Google to limit free news access

The number of free news articles people can read through Google will be open to limitation by newspaper publishers, the company has announced. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Oprah’s show to end in 2011

After more than two decades on air, the Oprah Winfrey Show is to close in 2011, said the production company behind the programme.
Winfrey (photo, from bbc.co.uk) is one of the most influential women in the US. She has hosted the show since 1986.

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Honduran radio station shut down by soldiers

A radio station aligned with ousted president Manuel Zelaya, has been raided and shut down by Honduran soldiers (photo, from aljazeera.net).

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Radio stations shut down in Venezuela

The closure of 34 radio stations has been ordered by the Venezuelan government, said the head of the national telecommunications regulator Conatel.

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Journalist’s release shows divisions in Iran

On Monday, an Iranian-American journalist imprisoned on charges of spying for the US was released in Tehran. It removes an obstacle to President Obama’s opening to Iran but also illustrates the volatility of the Iranian government.

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Journalist put on trial in Iran

A 31-year-old Iranian-American journalist (photo, from aljazeera.net) has been put to trial in Iran this week. She is accused of spying for the US. A verdict is expected soon, said an Iranian official.

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Israeli group to help Palestinians sue over settlements

The Yesh Din organization, an Israeli leftist advocacy group, said on Friday that it was starting a campaign to help Palestinians sue the state of Israel for its use of their privately owned lands for Jewish settlements in the West Bank (photo, from aljazeera.net).

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Stalin third-greatest historical figure

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, who sent millions to their deaths in the Great Purge of the 1930s, has been voted Russia’s third-greatest historical figure, says a state television network.

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Politkovskaya murder ordered by ‘Russian politician’, say defence lawyer

The murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist shot dead two years ago outside her apartment (photo, from aljazeera.net), has been ordered by a Russian politician, according to details in an indictment, a defence lawyer has said.

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Politkovskaya case close to public

The judge in the trial of three people accused of being involved in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya (photo), an investigative journalist and Kremlin critic, decided on Wednesday to close it to the public. Lawyers said that it could hinder justice being done.

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