21.   The media was kept away, but the radio said independent monitors were allowed to witness the operation.

22.   To encourage quiet diplomacy, the United Nations is keeping the media at a distance and plans a news blackout.

23.   A military spokesman in the area said the order keeping the media out came directly from Pastrana.

24.   Also key is keeping the media aware of such projects.

25.   But the Hong Kong-based PERC said the Internet debate in the region was not about keeping the medium out of any individual Asian country.

26.   Earlier, as they left Auckland, Nigerian security moved in to keep the media from Foreign Minister Tomi Ikimi, standing in for junta leader General Sani Abacha.

27.   The local media is kept under tight control, with journalists who stray from the official line often coming under attack.