FIFA President Sepp Blatter has written an open letter to newspapers in the bitter row over the relaxation of restrictions on the use of photographs of this summer’s World Cup on the internet.

THE WORLD Association of Newspapers and the world’s major news agencies, has expressed dismay at FIFA’s decision to insist on severe restrictions on photo publication for this year’s World Cup finals.

A SCIENCE magazine aimed at children aged between 8-12 and produced by two academics at Waterford Institute of Technology has scooped a coveted award.

U2 frontman Bono is guest speaker to 1,200 publishers, newspaper executives and editors who are gathering in Dublin this week for a major think tank on the future of the newspaper industry.

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum (WEF) have lodged an official protest with Tony Blair over the arrest of two journalists in the North for publishing transcripts of bugged telephone calls.

BONO and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will address the World Newspaper Congress, which will held here for the first time in June.

Newspaper circulation in Asia will undergo double-digit growth in the next four years while sales decreases in Europe and North America will slow following two decades of decline, the World Association of Newspapers predicts in a new report.

The World Association of Newspapers has accused western democracies of undermining freedom of expression by urging the media not to report the views of their enemies.