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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: al-Jazeera

al-Jazeera stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - Turkish police have arrested a Syrian man who planned to try to assassinate President Obama, CBS News reports today. The Turks moved on the man, who appears to have been impersonating an Al-Jazeera correspondent, based on information from Saudi intelligence services. The plot was to be carried out in Istanbul,... More »

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Turkey • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Istanbul • assassination attempt • al-Jazeera • President Obama • Alliance of Civilizations

(Newser) - Top PLO official Kamal Medhat and at least three of his bodyguards were killed by a roadside bomb near a refugee camp in southern Lebanon today, security officials tell al-Jazeera. Television footage showed Medhat’s car being blasted into a large crater. A Fatah spokesman said Medhat had been “... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Lebanon • Fatah • al-Jazeera • PLO

 Quiet Qatar Plays
 Key Mideast
 Peacemaker Role 

Iconoclastic emirate  works to calm conflicts

Jul 9, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Qatar has managed the amazing diplomatic feat of staying friendly with just about everybody in the Middle East, the New York Times writes. The tiny, oil-rich emirate, which somehow maintains close ties with Iran while also hosting an American airbase, is rapidly becoming the region's mediator. Its diplomats recently pulled... More »

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Middle East • diplomacy • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa • al-Jazeera • Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani

 Newsman Freed
 From Gitmo
 After 6 Years 

Al-Jazeera cameraman held for 6 years

May 2, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cameraman was released yesterday from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay after being held without charges for 6 years. Al-Jazeera's Sami al-Hajj, who has been on a hunger strike, was immediately taken to a hospital in Khartoum. "I've been dreaming of this moment," said the Sudanese... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • hunger strike • al-Jazeera • Sami al-Hajj • Reporters Without Borders • Islamist website

Libyan Town Exports Grim Crop: Suicide Bombers

Reporter travels to Darnah to uncover insurgents' motives

Apr 21, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - American intelligence has long known that the bulk of foreign combatants waging jihad in Iraq are Saudi nationals, but Libya is a close second, with much higher per capita representation. Documents found in Sinjar, Iraq, showed 112 fighters in a group of 606 were Libyan, and 52 came from Darnah,... More »

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terrorism • insurgents • jihad • suicide bomber • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • al-Jazeera • Darnah, Libya

Army Finds Remains of Soldier Captured in 2004

Ominous video showed Matt Maupin surrounded by masked men

Mar 31, 08 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The remains of an Ohio soldier who was captured in Iraq four years ago have been found, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. DNA tests identified the remains as Matt Maupin, 20, an Army general told the young soldier's parents. Maupin had been listed as missing in Iraq since his fuel convoy... More »

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War on Terror • insurgents • missing soldiers • US military • al-Jazeera • Iraq war • Matt Maupin

 Bin Laden: 'Fire and 
 Iron' Can Free Gaza 

In new tape, al-Qaeda pushes continued violence against US in Iraq

Mar 20, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden calls followers to arms to stop the blockade on Gaza in a tape broadcast today on Al-Jazeera. Israel did not take the Palestinian territory "by negotiations and dialogue but with fire and iron. And this is the way to get it back," he said, adding... More »

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Iraq • Gaza • jihad • Osama bin Laden • Gaza blockade • al-Jazeera • audiotape

British Hostage Appears on
Arab Television

One of 5 missing
since May asks for prisoner exchange

Feb 27, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the five British men kidnapped in Baghdad eight months ago appeared on Arab television last night, begging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to free nine Iraqi prisoners in exchange for the Britons. “Release their people so that we can go home. It’s as simple as that,"... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Gordon Brown • kidnapping • Peter Moore • Garda-World • Bearing Point • Muqtada al-Sadr • al-Arabiya • al-Jazeera • hostage

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