Mediagazer: Journalists excluded from Indian gang-rape trial (William Turvill/Press Gazette)

11:05 AM ET, January 7, 2013

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Journalists excluded from Indian gang-rape trial — Journalists covering today's gang-rape pre-trial hearing in New Delhi, India, were excluded from the courtroom. — The magistrate ordered everyone except police and court officials to leave the room when the five defendants arrived.

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