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Murdoch opens Abu Dhabi Media Summit  Calls for a media market
open to foreign competitors  NEW YORK -- News Corp. chairman and
CEO Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that the Arab world can adhere
to traditions and values, while also investing in a thriving
creative industry and avoiding over-regulation and hurdles that
keep out foreign players.  He said the Arab world -- with its
335 million people that News Corp. is betting on -- should take
an approach that allows it to make its mark on the global
entertainment market, but also keeps it open to companies from
other countries.  Opening the first-ever Abu Dhabi Media Summit,
the media mogul also called for freedom of the press after media
organizations faced restrictions in the United Arab Emirates
last year amid critical reports, including in Murdoch-owned
newspapers, about Dubai's debt woes. "I have learned that this
type of coverage is a fact of life in a modern media society,"
he said, referenci