Yesterday in a talk with journalists a representative of the judicial system of Iran Alirza Djamshidi verified the arrest of journalist Roxana Saberi being the US citizen. He noted that she was kept in Teheran prison Evin.

In the evening on 3 March, in Kyrgyzstan political observer of “Reporter-Bishkek” newspaper, member of the opposition party “Ata-Makan” (Fatherland) Sirgak Abdildayev was attacked, IA “AKIpress” informs.

The broadcast of the “RTR-planet” TV channel has been cut off in Tajikistan since March 2 over debts, the ITAR-TASS informs quoting the statement of head to the “Radiotelecom” public corporation under the Tajik State Committee on TV and Radio Broadcasting, Sukhrob Aliyev. “We warned once again the leadership of the Russian TV channel about the debts and need to revise the rates on technical service of television equipment almost month and a half ago, however we still haven't been replied”, the official said.

A TV channel to broadcast in Russian, Armenian, English, Turkish and Farsi is to be launched in Azerbaijan, the APA informs referring to chair of the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC), Nushiravan Maharramli.

American journalist, Roxana Saberi, is detained in Iran, the Reuters informs. The journalist cooperating with such agencies as the BBC and the NPR was arrested as early as 31 January, 2009, but nothing was known about her detention until February.

One of the Chinese provincial newspapers has rescinded the deal on supply of 150 “Airbus” liners to the CPR having wrongly translated the information of a US news agency, The China Daily informs. The article saying that the CPR broke off the agreement with the “Airbus” which doesn't cope with the plan of supply of 150 air liners was reprinted by other mass media and evoked widespread resonance not only in China, but also outside it.