The Press and Publications Department said access to 304 domestic online sites had been cut.

BBC: Jordan blocks 'unlicensed' national news websites

And on Friday the General Administration of Press and Publications, the government department which regulates the print media, published new rules that ban news media from reporting any information on the internet unless it can be verified.

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Indeed, with each proverbial crack Palin has made in Alaska's political landscape, the story of her rise from hometown girl to political upshot has been retold over and over again in the Alaskan press and some national publications, including Vogue. iReport.com: What do you think of Sarah Palin?

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Il Giornale, a newspaper owned by Mr Berlusconi's brother, has described the work of the foreign press as poison and lies, pointing especially at publications based in Britain, France, Germany and Spain.

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The first four factors have been discussed in pension publications extensively and in the national press to some degree.

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With the reformist press subdued by the closure of dozens of lively publications and the jailing of journalists, parliament offers a lone voice of resistance to conservative hegemony.

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She has written for the Earth Island Journal, the San Francisco Public Press, the Palestinian News Network, J. weekly newspaper and many other publications.

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These publications join previously announced strategic partnerships with USA TODAY, the Financial Times, the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, MIT's Technology Review, Popular Science, and IDG publication titles, including Macworld, PC World, CIO, Network World, and Computerworld.

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