Arab journalists meeting delayed

Arab journalists federation said on Sunday that a meeting of the Secretariat scheduled on January 26-27 was postponed till February 9-10.

The Cairo-based federation said in a statement that the meeting was postponed for completion of preparations.

The federation's Secretary General, Salah Eddine Hafez, said the Secretariat would discuss Arab affairs, the budget and means of securing new sources of financial income.

The Secretariat would also discuss results of a mission by an investigation team that was dispatched to Yemen to report about freedom of the press there.