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.

Burma’s military junta released at least 19 political prisoners, including pro-democracy party members, as part of a group of nearly 4,000 inmates it said were wrongly charged by an intelligence agency.

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.