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CREW Calls for FCC to Revoke Murdoch`s Broadcast Licenses

“News Corp. has a pattern of outrageous and illegal conduct, including bribery, wire fraud, computer, and phone hacking,” - CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan

(WASHINGTON DC) - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking the FCC to revoke the 27 Fox broadcast licenses News Corp. holds in the United States.

Under U.S. law, broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor.”

Culture, Media and Sport Committee publishes Phone-hacking Report

The Murdoch's are in the gun sights of English Parliament.

(LONDON) - The Culture Media and Sport Committee today publishes its Eleventh Report of Session 2010-12, News International and Phone-hacking (HC 903-I).

Links below will lead you to the report on News International and Phone-hacking, the Inquiry: Phone-hacking, and additional information from the Culture, Media and Sports Committee.

Sedition Charges Against Journalist in Bangladesh?

Pro-government activists campaign to file very serious charges against William Gomes over Facebook allegations...

(SALEM) - Salem-News is contacting elected officials with the U.S. government, seeking their intervention to protect our Human Rights Ambassador and featured writer, William Gomes of Bangladesh.

Salem-News is asking Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who is due to visit Bangladesh on the 5th of May 2012, to please take time to discuss the security of William Gomes.

Please Vote: Bafta TV Awards 2012 Nominees

Please vote: Bafta TV Awards 2012 nominees - Films about Bahrain, Sri Lanka, adoption and care homes are all up for the award - vote for the one you think should win

(LONDON) - Al Jazeera's Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark has earned the channel a nomination for Current Affairs in this year's Bafta TV Awards.

It's competing against Jon Snow's film, Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, for Channel 4 and two editions of Panorama on BBC1: The Truth about Adoption and Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed.

Reporting by Fukushima Local Newspaper: Root Cause of the Fukushima Accident

Head in the sand?

(FUKUSHIMA Prefecture) - Fukushima Minpo, the local Fukushima paper, has a very interesting series on the background of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Looking back 10, 20 years or more, the paper tries to identify the root cause of the accident on the local level, on the prefectural level, and the national level through the eyes of the local or prefectural government.

`I Am Disgusted With Christianity`

New book critically examines trends in Christianity that miss the point.

(TAMPA, FL) - Booksbycoreyreynolds.com proudly Presents I Am Disgusted With Christianity by Corey L Reynolds.

I Am Disgusted With Christianity ask Where has the church gone?

Karzai Family Looks to Extend Boss Rule in Afghanistan

Qayum's control of the media has reduced southern Afghanistan to a de facto totalitarian state.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother, Qayum, is the type of guy who watches the Godfather movies not for entertainment purposes, but to learn new techniques.

Hence, it is more than a little concerning that President Karzai has reportedly been grooming Qayum to succeed him as the country's next president...

UAE Leads an Anti-Iranian Alliance

When it comes to territorial integrity, Iranians have always shown a firm stance and demonstrated that they will not retreat an iota from their rights.

(TEHRAN) - The United Arab Emirates officials are burning with a low blue flame. They have once again started insulting the Iranian nation using an arrogant and offensive language.

What has irritated them this time is the recent visit paid by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Iranian island of Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf.

Egypt Just Annulled Mubarak`s Natural Gas Giveaway

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - Egyptian people are demanding the return of their sovereignty.

According to recent opinion surveys they believe it was partially ceded to Israel by the two post-Nasser dictators, at the behest of US administrations, from Nixon to Obama.

APN Condemns Israeli Government Policy of `Legalizing` Illegal Outposts

Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins Israel’s Peace Now movement in strongly condemning the Israeli government’s position and actions on West Bank illegal outposts.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Israeli government today announced its determination to once again flout Israeli law in order to protect another illegal settler outpost in the West Bank.

The outpost is called “Givat Ha’Ulpana” and is located deep inside the West Bank, near Ramallah, and far to the east of Israel’s “separation barrier.”