by Tatiana Repkova

The World Association of Newspapers and a coalition of the world's leading news agencies protested on March 15 against severe restrictions placed on press coverage of this year's Rugby World Cup in France, and said the restrictions imposed by the International Rugby Board "are a serious breach of freedom of the press." And in a separate action, WAN and the news agencies protested to the Australian Football League against its refusal to provide media accreditation to global and foreign news organizations for any games in the 2007 season.

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by Tatiana Repkova

A new tabloid newspaper from Al Nisr Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Nisr Publishing, hit the streets March 15. XPRESS will come out once a week and will be distributed free throughout the UAE, Al Nisr Media announced in a statement.

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by Tatiana Repkova

A computer-generated animated presenter is delivering news to the people of Norfolk with the launch of the Eastern Daily Press’s Brian. He is part of a unique project pioneered by three Norwich companies and PA Sport, which took 18 months to come to fruition. He works under their Newsfast service, using either broadband links or 3G-phone bandwidth to deliver news, weather and sports news updates.

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