Beeb reporter Frances Harrison on how Holocaust deniers at the conference in Iran were happy to see her and praised her coverage.

From globeandmail.com:

Bell is being dropped from the name and logo of the media company that owns The Globe and Mail and CTV, reflecting an ownership restructuring that began late last year. Starting in January, CTVglobemedia Inc. will replace Bell Globemedia as the company's name and logo, though Bell Canada owner BCE Inc. still owns 15 per cent of the business. In the restructuring, BCE reduced its stake in the operation and the Thomson family's Woodbridge Co. Ltd. increased its holding to 40 per cent. The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan bought 25 per cent and Torstar Corp. picked up the remaining 20 per cent. The media company is in the midst of buying the radio and television assets of CHUM Ltd. in a $1.4-billion deal.

From the BBC:

Pakistan's Supreme Court has blocked a fresh attempt to enact a Taleban-style law to enforce Islamic morality in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

The court instructed the provincial governor not to sign the bill, which is opposed by President Pervez Musharraf.

North West Frontier Province, which is governed by an alliance of religious parties sympathetic to the Taleban, passed the legislation last month.

Last year a similar bill was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

The federal government's decision to go to the court exposes their claims that they believe in democracy Asif Iqbal Daudzai, NWFP information minister

President Musharraf, who says he wants Pakistan to espouse an enlightened, moderate form of Islam, has denounced the bill as fundamental breach of human rights.

Correspondents say it is almost unheard of for the same bill passed by a provincial assembly to be challenged twice in the courts by the federal government.

Here's the breakdown of how Americans are projected to spend their media consumption time in 2007:

1,555 hours watching television, up from 1,467 in 2000. The estimate includes 678 hours watching broadcast TV and 877 watching cable and satellite.

974 hours listening to the radio, up from 942 in 2000.

195 hours using the Internet, up from 104.

175 hours reading daily newspapers, down from 201.

A new website, Iraqslogger.com,  promises to provide 24-hour-a-day coverage of the Iraq conflict. Its creator? Eason Jordan, late of CNN.