Word: press
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also agreed that foreign journalists are much safer in Colombia than local ones, as he and journalists like him are not breaking new stories or doing the same type of investigative reporting as someone from the local press...
Because of threats and imminent danger, seven to 10 prominent Colombian journalists are now in exile. But Cavalier said the nation's press struggles to remain undaunted...
...wrest control of the Majlis from hard-line conservatives allied with Ayatullah Khamenei. The prospect of getting shut out of power, maybe for good, frightens the conservatives. Lawmakers have ignored Khatami's proposals to make elections fairer by eliminating a candidate-screening procedure, and are pushing to tighten press restrictions. Besides shutting down newspapers and jailing editors, the courts have imprisoned Khatami supporters on corruption charges...
...shattered. In a new book, Fortunate Son, Hatfield claims Bush was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972 but his father, former President George Bush, orchestrated a cover-up. The Bushes adamantly denied the accusation. Hatfield, it now seems, was doing some covering up of his own. St. Martin's Press recalled the book when a newspaper report revealed that the author is on parole after being convicted of trying to have his boss killed, a charge St. Martin's said it had confirmed. Hatfield initially maintained that he was being confused with someone of the same name, but then stopped...
...lawyer, Mark Holscher, is underwhelmed. "It is unfortunate that unnamed sources appear to be attempting to use the press to revive this flawed investigation," he said. "We continue to believe and expect that Dr. Lee will be exonerated...