A group of 10 led by an ethnic Chechen organised crime boss that includes serving government officers will be charged in connection with the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Russian authorities announced Monday.

Yuri Chaika, the prosecutor general, told a press conference that there is evidence the group also took part in killing U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov.

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After agreeing to add News Digital Media to its content network, Google Inc. will run text-based advertising on the Web sites of The Daily Telegraph, The Australian and The Herald Sun, among others.

The deal could earn millions in pay-per-click revenue that would be shared between Google and NDM, The Australian reported Monday. Revenue from paid search ads Google generates on news Web sites operated by NDM, owned by News Limited, will also be shared.

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ClickFacts has launched its new set of tools to help ad networks monitor participating publishers.

The Advertising Networks Verification Suite can continuously check if publishers run prohibited content, are involved in click fraud, forcefully install spyware on visitors’ computers or other “rogue” activities. And, if necessary, the suite can even remove them from the network.

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Overall, newspaper sales in Ireland remained constant during the first half of the year, according to the latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

For daily titles, the Irish Times was stable, with sales at 118,150. The Irish Independent fell slightly, to 160,818.

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Indonesian newspapers and educators wanting to promote English language usage are looking to the New Straits Times Newspaper-in-Education programme in Kuala Lumpur as an example.

A group of Indonesian reporters, teachers and NIE managers visited Balai Berita in the capital city Friday to find out how the newspaper is promoting the programme, the New Straits Times reported Monday.

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Former Minneapolis Star Tribune editor and publisher, Joel Kramer, announced Monday he will launch a not-for-profit news site, MinnPost.com, to serve the Twin Cities later this year.

This site, which will publish news Monday through Friday, will be built around original reporting from professional journalists, along with a function similar to blog entries, which allow editors to converse with readers.

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The Mail Online is the second most popular newspaper Web site in the United Kingdom, second only to the Guardian, according to data from the Audit Bureau of Circulation Electronic.

More than 11,865,000 unique visitors accessed Mail Online in July, according to traffic data released last week by ABCe. The site will join the Guardian, the Sun, the Times and the Telegraph in reporting monthly Web traffic.

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The Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said today its recovering funds from Canadian investment may delay because of difficulties in the commercial paper market.

The company, previously known as Hollinger International until last year, owns the Chicago Sun-Times and other local papers in the Chicago region. An internal company source said it has a $95 million investment in Canadian asset-backed commercial paper trusts.

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