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...documentaries will join the new English channel in the coming months, and music and entertainment channels are also being discussed. Al-Jazeera's new look includes an overhaul of the nine-year-old mother channel. As it moves into new headquarters of its own in the Qatari capital of Doha in July, company officials say, the Arabic channel's broadcasts will emphasize factual reporting on issues like political reform. Hamad bin Thamer told TIME that the board is studying a report by Ernst & Young on how to become more financially competitive, with a view toward privatizing al-Jazeera. No date...
...Europe. But Parsons is bracing for the coming political and commercial battles in the U.S. When a Wall Street Journal commentary recently accused the Arabic channel of collaborating with al-Qaeda, the article became mandatory reading at al-Jazeera International's temporary offices (and, for that matter, at Doha Palace, Qatar's seat of power, where the Emir has stubbornly resisted pressure from the U.S. and Arab governments to interfere with al-Jazeera's editorial independence...
...starting service to San Francisco and other U.S. cities. The neighborhood is getting crowded as well: the government of Abu Dhabi--next door to Dubai--has just launched not one but two carriers: Etihad Airlines and low-fare Gulf Traveller. The emirate of Sharjah last year started Air Arabia. Doha-based Qatar Airlines, meanwhile, is improving and expanding. Then there is the reality that Dubai is in the middle of a volatile region--and is still apparently connected to terrorism, as shown by the arrest there of an al-Qaeda operative in September...
...starting service to San Francisco and other U.S. cities. The neighborhood is getting crowded as well: the government of Abu Dhabi?next door to Dubai?has just launched not one but two carriers: Etihad Airlines and low-fare Gulf Traveller. The emirate of Sharjah last year started Air Arabia. Doha-based Qatar Airlines, meanwhile, is improving and expanding. Then there is the reality that Dubai is in the middle of a volatile region?and is still apparently connected to terrorism, as shown by the arrest there of an al-Qaeda operative in September...
...ahead. Fill in the thought bubble. Take a moment and make it a good one. In the meantime, here's the caption: Sopranos stars JAMES GANDOLFINI and Tony Sirico mixed and mingled with troops as part of a U.S.O. tour. After a stop at Camp Doha, Kuwait, where Gandolfini posed with a Saddam Hussein bust, the TV mobsters headed to Iraq. The duo even donned fatigues. The gunning, however, they left to the professionals--as far as we know...