News wires reach deal to cover Indian Premier League

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LONDON, (Reuters) – The 2009 Indian Premier League  cricket tournament in South Africa will be covered by major news  agencies after the two sides resolved issues that had caused  many news media to suspend IPL coverage last year.

The IPL and the News Media Coalition said on Thursday they  had agreed terms of coverage for the forthcoming season, and the  IPL said it would extend a deadline for media to apply to cover  the event by 24 hours.

The inaugural IPL, a Twenty20 competition with big prize  money for the world’s top players, was launched in India in 2008  but boycotted by major news agencies including Reuters because  of restrictions on the use of material on certain Websites.

India’s cricket board decided to move this year’s season  outside India because of security concerns, as it coincides with  the country’s general elections.

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