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  07/08/2005
Ethiopian police detain five editors for alleged defamation
Ethiopian police this week detained five editors for several hours for their coverage of post-election violence earlier this month that left dozens dead, the country's media watchdog said.  

  07/08/2005
Sixth journalist murdered in the Philippines this year
A radio broadcaster who accused officials of being close to drug dealers has been shot dead, becoming the sixth journalist to be murdered in the Philippines this year, police said Monday.
 

  07/08/2005
IFJ: American soldiers have killed 17 media staff in Iraq
The International Federation of Journalists last Friday called on the United States to investigate three new cases of journalists killed in Iraq over the past week – all of them at the hands of United States soldiers.  

  07/08/2005
New York Times reporter jailed
A second journalist, Time's Matthew Cooper, also initially refused to testify, but his source dramatically released him from his confidentiality pledge to allow him to testify to a federal probe into the case.  

  07/08/2005
Ombudsman: 2005 “black year” for Mexico's press
This Sunday, the National Commission of Human Rights of Mexico (CNDH) described 2005 as a "black year" for the press and the journalistic exercise in this country, because seven journalists have been assassinated since January of this year.