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http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/080805/iraq_nationa_news_agency_launched_by_reutersIraq national news agency launched by Reuters
The Reuters Foundation has launched what it claims is Iraq's first "independent and commercially viable" news agency.
Last year the Foundation, a charity funded by Reuters, established an online "news exchange" called www.aswataliraq.info (Voices of Iraq) as a way for Iraq freelances to share stories.
With funding from the United Nations Development Programme and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation this has now been developed into a news agency run and staffed by Iraqi journalists with reporters in each of the country's 18 regional government areas.
So far Reuters Foundation has provided training for over 50 Iraqi journalists contributing to Voices of Iraq.
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