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Bahrain Protests: A Day in Disturbing Images [VIDEOS]

Chaos continues to reign in Bahrain, where thousands of anti-government demonstrators have flouted a ban on protests and soldiers have dialed up the force of their response. Reports out of Bahrain are all over the place, with many saying that the military is using live gunfire on protesters. In addition to gunfire, there...

In New York City's 'Little Egypt,' Residents Wait Anxiously for News

NEW YORK -- Ismail Mustafa is worried about his 4-year-old son back in Egypt. The child has an ear infection, but the hospital near his home in Alexandria has closed amid the chaos there. "I'm talking to my family every day, but the cell phone signal is not good," Mustafa, a 31-year-old deliveryman who came to the U.S. in...

Egypt Bans Arabic Broadcaster Al-Jazeera

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Sunday that Egyptian authorities ordered the closure of its Cairo news hub overseeing coverage of the country's massive street protests. The station denounced the move as an attempt to "stifle and repress" open reporting. The Qatar-based network has...

Egypt's National Museum: King Tut's Treasures Potentially Threatened by Fire? [VIDEO]

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities -- also known as the Egyptian Museum and the National Museum -- was reported to be under threat from nearby blazes burning in the center of Cairo as a result of the ongoing political demonstrations against the government of Hosni Mubarak, Al-Jazeera reported. With an estimated 120,000...

Al-Jazeera's Egypt Coverage Earns High Praise on Twitter

This week the world spotlight is closely focused on the anti-government rioting in Egypt, and you might say that Al-Jazeera is shining that spotlight. According to some, the news network has even "galvanized" the uprising, which over the past four days has brought tens of thousands of Egyptians to the streets to rally...

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Georgianne Nienaber: Congo: Al Jazeera Meets With M23 in Exclusive Interview

Correspondent Nazanine Moshiri of Al Jazeera has just filed this exclusive interview with M23 in eastern Congo.

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Yemen Suicide Attack: Scores Killed As Bomber Targets Military Parade

At least 90 soldiers have been killed and dozens more injured after a suicide bomber "dressed as a soldier" attacked a military parade in Yemen.

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05/31/12 Global Witness: Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda... Source: Namibia News Huffington Post Correspondent Nazanine Moshiri of Al Jazeera has just filed this exclusive interview with M23 in eastern Congo.
05/30/12 Georgianne Nienaber: Congo: Al Jazeera Meets With M23... Source: The Huffington Post Correspondent Nazanine Moshiri of Al Jazeera has just filed this exclusive interview with M23 in eastern Congo.
05/24/12 Al-Jazeera Networks Selects two Eutelsat Satellites to... Source: PR Newswire Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today that its HOT BIRD satellite TV neighbourhood at 13° East and the EUTELSAT 5 West A satellite at 5° West have been selected by beIN SPORT to broadcast its two new channels for the French market, beIN SPORT 1 et beIN SPORT 2 . beIN Sport 1 is on track for launch on June 1 and will show premium coverage of the UEFA Euro 2012 championship from June 8 .
05/22/12 Private firm SpaceX makes historic launch Source: Al Jazeera The US company SpaceX has became the first commercial outfit to send its own spacecraft toward the International Station with the launch of the cargo-bearing Dragon capsule.
05/21/12 Oliveira boosts Al Jazira in Asian Champio... Source: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Former Brazil and AC Milan marksman Ricardo Oliveira is aiming to add to his remarkable tally for Sheikh Mansour's Al Jazira as the AFC Champions League race hots up this week.

Background on al jazeera

al Jazeera ( ' , literally "The Island", abbreviating "[[Arabian Peninsula|The [Arabian] Peninsula]]") (also Aljazeera or JSC [Jazeera Satellite Channel]) is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

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