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Helping hand for bloggers

Paris: A media watchdog has released a handbook to help cyber-dissidents and bloggers avoid political censorship in countries as far apart as China, Iran, Vietnam and Cuba.

The guide, published this week by Reporters Without Borders with the backing of the French Government, identifies bloggers as the "new heralds of free expression" and offers advice on how to set up a blog and run it anonymously.

"Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure," wrote Julien Pain. "Only they provide independent news, at the risk of displeasing the government and sometimes courting arrest."

Blogs are personal websites that are easy to set up and are often written in the form of an online diary.

The Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents can be downloaded from the group's website (www.rsf.org). more