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February 18, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100215/wl_mideast_afp/kuwaitisraelmediacourt

Kuwaiti Newspaper Fined Over Pro-Israel Advert

(AFP) The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan was fined $10,400 for printing a pro-Israeli advertisement justifying the Jewish state's war in Gaza last year, Al-Jarida newspaper reported on Monday. The fine was slapped on the daily for allowing the printing of an advertisement sponsored by the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League in the International Herald Tribune, which it prints and distributes locally in the Gulf emirate. Al-Watan's lawyer, Rashid al-Radaan, explained that the IHT goes directly to press without being checked and that the paper had issued an apology to its readers.

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