Kazakhstan refuses to free jailed newspaper editor amid international condemnation

October 1st, 2009 Ohio editor Royhab retiring, led paper to PulitzerTOLEDO, Ohio — Ron Royhab, who helped lead The Blade to a Pulitzer Prize, will retire as the Toledo newspaper's vice president and executive editor. Royhab, 67, said Thursday that he will work through the end of the year.

September 30th, 2009 The Sun newspaper backs Britain's ConservativesLONDON — The Sun newspaper has backed Britain's opposition Conservative Party for the first time since the ruling Labour Party took power more than a decade ago. The influential tabloid's political editor says it is now endorsing the Tories because Labour has "failed the country" and let his readers down.

September 30th, 2009 Longtime editor of NJ's Star-Ledger to retireNEWARK, N.J. — The longtime newsroom head of New Jersey's largest daily newspaper is retiring.

July 29th, 2009 NY newspaper to drop most free online contentSCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The Daily Gazette of Schenectady will resume charging for online content after offering free access to most articles and photos since late 2007.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - The editor of a leading Italian newspaper dubbed subversive by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has defended its series of exposures about alleged sex scandals involving the Italian leader, saying it had become a political issue. You can imagine in your country, what would happened if [British Prime Minister] Gordon Brown met some escorts in his house and one of those escorts used a tape recorder and took pictures, Ezio Mauro, Editor of La Repubblica, told The Times in an interview published Friday.

June 26th, 2009 Group: Dozens of journalists among jailed in IranWASHINGTON — More than two dozen Iranian journalists are among the hundreds of people being imprisoned by the hardline government in Tehran as part of the violent post-election crackdown, according to Amnesty International. As many as 30 journalists remain in detention, according to the human rights group, which calls the arrested reporters "prisoners of conscience." Mass gatherings have waned into scattered protests as the Iranian clergy that rules the country tightened its repression of opponents since the bitterly disputed election.

June 8th, 2009 Top editor Newland at Abu Dhabi newspaper replacedDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The British newspaper veteran at the helm of Abu Dhabi's ambitious English-language newspaper has been replaced little over a year after the publication's launch. The Abu Dhabi Media Company said Monday that Martin Newland, The National newspaper's outgoing editor in chief, will be replaced by his deputy and former New York Times reporter Hassan Fattah.

May 5th, 2009 Top Hartford Courant editors leaving jobsHARTFORD, Conn. — An executive of The Hartford Courant says Editor Cliff Teutsch and Managing Editor Barbara Roessner are resigning and will be replaced by an interim editor.

April 29th, 2009 Detroit Free Press, news partnership get top execsDETROIT — The Detroit Media Partnership and Detroit Free Press have announced their new top executives. Susie Ellwood will become chief executive of the Detroit Media Partnership, which oversees the business operations of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News.

April 28th, 2009 Hunke, Hillkirk named to top posts at USA TodayMcLEAN, Va. — USA Today, the nation's largest newspaper, filled two top executive positions Tuesday by naming David Hunke as publisher and John Hillkirk as editor.

April 24th, 2009 Sri Lankan editor accused of aiding rebels freedCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan court released an ethnic Tamil newspaper editor Friday after holding him for nearly two months on accusations that he aided a rebel air raid on the capital, his attorney said. Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya ordered the release of the Tamil-language Sudar Oli newspaper editor after police investigations found no evidence to charge him, the journalist's attorney K.V.

April 23rd, 2009 Kazakh opposition newspaper publisher imprisonedALMATY, Kazakhstan — A Kazakh court has imprisoned the publisher of an opposition newspaper for failing to pay damages from a libel suit in a case his supporters call politically motivated. Yermurat Bapi was sentenced Thursday to five days in prison.

April 22nd, 2009 Colorado newspaper starts free '10-minute' editionCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs hopes to revive advertising sales with new small newspapers meant to be read in about 10 minutes.

April 22nd, 2009 SKorean businessman briefly held in KazakhstanSEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean businessman was kidnapped Wednesday in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan but quickly released, the Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said in a news release posted on its Web site that he was freed unharmed.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisinh Patil Saturday described Kazakhstan as India's 'valuable partner' in its fight against terrorism, while thanking the Central Asian nation for its strong condemnation of the Mumbai mayhem. 'We regard Kazakhstan as a valuable partner in this fight against terrorism,' Patil said in her speech at a banquet in honour of Kazakhstan President Noorsultan Nazarbayev, who will attend the Republic Day Parade here Jan 26 as the chief guest.