The Arabic television news channel al-Jazeera is due to begin broadcasting to the world in English within hours.
The channel, which will initially broadcast for 12 hours a day, becomes a 24-hour news operation from 1 January.
It will broadcast from studios in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, in addition to 20 other countries.
Al-Jazeera English, as it is now known, says it is on course to reach 80 million homes - double its target - in Europe, Africa and south-east Asia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/6149310.stm
11-15-2006, 11:23 AM
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