"Un journaliste pakistanais enleve retrouve mort dans une zone tribale" - Le Monde

He appears to have been shot in the back.

"Nouvelles restrictions sur la presse au Vietnam" - Le Monde

This is not a step forward for Vietnam.

"At Tribune, an Insider Pushes for Profits" - National Public Radio

Another of the remaining major US newspaper companies is under attack by key shareholders.

"En pleurs, Britney Spears demande aux paparazzi de la laisser tranquille" - Le Monde

She asks "people" to photographers to treat her as they would their own families.

"Reporters Must Leave Guantanamo" - The New York Times

There is often discussion about "freedom of information" usually involving records of one sort or another. The other two pieces of the "access" puzzle are just as important even though they get less attention. In addition to access to records or "papers", there are two more "p's" - people and places. This case addresses both. The net result is that when access is denied to paper, people or places, the news media cannot do their job as well and the public's chances of learning the truth are diminished.

"Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks More Power" - The New York Times

The competition among Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft is getting more intense and more costly.

"For journalists, Iraq is a continuing danger" - US News and World Report

Eason JORDAN, who made news at Davos when at CNN, surfaces again.