1.   ABC, CBS and NBC have no permanent bureaus in Africa, relying on stringers and correspondents who fly in and out to cover breaking news.

2.   Jordan said CNN, the only news channel with a permanent bureau in Havana, would continue to cover whatever developments took place in Cuba.

3.   Now, she has been guiding the establishment of a permanent bureau field office in Karachi, where Pearl was seized.

4.   Now, with U.S.-Iraqi tensions again stretched thin, CNN is working to open a permanent bureau in the Iraqi capital.

5.   The government has welcomed the establishment of permanent Havana bureaus for CNN and The Associated Press.

6.   The San Jose Mercury News has become the first American newspaper in a generation to win approval from the government of Vietnam for a permanent bureau in Hanoi.

7.   Cuban President Fidel Castro told top editors of American newspapers that he still distrusts U.S. journalists and is not ready to let them have permanent bureaus on the island.