The BBC journalist Shaimaa Khalil was detained for 20 hours while reporting on the operation to clear Tahrir Square.

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The ministry accused Globovision of sparking Friday's clashes by reporting on the operation at the prison, which officials had planned to keep under wraps.

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In reporting earlier this year about how Google builds its maps, I stumbled upon a massive operation requiring vast amounts of human labor.

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Police opened their bribery probe, called Operation Elveden, in July 2011, as a scandal erupted in the U.K. over illegal reporting tactics.

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