Freed journalists leave North Korea
Current TV journalists Laura Ling, and Euna Lee have returned to the United States after former US president Bill Clinton secured their release from a North Korean jail on a visit to Pyongyang.
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Clinton arrives in North Korea
Former US President Bill Clinton has arrived in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, amid an international stand off over the country’s nuclear programme and the jailing of two US journalists. Clinton will try to negotiate the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years hard labour in June. They were found guilty of entering North Korea across the Chinese border in March.
Pakistan: CD shops bombed by Taliban
On 2 August four CD and cassette shops in the Northwest Frontier Province town of Balakot were bombed. Three similar music shops were also attacked on 27 July. It is suspected that the Taliban, who consider popular music unIslamic, were responsible.
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Venezuela: media under attack
Hugo Chavez has opened new fronts in his assault on independent media, says Daniel Duquenal
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