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Thursday, October 6, 2011 

Steve Jobs shows the iPhone 4
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The co-founder and former chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs has died yesterday at the age of 56, according to company website.

It was August 25 when he resigned from his post as CEO. He has been fighting pancreatic cancer since 2004.

Jobs, born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955, built the most valuable technology company in the world, with a market value of $348.8 billion. He started the company in the 1976 and in the 1984 Apple released the first Macintosh personal computer to the public. One year later he was fired from the company and he founded NeXT. He returned to Apple in the 1996 and served as CEO a year later. In the 2001 Apple launched the iPod music player and a year lather the Mac OS X operating system was released. The 2007 was the year of the iPhone smartphone and then the iPad tablet computer in the 2010.

Sources

• “Remembering Steve Jobs” — Apple Inc., October 5, 2011

• “Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011” — Wired, October 5, 2011

• “Apple’s Steve Jobs Dies” — Bloomberg, October 5, 2011

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 

Parliamentary media policy in South Africa will be subject to legal advice after complaints journalists have a lack of freedom in reporting government proceedings.

The move follows a call to ban journalist Deon de Lange from reporting on parliament, after he allegedly breached reporting protocol by speaking to a parliament official without permission. De Lange quoted the unnamed official who criticised a push to pass the Protection of State Information Bill. The bill would cause whistle-blowing on classified documents to be illegal.

The editor of Independent Newspapers, de Lange’s employer, has stated he was unaware of the parliamentary media rule. Other media groups, including the National Press Club and the Cape Town Press Club believe the move to ban De Lange is “ridiculous” and “suspicious” according to Eye Witness News, similarly stating they were not aware of the rule.

No issues were raised regarding journalists quoting parliamentarians previously.

Both clubs have condemned the move to silence journalists and revoke the right to freedom of speech.

Opposition party leader Atholl Trollip believes the move is being used to further gag the media from reporting on parliament, however Parliamentary spokesman Luzuko Jacobs has stated that officials need to remain neutral in their stance on issues.

“It is unethical, unacceptable and we can’t have officials expressing a negative or a positive comment,” he said.

Jacobs has refuted the statements that the South African media is being refused reporting rights, commenting that the government does not intend to make it impossible for journalists to speak with members of parliament through the media policy.

The parliamentary media policy was reviewed in 2009 unbeknown to many press outlets.

Sources

• “Parliament to seek legal advice on media” — news24, 04 October 2011
• Anna Majavu. “Parly to seek advice on media policy” — Times Live, 05 October 2011
• Chantall Presence. “‘Hands off’ our journalists – Press Clubs” — Eye Witness News, 05 October 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 

Belarus

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A Polish-Belarusian journalist accused of defaming Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been banned from leaving Belarus due to a suspended court sentence given to him earlier this year.

The Polish activist and journalist Andrzej Poczobut was convicted in July for alleged defamation in the Polish Press, and sentenced to three years, suspended.

Informed of the travel ban by the Belarusian Interior Ministry, he said he intends to continue reporting from within Belarus.

Police told the Gazeta Wyborcza journalist to report to police three times each month and not to travel, after inspecting and registering him. After three violations of the conditions, he would be jailed.

He had recently travelled to and from Warsaw just before the order came, because he anticipated some travel restrictions.

Sources

• PAP. “Polish activist banned from leaving Belarus” — Polskie Radio, September 27, 2011
• “‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ Journalist ‘Barred From Leaving Belarus’” — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, September 27, 2011
  

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 

Afghanistan

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A U.S. citizen working for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was killed by an Afghan also working there. The incident took place in the CIA Annex of the U.S. Embassy at Ariana Hotel in Kabul. The victim was not named.

A second person was injured in the incident was sent to a military hospital. The lone attacker was also killed. A senior Taliban commander stated that the attacker had secretly joined the insurgents after a group of Taliban approached him to remind him “of his moral and religious duty as an Afghan.”

U.S. officials have stated that an investigation on the incident has started.

Sources

• “Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base” — Reuters, 27 September 2011
• “Afghan employee kills US citizen at embassy annex” — MSNBC, 26 September 2011
• “American shot dead at ‘CIA building’ in Kabul” — The Telegraph, 27 September 2011

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Thursday, September 15, 2011 

Press freedom in Myanmar is being further questioned, following

A journalist detained in Myanmar has been sentenced to 10 more years in prison, causing the international media to further question press freedom in the country.

Photojournalist Sithu Zeya will now spend a total of 18 years in jail for allegedly breaching the Myanmar Electronics Act Article 33(a) by posting material online, a court ruled. He was originally arrested in late 2010 for photographing the aftermath of a grenade attack in the country’s former capital Yangon.

Restrictions on press freedom in the former military state have not been relaxed, despite the election of a new civilian government. The move has caused the international press to question human rights in the country.

“Recent events show that the conciliatory gestures so far taken by this government are just part of a PR strategy and are not indicative of a real intention to give Burmese citizens more media freedom,” International press watchdog Reporters without Borders has stated.

Zeya’s former employer, Democratic Voice of Burma, believes 17 journalists are currently being held by the Myanmar government. It is also estimated more than 2000 political prisoners are also being detained.

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Morocco

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Jemaa el-Fnaa square, location of the café
Image: AlexandrDmitri.

At least sixteen people are reported killed in a terrorist bombing in the city of Marrakech, Morocco. The bombing occurred in the busy Argana café before lunch time, Thursday. The café, located in the popular Jemaa el-Fnaa square, is within what is known as the old city. The square, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the country’s top tourist attractions, draws many foreign visitors.

Early reports blamed a gas can catching fire. Witness reports indicate the blast destroyed the entire second floor of the café, blasting off the terrace and roof demolishing the front of the building.

Photographer Tarek Bozid reported, “Everything was covered in blood. The scene was horrifying. Tables were broken and glass was shattered.”

Marrakech highlighted on a map of Morroco.

Ten of the victims were foreign, including six French nationals and one Briton. Half of the dead are reported to be women; and, at least 20 other people were critically wounded including a number foreigners. Two Swiss nationals, two Russians, two Tunisians and two Dutch tourists are reported to be amongst those injured.

Although the blast was at first considered an accident, the Interior Ministry confirmed it was an intentional act. “Analysis of the early evidence collected at the site of the blast confirms the theory of an attack,” he said in a statement issued through the official Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP) news agency.

Medics said nails, often used in suicide bombs, were found in the bodies of most victims.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed his outrage, considering it to be “heinous, cruel and cowardly”. The act has been condemned by leaders internationally. French foreign minister Alain Juppe stated he is unaware of any particular threat to France in Morroco, once a French protectorate.

This is the first major attack on Morocco since the 2003 Casablanca bombings, which killed 45 and injured more than 100.

Sources

• Ariel Zirulnick. “Morocco bombing bears hallmark of Al Qaeda group” — Christian Science Monitor, April 29, 2011
• Terri Judd. “Carnage at the café: 10 tourists among 15 killed by Marrakech bomb” — The Independent, Africa, April 29, 2011
• Youssef Boudlal. “Morocco says Marrakesh blast a “terrorist attack”” — Reuters Africa, April 29, 2011
• Angelique Chrisafis. “Moroccan tourist cafe terrorist attack leaves at least 15 dead” — The Guardian, April 28, 2011
• Anne Barker. “16 killed in Morocco cafe blast” — ABC News (Australia), April 28, 2011
  

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Friday, April 22, 2011 

China

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Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music, was sentenced to death on Friday. Yao, from Xian in China’s Shanxi province, was convicted of homicide after stabbing a cyclist to death.

On the night of October 20, 2010, Yao killed 26-year-old Zhang Miao, the mother of a two-year-old, by stabbing her six times. The attack occurred after he saw her writing down his vehicle’s license plate number following the accident, and feared she would report him. Zhang suffered only minor injuries in the accident, according to police.

On October 23, after being accused of murdering her, Yao went to the local police station with his parents and confessed to the crime. He said he killed Zhang because she had seen his license plate number, and he feared that the “peasant woman would be hard to deal with.”

During a three-hour trial on March 23, 2011, Yao’s lawyer pleaded for a lenient sentence, saying it was a “crime of passion.” Yao tearfully described how he had been forced to play the piano, leading him to thoughts of suicide. But prosecutors and judges said Yao did not deserve leniency, as he had not attempted to help the woman after the accident but instead murdered her.

Public passions were raised and some thought Yao would get off through the influence of his family. The case triggered a public debate over the death penalty.

“The motive is extremely despicable … the measures are extremely cruel … and the consequence is extremely serious,” said the court in its judgment.

Sources

• Indo-Asian News Service. “Chinese who killed woman after accident sentenced to death” — NDTV.com, April 22, 2011
• Wang Guanqun, Editor. “Chinese student sentenced to death over murder” — Xinhua, April 22, 2011
• Qi Changlong. “Considered Opinion: The Yao Jiaxin Case” — Economic Observer News, April 21, 2011
• Lin Meilian. “Legal expert says murder case not ideal symbol of campaign to abolish death penalty” — Global Times, April 20 2011