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font-family: Arial\">Morocco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journalists follow the scuffle between major Arabic news media and the government it is critical of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/africa\/2008\/06\/2008629112317294129.html\">Morocco&#8217;s Media Split on Al Jazeera<\/a>      (Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Stopping short of setting the price of bread itself, the Lebanese economic ministry promises flour subsidies, even though rising commodity prices is a global issue: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/pr\/fr\/-\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7477441.stm\">Lebanon&#8217;s Bakers Reduced Prices<\/a>      (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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