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Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera satellite TV channel
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jan 30, 2011 12:09pm |
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| Author | Ian Black |
| News Date | Sunday, January 30, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Egypt today shut down the operations of the Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera, blaming it for encouraging the country’s uprising - and demonstrating that the repressive powers of central government are still functioning.
The state-run Mena news agency reported that the information ministry had ordered “suspension of operations of al-Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff, as of today”.
The Egyptian government has never made a secret of its dislike for the channel, but the final straw may have been an interview it broadcast yesterday with the popular cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who called on the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, to leave the country immediately. |
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