But despite stringent censorship, news of the horrors there has filtered out.

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Despite stringent censorship, news of the carnage in Darfur has filtered out.

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The government still continues to monitor news and bulletins, and the censorship board is still active and has not been abolished.

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So the moment I finish a long screed lambasting the entertainment industry for censorship I hear the news: there is a Casey Anthony video on the internet!

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Meantime, Colombo has imposed blanket censorship on war-related news, smothering criticism of strategy in the press as well as casualty figures.

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In a country whose media are ever more often subject to government censorship, this was considered a rare piece of good news.

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