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Updated: ( 3:35:20 GMT)
Tuesday February 09 , 2010
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DAHABAN: UN official arrives at a ceremony to release former Maoist fighters
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Gang war looms large over Nepal
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KATHMANDU: The spectre of yet another tit-for-tat war between two powerful gangs loomed large over Nepal after a man called up a private television station in Kathmandu on Monday and claimed responsibility for the gunning down of controversial media tycoon 24 hours earlier. Avenues Television said it received a call from a man who identified himself as Bharat Nepali, once the trusted lieutenant of gangster Chhota Rajan but now leading a gang of his own, and said he had caused the killing of Jamim Shah, the 47-year-old head of Space Time Network whose Channel Nepal cable television agency had triggered the Hrithi Roshan riots in 2000.
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South Asian Policy Analysis Network
South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the South Asian Journal have initiated a project to develop an interactive network of experts for the South Asian Policy Analysis (SAPANA) Network which was launched in April, 2006. SAPANA is a non-partisan, South Asia-wide research and policy analysis network, the first independent South Asian think-thank in the region and is expected to play an influential role in guiding discussion, analysis and policy both in South Asia and outside the region.
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South Asia Media Commission was formed in April 2007 to monitor journalists’ safety and violation of media rights and to publish periodical reports. It was envisaged to respond with speed to such violations to press for remedial action.
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South Asian Media School
In 2007, SAFMA, a network of South Asian journalists and media practitioners, aware of the political nuances of the region and sensitive to the demands of the new media age, felt the need to cultivate a new generation of South Asian media persons. With this in mind, the South Asian Media School was set up at South Asian Media Centre, a hub of media activity.
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