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Outrage over 2006 Egypt ferry disaster acquittals
CAIRO AFP — Scuffles erupted at an Egyptian court on Sunday when five of six defendants were cleared of blame for a 2006 ferry sinking in which more than 1,000 people died, Egypt's worst maritime disaster. Hysterical relatives voiced anger as only Salaheddin Gomaa, captain of another ferry, the...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Egypt, Government, SECURITY, TVs
Research articles 2008-07-27
Adrian captivates audience of 140m; Brave Sudders goes on Al Jazeera TV
Byline: By BARRY GIBSON News Reporter CAMPAIGNING Examiner reporter Adrian Sudbury spoke to millions of people around the world last night. Leukaemia sufferer Adrian, who has just weeks to live, appeared live on Al Jazeera Television, which has a potential global audience of 140m people. Adrian spoke...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Blogging, INTERNET, MARKETING, petition, TVs
Research articles 2008-05-27
Jordanian Professor Advocates Suicide Terrorists Use Nuke Bombs.
By IsraelNationalNews.com Jordanian University lecturer Dr. Ibrahim Alloush recommended on Al-Jazeera television that suicide bombers be equipped with small nuclear bombs. According to a transcript provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute MEMRI, Alloush said, "Whoever managed to get a...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, bomb, TVs
Research articles 2008-05-19
Nine sent out of Guantanamo included Al-Jazeera cameraman
WASHINGTON AFP — Nine detainees at the US war-on-terror prison camp in Guantanamo, Cuba, were transferred out, including an Al-Jazeera cameraman, a US spokesman said Friday. Five detainees were sent to Afghanistan, three to Sudan and one to Morocco, the Defense Department said. Among those sent home was...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, NETWORKING
Research articles 2008-05-02
Al-Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- An Al-Jazeera cameraman was released from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests. Sami al-Haj, who had been on a hunger strike for 16 months, grimaced as he was carried off...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, HEALTHCARE, Manufacturing, U.S.
Research articles 2008-05-02
Al-Jazeera cameraman returns home from Guantanamo
KHARTOUM AFP — A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera arrived home early Friday after being detained without charge for six years at the Guantanamo US military prison. A US air force plane carrying Sami al-Haj landed at a state security terminal in Khartoum, an AFP...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, HEALTHCARE, NETWORKING
Research articles 2008-05-01
David Marash: Why I Quit Al Jazeera's English TV Service.
By Columbia Journalism Review In February 2006, David Marash, a veteran correspondent and substitute host for ABC's Nightline, raised eyebrows in the U.S. journalism world when he took a job as the Washington anchor for Al Jazeera English, the new sister channel of the...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Cable, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2008-04-15
Sideshow: Katie Holmes to B'way?
She did it a lot in high school. But what if she'll stink at it? I mean, she's been out of practice for so long. That'd be  Katie Holmes , who is reportedly about to resume her teenage love affair with the stage. London tab the Daily Mail says Katie...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, INTERNET, London, Paris
Research articles 2008-03-29
US anchor quits Al-Jazeera citing increased editorial control
NEW YORK AFP — The most high-profile US face on Al-Jazeera's English language service has quit the network, citing increasing editorial control by the Qatar-based management, according to reports Friday. "To put it bluntly, the channel that's on now -- while excellent, and I plan to be a lifetime...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, broadcasting, editorial, network, NETWORKING
Research articles 2008-03-28
Israel to Embargo Al Jazeera.
By IsraelNationalNews.com Israel has decided to impose an official embargo of the Arabic Al Jazeera satellite TV network due to the Foreign Ministry's assessment that the station functions as a propaganda arm in the Arab war against the Jewish State. "After...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, embargo, MARKETING, TVs
Research articles 2008-03-14
Israel boycotts Al Jazeera over Gaza coverage
JERUSALEM AFP — Israel said on Wednesday it is boycotting Al-Jazeera television in protest at the pan-Arab channel's coverage of events in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. "We have discussed this problem and I have decided that we will boycott this channel as its partial coverage is not credible and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Israel, violence
Research articles 2008-03-12
Pan-Arab news rivals see BBC as spur to coverage
DUBAI AFP — Fierce rivals in the Middle East, the two main pan-Arab news channels, Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, see Tuesday's scheduled arrival of broadcasting by BBC Arabic Television as a spur to their own coverage of events. Al-Jazeera, whose reports from Iraq have frequently upset the US military and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, British Broadcasting Corp., Dubai, Government
Research articles 2008-03-10
Mission Al Jazeera
MISSION AL JAZEERA, Josh Rushing, with Sean Elder, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007, 233 pages, $24.95. "It's almost impossible to overestimate the impact Al Jazeera has had on the Arab world," notes Josh Rushing, who resigned from the Marine Corps in 2006 to accept a correspondent's post with the...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Arab, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, U.S.
Research articles 2008-03-01
Al-Jazeera slams Arab media restrictions
DOHA AFP — Al-Jazeera television on Friday lashed out at a set of recommendations adopted by the Arab League that seek to stop Arab satellite channels from offending governments in the region. "Al-Jazeera considers the adoption of the charter... a risk to the freedom of expression in the Arab...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Government, NETWORKING, Qatar, satellite
Research articles 2008-02-15
Arab states slap 'regulations' on satellite channels
CAIRO AFP — Arab countries, at the initiative of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday adopted a document which imposes "regulations" on Arab satellite television and bars offending their regimes. Over the opposition solely of Qatar, the home of Al-Jazeera, information ministers of the 22-member Arab League voted in...
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Arab, NETWORKING, regulation, satellite
Research articles 2008-02-12
Jazeera 'torture video' journalist acquitted by Egypt court
CAIRO AFP — A Cairo appeals court on Monday acquitted an Al-Jazeera journalist sentenced to six months over a film that highlighted torture in Egyptian police stations but it still upheld a fine against her. The court overturned Howayda Taha's May 2007 sentence but ordered her to pay 20,000...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Egypt, journalist, MARKETING, video
Research articles 2008-02-11
Al-Qaeda claims attack on Israel's embassy in Mauritania: Al Jazeera
DUBAI AFP — The Al-Qaeda terror group has claimed an attack on the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, Al Jazeera television reported Sunday. "Al-Qaeda claims the attack against the Israeli embassy buildings in Nouakchott," the Qatar-based satellite channel announced on its screen without giving further details. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda, attack, satellite, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-02-02
Al-Qaeda claims attack on Israel's embassy in Mauritania: Al Jazeera
DUBAI AFP — The Al-Qaeda terror group has claimed an attack on the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, Al Jazeera television reported Sunday. "Al-Qaeda claims the attack against the Israeli embassy buildings in Nouakchott," the Qatar-based satellite channel announced on its screen without giving further details. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda, attack, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-02-02
Yemen president to ask Spain to free jailed journalist
SANAA AFP — Yemen's president will during an official visit to Spain this week ask Madrid to release an Al-Jazeera journalist jailed for seven years for collaborating with Al-Qaeda, state media reported on Tuesday. Saba added that Saleh, who arrived in Spain on Monday, would renew Sanaa's offer to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Spain, TVs
Research articles 2008-01-29
Kuwaiti court orders Al-Jazeera TV to pay compensation
KUWAIT CITY AFP — A court in Kuwait has ordered Qatar-based Arab news channel Al-Jazeera to pay damages of 20,000 dinars (73,000 dollars) for airing a programme perceived as insulting to the emirate, a lawyer said on Wednesday. Four Kuwaiti lawyers sued the satellite television in 2002 after it...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Benefits, compensation, Kuwait, lawyer, TV, verdict
Research articles 2008-01-16
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