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Middle East Erupts: Orchestra Seat to the Revolution
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIf the powers that be had realized the global implications of the Internet when it was invented, they probably would have found some way to kill it. Take a look at these early pages and the very first World Wide Web site. Then take a look at this CNN footage of the intrepid Ben Wedeman in Benghazi. In just two decades, the earth has shifted. I suspect the 1989 slaughter of unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square could not happen today, or at least not without severe international repercussions. Same with Rwanda. One wonders how much sooner Hitler and Stalin might have been stopped if the ...
What CNN Didn't Want to Show in the Lara Logan Photo
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsThe image is already infamous for the horrendous event that took place moments after a photographer captured it. It shows CBS News correspondent Lara Logan with a jostling crowd of Egyptian men in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday night. CBS said it was taken just before she was attacked and sexually assaulted amid the uproar and jubilation that followed President Hosni Mubarak's decision to resign. The faces of the people behind her seem to reflect a range of emotions, from anger and anxiety to joy and celebration. One smiling man in a hooded sweatshirt appears to be holding up a "V" sign for ...
ABC's Miguel Marquez Attacked During Bahrain Protests
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsABC News correspondent Miguel Marquez was attacked today in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain as government security forces moved in on protesters. Marquez had been filing a report from Pearl Square in Bahrain's capital Manama, where thousands of pro-democracy campaigners had gathered, when police moved in to clear the plaza of protesters. Marquez was surrounded by what he described as a "gang of thugs," who attacked him with billy clubs and snatched a camera from his hands. In an audio clip of the attack, Marquez can be heard describing how the square was being bombarded with canisters ...
Europeans Urge Egypt to Protect Journalists
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS - Sweden's prime minister on Friday led a chorus of European officials calling on Egyptian authorities to protect reporters covering pro-democracy demonstrations there, while a Swedish TV reporter was in serious condition after being stabbed in the back. Speaking a day after the attack on reporter Bert Sundstrom of Swedish public broadcaster SVT, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt urged the Egyptian authorities to "respect the journalists." Reporters are "the eyes and the ears of the world at the moment," Reinfeldt said at a European Union summit in Brussels. ...
Katie Couric Harassed in Cairo [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsKatie Couric could hardly get a word in, but the footage of her report says all you need to know. The CBS News correspondent can add her name to the growing list of journalists reporting on the Egyptian revolution who have been harassed by supporters of embattled president Hosni Mubarak. CNN's Anderson Cooper and ABC News anchor Christiane Amanpour already survived their own run-ins with media-inhibiting Mubarak allies, so it's only fitting that Couric received a similar welcome. The latest footage released by CBS News shows Couric struggling to remain in front of the camera and file a ...
Mubarak Tells Amanpour He Wants to Leave Office, but Can't; Twitter Doesn't Buy It
By David Knowles - AOL NewsIt's not easy to say goodbye. In an interview with ABC News' Christiane Amanpour, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he's "fed up" with ruling his homeland and that he would like to step down immediately, but he is mindful that doing so would bring chaos to his beloved country. "I was very unhappy about yesterday," Mubarak told Amanpour. "I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other." On her Twitter feed, Amanpour detailed her one-on-one with the embattled leader. .bbpBox33244896412303360 ...
Egyptian Army Starts Rounding Up Journalists
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- The Egyptian military started rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, on Thursday after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been assaulting anti-government protesters. The U.S. State Department condemned what it called a "concerted campaign to intimidate" foreign journalists in Egypt. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday that violence against journalists was part of a series of deliberate attacks and called on the Egyptian military to provide protection for reporters. Foreign photographers ...
Anderson Cooper Tells Twitter He's Sore but OK After Egypt Attack
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHe's back in action. After a somewhat harrowing experience today in Cairo's Tahrir Square, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper responded to the tweets from concerned fans on his Twitter feed, assuring them that he is fine, if not a bit the worse for wear. .bbpBox32931682394841090 {background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/3585083/background.png) #323232;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet ...
Anderson Cooper Among Many Journalists Attacked in Cairo
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsJournalists in Cairo are being targeted and attacked, apparently by supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, several news organizations are reporting today. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was punched in the head and kicked while trying to make his way into the "no-man's land" between the anti-Mubarak and pro-Mubarak crowds. "We realized the situation would get very bad very quickly," Cooper said in a broadcast afterward. "We turned around and started to walk calmly. The crowd kept growing, kept throwing more punches, kicks, trying to grab us. It was ...
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