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January 2009

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December 2008

What Obama's win means to Africa

COMMENTARY: Lessons to be learned from U.S. election

On the brink

Fighting for press freedom in 2008

November 2008

Kenyans react to Obama victory

Europe ‘ecstatic’ over Obama victory

For some, the election represents a chance to improve U.S. relations

Global media focus on U.S. election

SLIDESHOW: Front pages from around the world

A matter of trust

UPDATED: BBC Radio 2 sanctions employees, reexamines editorial processes in wake of scandal

October 2008

Obama, the "Unbwogable" candidate

Kenyans use local slogan to describe their “unbeatable” candidate

September 2008

In Cuba words can captivate you

Independent journalists imprisoned for speaking out against the government

Target: Russian female journalists

China's peace offering to Olympic media

With the government pledging full access, journalists remain unsure of China's promises

Exiled

Persecuted African journalists begin news lives

Lost in cyberspace

Is there a way out?

A protest felt around the world

The Beijing Olympics bring out pro-Tibet rallies across the globe

Cutting through the red tape

Foreign correspondents reveal a hidden China to the world.

Pressed by the government

Latin American media suffer from nonviolent attacks

April 2008

Restrained

Amidst post-election violence, Kenya's news media suffer under government control.

Western journalism goes east

February 2008

Slain Turkish Armenian journalist's death commemorated

The first anniversary of the murder of the Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was commemorated throughout Turkey with rallies on Jan. 19.

Death Beat: The art of advanced obituaries

As he was dying from lung cancer, Joseph Yeardley “J.Y.” Smith grabbed my shoulder and drew me close to his hospice bed. He was a former Marine – Korean War vintage – and his voice quivered in near anger.

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