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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">The Center for International Media Assistance is pleased to release a new report </SPAN> <BR> </SPAN></DIV></STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></DIV></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vcw9audab&et=1104783205876&s=424&e=001aNS31JOEr5pfqu_Efx2Yl1fupKJTcM-m8osC70rQ5VGP9ZY0ZF0Hkun3K-nWxIDr8srpjM1pDIS2pTMIWlNThyJq7SKJ9Dij5z4FHJViR0VHsAMDNrTQnzf-iLsgbEAa12Yk7VmisVQx9aEQiDdeaFrIj7dJxxZsTPaCQg4XLW_hTSP4_uGb_wgIwIDStB36wWp3_YoW8UoB5hBtrIcNEthBOKOTkr_z21BwMWJs-vgmvZ28CusSwA==" shape=rect target=_blank track="on"><IMG border=0 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.27 alt="Report cover" vspace=5 align=right src="cid:DBUPIMDQWBUM.27.png" width=200 height=260></A>CIMA is pleased to release a new report, <B><I><A style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vcw9audab&et=1104783205876&s=424&e=001aNS31JOEr5pfqu_Efx2Yl1fupKJTcM-m8osC70rQ5VGP9ZY0ZF0Hkun3K-nWxIDr8srpjM1pDIS2pTMIWlNThyJq7SKJ9Dij5z4FHJViR0VHsAMDNrTQnzf-iLsgbEAa12Yk7VmisVQx9aEQiDdeaFrIj7dJxxZsTPaCQg4XLW_hTSP4_uGb_wgIwIDStB36wWp3_YoW8UoB5hBtrIcNEthBOKOTkr_z21BwMWJs-vgmvZ28CusSwA==" shape=rect target=_blank track="on" linktype="link">Iraq's News Media After Saddam: Liberation, Repression, and Future Prospects</A></I></B>, by Sherry Ricchiardi, a veteran journalist, journalism professor, and media consultant. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This report examines the state of Iraq's media and provides a prognosis for the future as seen through the eyes of Iraqi journalists, international media developers on the scene, and scholars who have studied the dynamics of Iraq's nascent independent press. It addresses the question: What kind of media will be left in the wake of the U.S. military and donor drawdown?</SPAN></P>
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