Iraqi journalists stage protest

Hundreds of Iraqi journalists have marched through Baghdad, the capital, to protest against government censorship and intimidation. Friday's demonstration came amid a dispute over a series of newspaper editorials suggesting that the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) political party may have been involved in a bank robbery. "Journalists and media workers have lost 247 of their colleagues over the past six years because of attacks and violations," Emad al-Khafaji, a journalist and writer, told the crowd on Friday.