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Update: Confederate-style flags come down for good in Lexington?
Anchor/ReporterUpdate July 26, 2011 The flap over flags in Lexington has taken another turn as the group who jump-started the entire debate backs down. The Sons of Confederate Veterans wanted to fly a confederate-style flag on certain holidays. Now the group says...Tags: Education, Freedom of the Press, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Washington (U.S. state)
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WDBJ7 partners with television station in the Republic of Georgia
ReporterA birthday cake and a champagne toast helped Channel 25 celebrate its 18th anniversary. It was an important milestone for a television station that has struggled at times to stay on the air. Merab Merkviladze is Channel 25's Executive Manager....Tags: Freedom of the Press, Arts and Culture, Television Stations, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Neo-Nazi William White convicted in Chicago trial
Neo-Nazi William A. White was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury in Chicago of soliciting violence against a member of the jury that convicted another white-supremacist in 2004.
White had posted the juror's name, home address and photo on his...Tags: Judges, Prosecution, Career and Workplace, Politics, Homes
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Setback for proposed amendment on prayer in public schools
ReporterA Senate subcommittee will not endorse an amendment to the state constitution that its sponsor says will protect prayer in the public schools. "I’m just trying to strengthen our constitution," said Grayson Co. Delegate Bill Carrico. "I’m not...Tags: Education, Freedom of the Press, Politics, Schools, Republican Party
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Jordan premier: Arab Spring forces governments to widen press freedoms; local critics unmoved
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is not...Tags: Judges, Freedom of the Press, Lawyers, Politics, Television Industry
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In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent
LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Journalism, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, Politics
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Iranian director's taut family saga rivets critics at Cannes
Reuters* Iran's acclaimed Farhadi seen as top prize front-runner * Like "A Separation", "The Past" looks at family, divorce * Only Chinese entry is thinly veiled political critique By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 17 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian...Tags: A Separation (movie), Movies, China, Entertainment, Bérénice Bejo
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In China, let a thousand blogs bloom
China employs an army of censors. As many as 50,000 well-trained monitors police the Internet, and 12 government departments are empowered to search and seize information and shut down users and sites. They work fast: A recent study conducted by two...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Computer Networking and Internet, Google Inc., Social Media, Barack Obama
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Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout
Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood...
Tags: Beijing (China), World War Z (movie), Arts and Culture, Cinema Industry, Django Unchained (movie)
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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Freedom of the Press, Elizabeth II, Imperial and Royal Matters, Same-Sex Marriage
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Hong Kong film industry changes focus to mainland
HONG KONG — When Mabel Cheung, one of this city's leading directors, shot her historical-political drama "The Soong Sisters" in China in the mid-1990s, the nature of the exchange for the co-production was simple: Beijing provided inexpensive...
Tags: Infernal Affairs (movie), Freedom of the Press, Arts and Culture, Hong Kong, Cinema Industry
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Myanmar's once-proud film industry a flicker of its former self
YANGON, Myanmar — Down a back road in northern Yangon, a sagging teak house fights back the jungle. On the gate, barely noticeable under the weeds, rusty ironwork spells out "A1 Film." Myanmar's first movie studio, once known as the Burma Film Co....Tags: Arts and Culture, Sylvester Stallone, Cinema Industry, Human Rights, Politics
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