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The Obama administration on Monday came out strongly against efforts by Islamic nations to bar the defamation of religions, saying the moves would restrict free speech.
Iran's crackdown on journalists amid postelection protests and Israel's squeeze on media during its Gaza offensive drew black marks Tuesday from a watchdog monitoring media freedoms worldwide.
Top and bottom countries in Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Index 2009, released Tuesday.
Bloggers and Twitter users thwarted a legal attempt Tuesday to stop Britain's media from reporting the questions posed by a lawmaker in a parliamentary debate, spotlighting the power of new media to influence public policy.
Tens of thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in a Rome square Saturday to defend press freedom, accusing Premier Silvio Berlusconi of trying to silence critical voices.
Brett Favre has only been with the Minnesota Vikings for a month. But he already seems to enjoy more freedom with the offense than any previous quarterback under coach Brad Childress.
Freedom Communications is asking a bankruptcy judge to allow it to hire a broker to pursue the sale of its Phoenix-area publications, including the East Valley Tribune.
Hundreds of Hong Kong journalists, lawmakers and residents marched Sunday to protest the alleged police beatings of three reporters covering recent unrest in western China, and demanded a government investigation.
It was a picnic that changed the course of history.
A U.S. panel on religious freedoms has placed India on its watch list of countries where such freedoms are at risk, noting that there has been a "disturbing increase" in violence against minorities in the South Asian country.
Statements from the White House on the 16 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which President Barack Obama awarded on Wednesday:
The Irish Times newspaper won a long-running legal battle Friday to protect the identity of a key source who provided documents showing that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was under investigation for corruption.
He fled the "People's Republic of Massachusetts" to escape tyranny. Now he strides the campground in a plaid kilt and mirror shades, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle across his torso, an immense Scottish sword sheathed between his shoulders.
President Barack Obama says freedom of religion is central to peoples' ability to live together.
Hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years after his government refused to renew the concession of an opposition-aligned television station.
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.
Press freedom declined worldwide in 2008 as even once-unfettered nations such as Israel and Italy imposed new limits on media coverage, according to a report by media analysts.
While researching a case, attorney Ed Blackmon stumbled across leftovers of Mississippi's segregationist past — laws enacted to discourage the fight for equal rights for blacks.
Production of “New Moon,” the follow-up to “Twilight,” will not be halted as some outlets reported April 20.
A planned trip to Cuba this week by a U.S. religious freedom watchdog group has been canceled after the Cuban government did not issue visas to the delegation, the group said Monday, even as the Obama administration moved to ease sanctions on the communist nation.
A prominent watchdog group has called on Kazakhstan's government to stop pursuing independent reporters with libel suits.
The Obama administration advised federal agencies Thursday to release their records and information to the public unless foreseeable harm would result.
Freedom of the press has deteriorated in the Americas, with Mexico among the most dangerous countries in the region to be a journalist, the Inter American Press Association said Monday.
Vietnam will grant an early release to a journalist jailed for his aggressive coverage of a government corruption scandal, an official said Friday.
President George W. Bush on Tuesday gave the United States' highest civilian award to three foreign leaders who have been among his most loyal partners on the world stage.
'Maoist attack' on railway derails India trainMaoist rebels in India have blown up a railway track, leading to the derailment of a passenger train in the eastern state of Jharkhand, police say. At least two people were killed and 47 others injured in the incident, which happened near Ghaghra station.
Video: CNN Propaganda Segment on Oath Keepers Demonizes Fall of the RepublicCNN continues its well-oiled propaganda campaign against the patriot movement with a segment on the Oath Keepers.
Is that Right? Is Decreasing your salt intake really for the best?So maybe salt isn't as bad for you as many think...
India Blames China for Maoist UprisingInstead of addressing the root causes of the Maoist uprising, Indian government has started a blame game against China, alleging for supplying arms to these insurgents.
Rural poverty and India's Maoist revolt"If the tribals have taken up arms they have done so because a government which has given them nothing but violence and neglect now wants to snatch away the last thing they have - their land."
Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 19th EditionHow successful is really Canadian Health care? It is obviously not free, as our taxes keep increasing and our politicians keep spending but getting nowhere.
Welcome, comrade MaobamaTo sum it all up, comrade Maobama. We really hope you appreciate the fabulous Peking duck in the company of comrade Hun Jintao, and that you conduct a frank exchange of views.
Obama in China criticises internet censorship at Question-and-Answer session for Chinese University StudentsOn the first full day of his official visit to China, Mr Obama carefully calibrated his comments to avoid discomfiting his hosts.
Adjusting to life after death rowJohn Thompson spent 14 years on death row for crimes he did not commit. Convicted of killing New Orleans hotel executive Ray Liuzza, and for a carjacking weeks later, he was preparing to be sent to his death at the notorious Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana - the largest m …
To Create Jobs Today We Must Focus On Creating A New Energy Grid!By focusing on solutions we have available today, and utilizing resources we readily have available in America such as Natural Gas, we will reduce our unemployment rate of 10.2%.
Left nor Right embracing libertyThese opponents are indeed a coalition of libertarians and American conservatives because libertarians oppose statism on principle and also for a variety of practical reasons, and American conservatives oppose it as a matter of the American political tradition — for example, th …
Humans still evolving as our brains shrink "When you develop agricultural diets, you might need adaptations to survive on them, the way the digestive systems are regulated," Hawks said.
Vanessa Kelly's fine for feeding the ducks is latest creeping incursion into our libertiesIn our lifetimes, the British state has accumulated unprecedented power. The instinct of politicians and bureaucrats is to expand their power base even further into areas unknown in peace time.
Do we Americans still care to be free?the catch is not what they promise to do for us. It's what they will force us to do, supposedly for our own good. They will force us to buy government-dictated health insurance. They will force us to surrender our personal means of self-defense.
Does "net neutrality" violate the First Amendment?An interesting perspective, from The Goldwater Institute and Americans for Tax Reform.
India won't move troops from IHK to Naxal-hit statesThe Indian Defence Ministry has turned down Home Minister P Chidambaram's request for the withdrawal of some army battalions from Jammu and Kashmir to mount operations against Maoists hiding in nine Naxal-hit states.
Naxalites: Oppressor or suppressed?Maoists detained the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express near Jhargram in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district on Tuesday for five hours.
World Freedom Day 2009 - 20th Anniversary of Reagan's achievementI wish I'd posted this the day before yesterday - on World Freedom Day... Americans for Tax Reform is an organization that has been especially successful, in promoting the Reagan Legacy. Please check out this link, from ATR. Celebrate VICTORY over communism!!
Recently, I've been invited to speak at several community forums. Here's a glimpse into the message I'm sharing this week… "Those we take time off to honor seldom took time off."
Letter from Cuban political prisoner Antonio Díaz SánchezA LETTER FROM A CUBAN GULAG – When will the invisible Cuban Wall be destroyed? When will Obama, Sarkozy and Merkel ask; "Mr. Castro tear down this wall!"
The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers -- John StosselAs an American, I am embarrassed that the U.S. House of Representatives has 220 members who actually believe the government can successfully centrally plan the medical and insurance industries.
Something I have been thinking about for some time, and it troubles me. I am part of a radio show which I enjoy working on, simply because it widens my personal horizon. We have a lot of interesting subjects, and the chance to talk to people you would normally not talk to.
An Invisible WallAn interesting perspective on the Berlin wall and the aftermath from a German pastor who was in the sixth grade in East Germany at the time. Gives us in the West some interesting insight into how this momentous event has influenced Christianity among Germans.
Newt Gingrich: The Cross, the Pope and the Fall of Communism - Catholic OnlineFaith is what triggered the fall of the Soviet Union empire.
In line with its policy of using force to resolve situations India has embarked on what it calls 'operation Green Hunt' to hunt down and kill the Naxalites fighting for their rights in India's insurgency dominated north east.
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