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Al Jazeera gets nod to broadcast in Canada
Doha :: Qatar | about 11 hours ago
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Al Jazeera�s Arab language service to broadcast in Canada but only under criteria so strict it required broadcasts to be monitored for breaches, and so no satellite or cable service provider has yet opted to offer the channel.
Tags: Al Jazeera, Canada, Qatar, Doha, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Television networks, Department of Canadian Heritage, Entertainment Culture
Former Doctor Who to play John Lennon
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is to play John Lennon in a new BBC drama covering Lennon's life from 1967 to 1971. Al-Jazeera English, the English-language service of the Qatar-based broadcaster, has been approved for distribution via satellite...
Tags: John Lennon, Christopher Eccleston, play john, Los Angeles, Entertainment Culture, Surnames, Yoko Ono, Lennon, High-definition television, Puppetry, Doctor Who, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Eccleston Merseyside, Shallow Grave, Al Jazeera English, Brian Epstein, Human Interest, Our Friends in the North, Members of the Order of the British Empire, Al Jazeera
Al-Jazeera English gets CRTC approval
Doha :: Qatar | 2 days ago
Credibility Al-Jazeera English, the English-language service of the Qatar-based broadcaster, has been approved for distribution via satellite in Canada. A couple of would-be reality TV stars crashed a state dinner Tuesday evening at the White House, rubbing shoulders...
Tags: Qatar, Doha, Couric, Al Jazeera English, Donny Osmond, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera gets entry into Canada
Aje :: Ethiopia | 3 days ago
Credibility Al Jazeera English (AJE) will be available from January or February. After the channel formally applies, Canadians will be allowed to submit their opinions about the channel. Toronto-based Ethnic Channels Group Ltd had sought permission from the regulatory...
Tags: Canada, Al Jazeera, jazeera english, Ethiopia, Aje, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Tony Burman, Entertainment Culture, High-definition television, Al Jazeera Mobasher, Al Jazeera Sports +4, Al Jazeera English, Year of birth missing, Al Jazeera Sports +1
UN Combats Violence Against Women, with Help from Men
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility On Wednesday, the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced the creation of a network of men tapped to serve as male role models in the fight against gender-based...
Tags: Los Angeles, Ban Ki-moon, Violence against women, Al Jazeera, Entertainment Culture
Al Jazeera Secures World Cup Rights
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 4 days ago
Credibility The landmark deal, which makes Al Jazeera the dominant regional player in sports broadcasting, is the second consolidation between Middle East pay-TV providers this year after the merger between Orbit and Showtime in July. World Cup, in a deal estimated...
Tags: Al Jazeera Sport Channel, Al Jazeera Sports, world cups, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, allnews, Al Jazeera Sports +4, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Sports +1, Showtime
World media converge on Makkah
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 days ago
Credibility International TV channels and news agencies such as CNN, BBC, ABC, NBC, Associated Press, Agence France Presse and Reuters have sent their reporters and crews to cover the annual pilgrimage this year. Malaysia, Al Arabiya, MBC, Islam Channel of Britain,...
Tags: media organizes, Japan, Tōkyō, Geography of Saudi Arabia, Agence France-Presse, Red Sea, Al Arabiya, Makkah Province, Jeddah, Al Jazeera, Mecca
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: 8 Die in Blast at Weapons Depot
Ulyanovsk :: Russia | 5 days ago
Credibility 8 Die in Blast at Weapons Depot Published: November 23, 2009 An explosion at a navy weapons depot killed at least eight soldiers and injured several others on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar blast at the same depot killed two and forced...
Tags: Russian, Ulyanovsk, arms depot, Defense Ministry, munitions blasts, Moscow, ministry spokesman, depot kills, Arsenal Number, Defence Ministry, Russia, Second Chechen War, Explosive weapons, Bombs, Unexploded ordnance, War Conflict, Dmitry Medvedev, Gazprom, Disaster Accident, Environment, Vladimir Lenin, Medvedev, Al Jazeera, Politics, Neave Barker, Maputo arms depot explosion, Law Crime, Arsenal, Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, Storage, Ammunition dump, Military supply, Military terminology
Unborn children for sale in S Korea
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The few cases that have surfaced have alarmed the government so much so that Al Jazeera has learned it has formed a special taskforce to bring human trafficking laws up to date. One of the challenges, Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports, is how to give authorities...
Tags: Al Jazeera, unborn children, New York City, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Treaty, Social Issues, Politics, Human rights abuses, Smuggling, Human trafficking, Child labour, Crimes, Crimes against humanity
Migrant workers at risk in S Africa
Cape Town :: South Africa | 8 days ago
Credibility The persecution, which forced about 2,000 migrants to seek refuge in a rugby stadium, began on Tuesday when the migrants' shacks in a farming community in De Doorns were levelled. Local residents say they are tired of competing with Zimbabweans for space...
Tags: South Africa, Cape Town, Refugee, African people, Al Jazeera, Demography, Haru Mutasa, Social Issues, Politics, Right of asylum, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Forced migration, Population
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