Greece's data protection agency has banned Google from expanding its Street View service in the country, pending "additional information" from the firm. Read more here
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Tiananmen student leader secretly detained in China
The family of exiled Zhou Yongjun, a prominent student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement, say he has been detained trying to enter mainland China and held without charge for more than six months in a secret detention centre. Read more here
Luxembourg: Seized media documents returned
A judge has ruled seized media documents should be returned to Luxembourg's Portuguese weekly magazine, Contacto. The documents, surrounding a social services case were seized last week and described as a "blatant breach of protection of sources"...
Four journalists injured in Somali press conference shelling
The National Union of Somali Journalists has reported that four journalists have been injured after press conference was hit by artillery fire in southern Mogadishu. Read more here
Bermuda’s PM cuts off news to papers
Bermuda's prime minister Ewart Brown has ordered his cabinet office officials to restrict the flow of government information to the island's main daily paper, The Royal Gazette, and its sister weekly, the Mid-Ocean News. Read more here
Facebook protests over Holocaust denial groups
Facebook is under fire over its policies, after it emerged that the social networking site has refused to close groups that promote Holocaust denial despite complaints. Read more here
“No journalists left in Swat valley”
Asia News International has reported there are now no remaining media in Pakistan’s volatile Swat region. Read more here
Lebedev’s standards
Is the Evening Standard headed for the same fate as Alexander Lebedev's under-resourced Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta? Andrei Soldatov reports As the new-look Evening Standard hits London’s streets, it will have come as a relief to the paper’s...
Simon Singh on Little Atoms
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Kyrgyzstan editor assaulted
Yrysbek Omurzakov, the chief editor of an independent newspaper in Kyrgyzstan, Tribuna, has been assualted by three men who mentioned his paper's journalistic output. Read more here
Gordon Ramsay rapped over TV swearing
Gordon Ramsay's Great British Nightmare breached rules by using "the most offensive" language 115 times in the first 40 minutes, Ofcom has ruled. Read more here
Pope condemns denial of Holocaust
Pope Benedict XVI has said the suffering of Holocaust victims must never be denied as he visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. Read more here