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The head of the United Nations agency defending press freedom has condemned the murder of an Indian journalist whose killing is believed to be linked to his reporting on the oil mafia in Mumbai. Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, urged authorities to investigate the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey and
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Saleem Shahzad, a 40-year-old investigative reporter for the Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online, was brutally murdered in Islamabad two weeks ago. The slain journalist's body was found with 17 different injuries, including smashed face and cracked ribs, in a canal outside the capital. Shahzad's death has
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Pakistan's main intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has issued a rare statement denying its involvement in the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who was investigating terrorism and had previously received threats from the agency. The denial comes as the ISI faces international scrutiny over
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The body of Saleem Shahzad, a prominent Pakistani journalist who investigated links between the military and al-Qaida, was found on a canal bank in Mandi Bahauddin, 80 miles south-east of Islamabad. Shahzad had gone missing on Sunday evening after he was last seen traveling to a television interview in Islamabad.
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Violence has gripped Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan, resulting in 31 lives lost, mostly activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP). During this chaos, prominent journalist Wali Khan Babar was killed in an apparent target killing. In response, Interior Minister Rehman Malik formed
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Media professionals in Karachi protested the killing of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar by boycotting the Sindh Assembly session. The province's assembly met as scheduled, but journalists, led by Habib Khan Ghauri, Arbab Chandio, and Razaq Abro, staged a sit-in demonstration at the main gate, wearing black
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Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who dared to question the Kremlin's actions, had obtained video evidence that purportedly linked Ramzan Kadyrov, the prime minister of Chechnya, to a kidnapping. The footage showed Kadyrov, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, watching as civilians were bundled into a car
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Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's final article, published posthumously, presented new allegations of torture by government security forces in Chechnya. The article, accompanied by transcripts of videotaped torture sessions, was released on the same day the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was responsible for the executions
Thompson, Hunter S.
Sales of Hunter S. Thompson's books have dramatically increased since his death, with many of his titles breaking into the top 20 sales rankings on Amazon. Thompson's iconic novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" moved from No. 1,412 to as high as
Thompson, Hunter S.
Hunter S. Thompson, the renowned author of gonzo journalism, and Sandra Dee, the iconic teen movie idol, may have seemed like an unlikely pair, but their turbulent lives and tragic deaths shared a common thread - addiction and self-medication to cope with their inner demons. Both Dee and Thompson struggled
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Prosecutor Eric Friedberg delivered his closing argument in the trial of Wilson Alejandro Mejia Velez, a 19-year-old accused of murdering Manuel de Dios, a crusading anti-drug journalist. The two-week trial has revealed that the murder was allegedly ordered by a Colombian drug cartel leader, Jose Santacruz Londono, due to Mr.
