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N. Korea suffering severe drought: state media

26 May 2012

North Korea is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, state media says, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages in the impoverished communist country.

Today's media stories from the papers

26 May 2012

If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it as an email every morning, please click here Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Jeremy Hunt urged PM to allow BSkyB deal weeks before taking charge of bid Leveson inquiry: Culture secretary told David Cameron the 'media sector would suffer for years' if News Corp's bid for BSkyB was blocked News Corp 'believed Hunt was on side' on ...

Media Decoder Blog: Audio: Veteran Times-Picayune Reporter on How Staff Heard the News

25 May 2012

Bruce Nolan, who covers religion for the newspaper, spoke up at meeting led by Jim Amoss, the editor of the newspaper, about the change to three-times-a-week publishing.