Afghan tales
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Alan Johnston on the stories behind 30 years of turmoil
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Alan Johnston Response to Financial Crisis
Ameriborn (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
I've never seen anything like the financial crisis that has hit Wall Street and our nation in the last month. If you're like me, you have investments for your retirement, and you feel helpless to know what to do. Probably the worst action to take would be to sell everything because history has proven that the economy will probably rebound.
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Johnston interview wins award
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
An interview with kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston has won a broadcasting award.
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Syria to share intelligence on terrorism after Miliband visit
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... seized by Iran, and mediated with Palestinian factions for the release of the kidnapped reporter Alan Johnston. Miliband said his meeting with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday had arisen from discussions with Syria's foreign minister in London last month on Lebanon, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, counter-terrorism and human rights. Yet Syria's record on these...
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FOOC: BBC World Service 15 Nov 2008 featuring Gaza and Afghanistan
From Our Own Correspondent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Presented by Alan Johnston. Paul Martin examines the debate within Gaza about whether or not a ceasefire agreement with Israel should be extended. Jill McGivering meets women prisoners in southern Afghanistan who speak of appalling injustice. Martin Redfern warms up on Europe’s largest active volcano. Nick Bryant wonders whether a new film in Australia will cast fresh light on the character...
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Pollution fears over Delhi smog
BBC News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
The BBC's Alan Johnston says that the Indian capital Delhi appears to be losing its battle against pollution.
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DocArchive: Hard lessons from Afghanistan - Part Two
BBC (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention by the West.
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Vancouver journalist abducted in Pakistan
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
The blackout created controversy with some news organizations and journalists, who believe that it was unnecessary, or even dangerous. Some referred to BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza and held for months, and who credited the publicity campaign waged by the BBC with helping to secure his freedom.
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Indian navy 'stops pirate attack'
World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... Indian navy last month sent its warships to the Gulf of Aden on an anti-piracy patrol. The BBC's Alan Johnston in Delhi says it is the first time that it has taken action of this kind since it joined several foreign navies to patrol the often lawless waters off the coast of Somalia. The navy was ordered to protect Indian flagships travelling between Oman and Yemen. In Monday's incident...
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DocArchive: Hard Lessons from Afghanistan - Part One
BBC (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention by the West.
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Afghan tales: Conflict and chaos
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
As part of BBC Radio 4's Afghanistan season, former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston explores the country's recent past through the stories of those who have lived through it.
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Palestinian Territories - Hamas government reinforces control over Gaza Strip media - 15.10.2008
Reporters sans frontières (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
... delay the return of foreign journalists, who pulled out of the Gaza Strip after British journalist Alan Johnston’s abduction. Pluralism and media diversity are threatened by this kind of decision.”The communication ministry’s directive has been greeted with concern by media owners in the Gaza Strip. Shahdi Al-Kashif, the head of the Ramattan news agency, told Reporters Without Borders...
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IWPR Journalist Honoured
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
IWPR's Susanne Fischer, the Burmese journalist Win Tun and the BBC's Alan Johnston were joint winners of a prestigious German media award.Susanne Fischer, IWPR Syria Country Director was awarded the "Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media" by the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig.
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