Topic: David Rohde

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It would be hard to leave New York Times' reporter David Rohde's five-part series "Held by the Taliban" (The New York Times, October 17) off any list of the year's best essays. When I told them I was an innocent ...

Jimmy Wales and the Slippery Slope

Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, apparently does not see the need or value of preserving the record.. Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, recently attempted to pressure ECT News Network into killing or drastically revising an article that was not to his liking ...
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During the months reporter David Rohde spent as a prisoner of the Taliban, his newspaper, other publications and Wikipedia reportedly agreed to keep quiet about it. For seven months, New York Times reporter David Rohde was held by Taliban kidnappers. Wikipedia founder ...
The New York Times worked with Wikipedia to keep news of the kidnapping of one of its reporters in Afghanistan off the online user-edited encyclopedia, the newspaper reported on Monday.New York Times reporter David Rohde, who was kidnapped by the Taliban ...
The New York Times asked Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, for his help when David Rohde was kidnapped and the news was being posted. .
Afghan journalist held by Taliban says he was beaten, threatened with deathAn Afghan journalist held by Taliban militants with a New York Times reporter said Monday he was beaten and repeatedly threatened by captors whose demands kept changing during their seven-month ordeal ...
Journalists, held by Taliban in Pakistan, endured death threats before harrowing escapeTwo journalists held over seven months by the Taliban in Pakistan endured death threats before they escaped by tricking guards and dropping down a 20-foot wall with a rope, according to ...
Please substitute the following for V4656, slugged NYT Reporter-Afghan Abduction, which moved at 1:29 p.m. The new version CORRECTS pronunciation of Rohde. )NEW YORK (AP) The editor of The New York Times says keeping quiet about the capture of one ...

Kidnapped reporter escapes from Taliban: paper

A New York Times reporter kidnapped last November by the Taliban and held in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan has escaped to freedom, the newspaper reported on its website.David Rohde and a local reporter, who were abducted outside of Kabul ...