Kuwait bans DSLR use by non-journalists

UPDATE Nov. 27, 2010: There is no ban. The story has been retracted.

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November 23, 2010 at 10:25 pm

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moayad says:

November 27, 2010 at 3:05 pm

It’s official! THERE IS NO BAN! It was a big rumour.

Kuwait Times retracts the news:

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzAwMTg4ODg1

More details (in Arabic):

http://tasweery.com/mag/kuwait-photo-freedom.htm

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M. Scott Brauer Reply:
November 27th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Thanks for the update! We’ll update our story.

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Retraction: No ban on dSLRs in Kuwait | dvafoto says:

November 27, 2010 at 4:54 pm

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