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NEWS ABOUT: Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera stories: 5 news summaries

Gitmo Detainee Calls al-Jazeera, Alleges Abuse

Prisoner, captured
at 14, says he was beaten, tear-gassed

Apr 15, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay hasn’t gotten any better since Barack Obama took office, one detainee told al-Jazeera yesterday after using newly granted phone privileges to call the Middle Eastern news network. Mohammed al Gharani says he’s been abused “almost every day” since Obama’s term began,... More »

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torture • Guantanamo Bay • abuse • Al Jazeera • Sami al-Hajj • Obama administration • Mohammed El Gharani

Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

Geography forces balancing act; gas wealth make it a player

Mar 5, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The challenges of being Qatar, a peninsular nation bordering Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, could be a hint of the diplomatic discourse to come, Bloomberg reports. The emirate cannily attends to the demands of its Saudi and Iranian neighbors, and it hosts US military forces; it also has learned... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Hezbollah • Qatar • Al Jazeera • natural gas • Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani • Sheik Hamad

US Should Tune In to Al Jazeera

English-language network affords a close-up view of our own loss of influence 

Nov 12, 07 9:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Year-old Al Jazeera English is only in a handful of US markets—a fact that “amounts to self-destructive blindness,” says the Times’ Roger Cohen. By not watching the channel Donald Rumsfeld called “vicious, inaccurate, and inexcusable,” we damage our chances in the war of ideas—because... More »

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Donald Rumsfeld • Al Jazeera • Toledo, Ohio • Burlington, Vermont • war of ideas

Qaeda Backers Enraged by
Al Jazeera's Osama Excerpts

Critics also seek praise from scolding leader

Oct 26, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of Al Qaeda have attacked Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera for selectively airing critical remarks by Osama bin Laden this week in which he blasts Iraqi insurgent groups for being too splintered. Critics called for the broadcaster to air the entire tape, which also includes praise for the groups. More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Al Jazeera • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

Dubai Tower is World's Tallest

$1B skyscraper at 1,680 feet; final height will be over 2,200 with 160 floors and 56 elevators

Jul 21, 07 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unfinished skyscraper in Dubai is now scraping the sky at 1,680 feet, surpassing Tawain's Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building. The Burj Dubai, which began construction in September 2004, will cost $1B and consist of more than 160 floors and 56 elevators when completed in 2008. More »

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Dubai • Burj Dubai • Al Jazeera • Tawain • United Arab Emirates • Taipei 101 • skyscraper • buildings • world's tallest building

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