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Jack Howard

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Al-Jazeera reporter killed in Syria
By , , • 15 December 2014
An al-Jazeera correspondent was killed in Syria while attempting to flee gunfire between rebels and government forces in the town of al Sheikh Maskin near the southern city of Daraa. Mahram al-Deeri, 31, had turned…
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Mexico protest leaves 14 journalists injured
By  • 1 December 2014
As many as 14 journalists were injured during a recent protest in Mexico City over the government's handling of the disappearance of 43 student teachers in southwestern Mexico. Some of those injured Nov. 20 were…
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Project Exile: Threats send Liberian journalist into hiding
By  • 1 December 2014
"They went for my daughter," says Azango. "She was 9-years-old by then." As secret societies go, Liberia's Sande society has a most painful and dangerous initiation ritual: female genital mutilation (FGM). That practice was thrust…
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The sound of silence in Turkey
By , , • 23 October 2014
From protests to corruption, Turkish media is finding fewer subjects can be safely covered. A strange thing happened less than a week after militants from the Islamic State in the Levant, or ISIL, seized Turkey’s…
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