s Leader Says He Won’t Intervene in Case of Jailed Journalists
Date: 25 June 2014
By ALAN COWELL
Alan COWELL
Egyptian Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says he will not interfere in the case of three journalists from Al Jazeera's English-language service who have been sentenced to at least seven years in prison after being found guilty of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood; brushes aside protests from governments of Western countries, including United States.
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Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan
Date: 25 June 2014
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Hiroko TABUCHI
News analysis; Japanese Prime Min Shinzo Abe is unveiling set of economic policies intended to kick-start Japan's long-sluggish economy; says country needs more women in the workplace, entrepreneurs and foreign workers and that corporations need to ditch seniority-based system; is also proposing to untangle protective mutual stockholdings among corporations.
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Reading Minds: A History of Times Polling
Date: 26 June 2014
By MARJORIE CONNELLY
Marjorie CONNELLY
In the 1970s, the first polling partnership between two major national news organizations in the United States created a collaboration that became the blueprint for rival alliances between television networks and newspapers.
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Graduates' Red Guard Photos Cast Doubt on What They Learned
Date: 26 June 2014
By KIKI ZHAO
Kiki ZHAO
Photos of graduating students playing out a scene from the Cultural Revolution have gone viral on Chinese websites and brought comments about the suppression of public discussion of history.
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Breaking the Law to Go Online in Iran
Date: 25 June 2014
By SETAREH DERAKHSHESH
Setareh DERAKHSHESH
Op-Ed article by Setareh Derakhshesh, director of the Voice of America Persian Service, contends experience of the organization shows that Iranians are eager to be exposed to global media, ideas and culture, despite Iran's attempts at Internet censorship.
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