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| | Print news - IPS Inter Press Service |
 | | In the Middle East and Maghreb, the non-governmental organisation notes that in addition to lack of independent media, and strong pressure for self- censorship, the invasion of Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have put press freedom and reporters' safety to a tough test. |
 | | In that category are the armed Islamic militant groups in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Kashmir, Pakistan and the Philippines; the Colombians Carlos Castaño, leader of the right-wing paramilitaries, and Manuel Marulanda, head of the leftist FARC guerrillas; the Basque group ETA, and the heir to the crown of Saudi Arabia, prince Abdullah. |
 | | Also on that list are presidents Hu Jintao, of China, Kim Jong Il, of North Korea, Fidel Castro, of Cuba, Muammar Ghaddafi, of Libya, Pervez Musharraf, of Pakistan, Vladimir Putin, of Russia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, of Tunisia, and Islam Karimov, of Uzbekistan. |
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