Press freedom on the wane again in 2009: survey

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http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Press_freedom_on_the_wane_again_in__04292010.html

Press freedom worldwide remained under fire and lost ground for an eighth straight year in 2009, the non-governmental US watchdog Freedom House said in a report Thursday.

The largest losses were registered in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa.

The Asia-Pacific region in contrast was the only one where overall progress was made in the year, Freedom House said.

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1. Yeah, it waned in the US, too

with the courts declaring that bloggers are not "journalists" (sic).