Musharraf gags Pakistan's TV journalists

Though most of the Pakistani TV channels that were blacked out last month by President Pervez Musharraf's emergency decree are back on the air they are muzzled by sweeping new restrictions. Under a new ordinance, television journalists face up to three years in jail for broadcasting "anything which defames or brings into ridicule the head of state". The law will remain in place after Musharraf ends the state of emergency. (Via New York Times)