Word: al-jazeera
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...recommended it be granted to al-Arabiya. The channel is seen as a prominent voice of moderation in the Middle East, preferring calm analysis to what many see as rival al-Jazeera's more sensational coverage. The Obama scoop came at a good moment for al-Arabiya, which had seen ratings falter as al-Jazeera provided blanket coverage of Palestinian suffering during the recent Israeli war in Gaza. (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East...
...Israel's decision to keep the Western press out of Gaza may also have backfired, because it's given a monopoly of coverage to the more inflammatory reporting of Arab satellite television stations such as al-Jazeera and al-Arabiyya, which maintain bureaus in Gaza. And while there are many excellent Palestinian journalists working for the Western press in Gaza, there have been some examples of doctored photographs and suspicious-looking videos showing civilian suffering. Conservative blogs have singled out one video of doctors trying to resuscitate the brother of the CNN cameraman actually shooting the video, and suggested that...
...course, since it is a village area, people are shocked that I'm running. But I would like to prove to them that I can do something for this area - at least, for the women. Maybe we can build a fabric factory," says al-Feraji. In the living room of her home in al-Jazeera - a village of fields and date palms outside the provincial capital of Ramadi - al-Feraji contemplated the meaning of this election for Anbar's women. "We want to see women more active in politics in the years to come," she said...
...next phase in the country's effort to cripple Hamas. The ground offensive was a step Hamas's leader, Khaled Mashaal, had warned against. "If you commit the stupidity of launching a ground offensive then a black destiny awaits you," Mashaal cautioned during a speech televised on Al-Jazeera the previous night. Like Hamas itself - a group classified as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and E.U., but which provides much-needed social and welfare services to Palestinians - its exiled leader is a bit of a paradox. Mashaal, who has been based in Damascus since 1999, preaches a fiery brand...
...during the U.S. election. You would think a narcissistic mass murderer who believes he has a place in history would find it impossible to pass up an opportunity to give his opinion at such a momentous time, at least by dropping off a DVD at the al-Jazeera office in Islamabad. (Read "Barack Obama on Homeland Security...