Young journalists from a number of politically unstable areas met in Tokyo late last week to discuss the media's role in building peace.
During a panel discussion Friday evening titled "What the media can do now," four journalists, from India, Pakistan, Palestinian areas and Israel explained the situations in their home lands.
The gathering, held in the leadup to the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., was organized by the Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat.
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