41.   At a government auction for licenses in May, it was among many independent stations that were refused frequency licenses by the government but continued operating without one.

42.   Djilas will be buried in his native Montenegrin village of Podbisce, the independent Belgrade TV station Studio B said.

43.   Domestic and foreign protests poured into Belgrade Friday, a day after the regime took over the main independent TV station, Studio B TV.

44.   Even as some accuse the president of intolerance of the critical press, Venediktov said government officials appear eager to preserve the independent station.

45.   Former Lt. Jean Emery Piram was sentenced for killing Jean-Claude Museau, Radio Haiti-Inter, an independent station, reported Saturday.

46.   In fact, the Kremlin and NTV, the only major independent TV station in Russia, have been wrestling over press freedom for more than a year.

47.   In the northern city of Pavlodar, the independent Irbis station was prohibited from broadcasting for three months as a result of a lawsuit brought by the Information Ministry.

48.   In March, the government expelled a correspondent from the independent station NTV.

49.   INTV will initially comprise five existing independent stations within the Muslim-Croat federation, and a group of journalists in the Bosnian Serb entity.

50.   Independent station wins five-year license.