Italy: Government asked to 'clarify' web posting of nation's tax returns (AKI) - Italy's privacy authority has asked the government for 'clarifications' over its posting this week on the Internet of millions of citizens' income and tax detai

The Chinese propaganda authorities have issued an order authorizing news organizations to report on unrest, rather than allowing rumors to take hold among Chinese worried about the effects of the global financial crisis.

(AP:JACKSON, Miss.) Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he's unhappy about corporate ownership of news organizations in the United States. He said at a press luncheon Monday he was not threatening litigation. He simply wanted to express his frustr

A dam blocking a swollen "quake lake", which could threaten the lives of 1.3 million people in southwest China, is in no danger of imminent collapse, state media have said, as workers began to drain the water.

The debate over publicizing a bank's problems took a couple more twists Monday as a bank sued an equity analyst for raising what it claims were false alarms about its health, and a federal regulator took the news media to task for stirring public fears.