China blocks Nobel ceremony

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/12/2010

Internet users in China have been blocked from accessing the website
of Norwegian broadcaster NRK on the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize
ceremony.Blocking access to NRK's site is but the latest sign of
China's anger over the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award
the 2010 prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.The websites of
the BBC and CNN were also impacted, NRK said. (DPA)

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