They may elicit comparison with Upstairs, Downstairs or Downton Abbey, but unlike the late Victorian English country house concept popularized by TV, these highly educated estate managers are forging a new profession.

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Mr. Assange recently began hosting a television show on the Moscow-based English-language TV channel Russia Today, which is funded by the Kremlin.

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People in the Middle East will still have access to most of the channels operated by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (Irib) - including English-language news service, Press TV, and Arabic-language al-Alam - but they will no longer be available in Europe except via the internet.

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