Media may refer to:

• Media, plural of "medium"; a means (a container or a vehicle) of carrying or communicating information
  • Mass media (all means of mass communication e.g. magazines, cinema, films, newspapers, radio, television, internet, billboards, books, CDs, DVDs, videocassettes, other publishing.)
  • News media (specifically providing news, e.g. newspapers, television news.)
  • News media (United States)
  • Multimedia
  • Computer media
  • Media (arts) (eg. "oil on canvas", "sculpted clay", etc.)
• Media, the 1998 album by The Faint
• Media, the region occupied by the Medes people in present-day Iran
• Media, Pennsylvania
• Media, Illinois
• Media, a star also known as Delta Sagittarii
• Tunica media, the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel
• Growth media, for the culturing of microorganisms

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The Economist: Iraq's troubles

Iraq:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
Iraqis naturally want their country back, and should have it as soon as they think they are readyIT IS a cheering new sign of confidence that Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, is now demanding an agreement with the United States that would require all American troops to leave the country by the end of 2011. That is a bit later than Barack Obama’s proposal to bring them home by May 2010 and a bit earlier than John McCain’s more tentative hopes for a withdrawal by 2013. But it suggests that the spectrum of serious possibilities is narrowing. It shows that Iraqis are beginning to believe in their ability to stand on their own feet. And it flashes a ray of light at the end of Iraq’s still dismally dark tunnel. Iraq is far less horrible than it was two years ago. The Americans’ surge of extra troops, a series of ceasefires and deals with once hostile Sunni tribes in the west and with Shia militias in the slums of Baghdad, the windfall of extra cash from oil exports: all these things have given the country fresh hope. ...
Iraq on film:
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 -0000
American audiences have been staying at home, not tempted by films about an unpopular war. Perhaps the emergence of a new hero may do the trickWITH one exception, films about the Iraq war have done badly in American cinemas. The exception was Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11”, a fiercely anti-war film made the year after the invasion. Though Disney refused to distribute it, the movie still made a fortune. But the films that came after it have mostly bombed at the box office, a fact that has led film financiers to regard the war with a superstition as potent as that which has actors referring to “Macbeth” as “the Scottish play”.Why is this so? Persuading audiences to flock to a film about an unpopular war is obviously difficult. Comparisons with Vietnam don’t really work. Television coverage of the Vietnam war was so intensive that Hollywood did not bother to make many films about it while it was going on. (John Wayne’s “The Green Berets” was released in 1968 as a corrective, it was hoped, to the TV coverage that was turning the country against the war.) But, with Iraq, that situation is reversed. The New York Times has reported that the three major American television networks logged only about 180 minutes of weekday evening reporting on the war in the first half of this year (compared to 1,157 minutes for all of 2007), and that CBS News no longer has a full-time correspondent in Iraq. ...
Iraq:
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:47:15 -0000
Private contractors in Iraq operate in a legal limbo. That may changeTHE American federal agency that monitors progress in rebuilding Iraq recently gave warning to Congress that proposed changes in Iraqi law could provoke an exodus of private contractors, who remain a crucial part of the American presence in the country. In particular, proposals by Iraq’s government to end the contractors’ immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts is a contentious aspect of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that will, among other things, define the Americans’ legal status in Iraq after the UN mandate ceases, at the Iraqis’ request, at the end of this year. This week American and Iraqi negotiators sounded close to an agreement. But it was still unclear whether contractors’ immunity, let alone a date for America’s troop withdrawal, has been nailed down.If all the privateers in Iraq ran scared of the new law, the American coalition’s manpower would be drastically squeezed. The Congressional Budget Office says that 190,000 people work for contractors in Iraq. Some 38,000 are American, 82,000 hail from elsewhere and 70,000-plus are Iraqi. But the law under which the foreigners operate has been murky. “We should have figured out the laws first and then hired the guys,” says Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution, a Washington think-tank. “We did the opposite.” ...
Iraqi oil:
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:49:37 -0000
Iraq's oil is flowing a bit more freelyIRAQ'S oil production averaged over 2.4m barrels a day in the second quarter, the highest level since America invaded in 2003. This should boost the country's oil revenues to around $80 billon this year and production should keep on rising as security improves. Iraqi oil is cheap to extract and there are probably new fields to be found. But political uncertainty is hampering the investment needed to overhaul exitisng infrastructure and oilfields that might dramatically boost output in near future. ...
Iraq:
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:49:44 -0000
The country is awash with oil money but still lacks a proper planIN THE second quarter of the year, an American military auditor recently reported, Iraq’s oil production averaged over 2.4m barrels a day, the highest level since America invaded Iraq in 2003, and a marked improvement on last year’s average of around 2m b/d (see chart). Rising output, along with the high (if now falling) price of oil, should pump up Iraq’s oil revenues to almost $80 billion this year. That, in turn, has allowed the country’s parliament to boost this year’s budget from $48 billion to $70 billion in a supplementary spending bill approved earlier this month. As security improves, the government has a lot more cash to spend than it did a year ago. Will it make the best of it?For one thing, revenue from oil should go up more sharply still. Iraq produced 3m b/d as recently as October 2001, despite the crippling UN-enforced sanctions at the time. Iraq’s oil minister, Hussein al-Shahristani, has spoken of raising output to 6m b/d. In theory, that is possible. Iraq’s proven reserves, of 115 billion barrels, are the world’s third-largest after Saudi Arabia and Iran. Yet Iraq ranks just 13th in terms of production, suggesting there is plenty of scope to pump more. Russia, for example, produced almost 10m b/d last year from reserves of 80 billion barrels. Only 27 of the 80 or so fields that have been discovered in Iraq have ever been tapped. ...
Iraq:
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:37:33 -0000
The death toll in Iraq continues to dropTHE death toll of civilians and American soldiers in Iraq has been falling steadily. The “surge” of American troops last year, the growth of the Iraqi army and the Sunni awakening (in which many Sunnis who previously supported insurgents have turned against them) all help to explain why. Last month 13 American soldiers died in Iraq, the lowest level since the invasion in March 2003. The civilian death toll is harder to estimate: it hit 5,000 just over a year ago but dropped to 387 in July, according to the Iraqi authorities (other estimates are a bit higher, at around 500). Although Iraqi security forces are now in command of ten of the country's 18 provinces, an agreement on a timetable for American troop withdrawal and a full military handover to Iraq's own government will take some time yet. ...

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Jury Acquits Ex-Marine In Detainee Slayings
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:54:00 -0400
A civilian jury in Riverside, Calif., has acquitted a former Marine on charges of voluntary manslaughter. Jose Nazario Jr. was accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
Chinese Oil Company Seeks Deal With Iraq
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:00:00 -0400
Steve Inskeep has this morning's Business News.
Baghdad Plans Ferris Wheel To Boost Tourism
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0400
Iraq's tourism board aims to promote Baghdad as a fun place to be. There are already plans for a six-star hotel on the Tigris River, golf courses — and now a Ferris wheel. It's inviting proposals for the "Baghdad Eye," which it wants to be taller than the largest Ferris wheel in Europe, the London Eye.
Culture Resurfaces In Sadr City As Violence Falls
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:01:00 -0400
Street life in the neighborhoods is picking up, with vendors, hawkers and street games of table soccer resurfacing. Residents of Sadr City credit the area's radical Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for the quiet in their impoverished neighborhood.
Relatives Search For Missing In Iraqi Mass Graves
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Missing relatives and loved ones are slowly being found in mass graves in Iraq, though identification is a challenge. Despite registration of missing people, officials are having trouble simply locating the bodies.
Iraqi Children Find Solace In Cultural Center
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:12:00 -0400
A summer camp at the recently reopened center in Baghdad is offering Iraqi children a safe place to learn and play, away from the violence. Through art projects and plays, children try to experience the normalcy of prewar Iraq.

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New agreement on US Forces immunity in Iraq
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:03:00 -0000
The executive council that was held recently uncovered a new agreement that stipulates on the US to submit within a week an acceptable version of the agreement regarding US Forces withdrawal from Iraq and immunity of US troops in Iraq. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has suspended the work ...
Iraqi children into labor market
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:36:00 -0000
Iraq violence along past years has killed many men who headed a household, forcing a large number of children to abandon their education in search of incomes to support their families. The sight of children selling refreshments, tissues, balloons and even cigarettes on the roads has become a ...
US-Iraqi joint forces arrest senior official
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0000
US-Iraqi joint forces arrested the general manager of the de-baathification committee Ali Allami at Baghdad International Airport as he returned from Lebanon for implication with special groups related to Iran. An Iraqi security source announced that Allami is accused of plotting to the bombing ...
Internal row delayed Anbar security handover
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:36:00 -0000
Sheikh Ali Al Hatem, one of the main awakening council leaders in Anbar Province, said that the decision to delay security handover in the province earlier was due to rows between awakening councils and the Islamic Party headed by Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi. Al Hatem affirmed that rows with ...
Accordance Front proposes Kirkuk solutions
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:24:00 -0000
In a new attempt to resolve the crisis of provincial elections law and paragraph 24 regarding Kirkuk, the Accordance Front submitted a number of proposals to the United Nations Commission in Baghdad in aim to solve rows thereof. Head of the Accordance Front Iyyad Al Samirrai noted that one of the ...
Obama vows to end US war in Iraq
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:07:00 -0000
Democratic candidate to the White House Barack Obama vowed to end Iraq war affirming that he will set a timetable for US Forces withdrawal from Iraq. Obama noted however that he will pursue fighting against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan showing willingness to use US military force when deemed necessary. ...

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