Al Jazeera
Sunni Insurgents Form Alliance Against Us
Political umbrella group announced on al-Jazeera· Statement pledges to continue resistance
Jordan Accused of Censorship After Security Agents Seize Al-jazeera Tape
Confiscated interview was critical of US and Saudis - TV channel protests at gag on media freedom
Weather in Arabia, Crisis in Gaza, and No Sign of Sir David's Through the Cavehole
In the first hours of al-Jazeera English, the network made its emphasis clear: to show American and European viewers how it has felt to be an Arab or Asian viewer of the BBC or CNN in recent decades.
Al-Jazeera English Channel to Launch Next Month
The Arabic news broadcaster al-Jazeera said today it would launch its new English-language channel, al-Jazeera International, on November 15. By Stephen Brook.
For Their Eyes Only
New evidence clears up whether Bush sought to bomb al-Jazeera. But we are not allowed to hear it. By Richard Norton-Taylor
Al-Jazeera Unveils African Lineup
Al-Jazeera's long-awaited English language satellite TV service has announced its African lineup of bureaux and reporters. By Julia Day.
Kidnapped Journalists Appear on Al-jazeera
Two Fox News journalists kidnapped nine days ago in Gaza have appeared on a videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera today appealing for help to gain their release. By Chris Tryhorn.
Al-Jazeera Journalist Has Conviction Upheld
The Spanish supreme court has upheld the conviction of al-Jazeera journalist Taysir Allouni, despite the fact that he was acquitted over alleged links with al-Qaida. By Julia Day.
Al-Jazeera Reporter Appeals Against Jail Term
Al-Jazeera correspondent Tayseer Allouni's appeal against his seven-year jail sentence will be discussed at the Spanish supreme court today. By Julia Day.
Kember Shown in New Video
Norman Kember, the peace activist held in Iraq for more than three months, is one of three hostages shown in a brief videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera television today...
Times Apologises to Al-jazeera
The Times has apologised to al-Jazeera after mistaking a website that made inflammatory comments about British troops in Iraq for the Arabic news broadcaster's own online service. By Stephen Brook.
US Media at 'all-time Low'
Al-Jazeera forum: Arabic-language media can take over as the world's premier news source because trust in US media fell during its 'shameful' coverage of the war in Iraq, a conference heard today. By Julia Day in Qatar.
'Western Media Biased Against Arabs'
Western media are biased against Arabs and have a negative influence on western understanding of the region, an al-Jazeera conference heard today. by Julia Day in Qatar.
Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Us Hostage
Kidnappers threatened to kill the abducted US journalist Jill Carroll unless the Bush administration ordered the release of Iraqi women prisoners within 72 hours, according to a report on al-Jazeera television yesterday.
Al-Jazeera Asks to See Bush 'bombing' Transcript
Lawyers representing al-Jazeera yesterday demanded to see a Downing Street record of a conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush in which the US president said he wanted to bomb the Arabic satellite television station based in the Gulf state of Qatar.
Steve Coogan, Laurence Sterne and The Dream of the Decade
As "Cock and Bull" opens in British cinemas, a new novel which uses Sterne's style gets published, "The Dream of the Decade - the London Novels" by former Al Jazeera, BBC and CNN journalist, Afshin Rattansi.
Review and profile of Afshin Rattansi, author of "The Dream of the Decade - the London Novels", out in 2006.
As well as a review, a profile of the author who worked at the BBC Today program during the row over Weapons of Mass Destruction and the suicide of government scientist, Dr. David Kelly. He left for Al Jazeera and has worked for CNN International
Al Jazeera - the novel? Booksurge announces publication of "The Dream of the Decade" by former Jazeera journalist, Afshin Rattansi.
Publishers of Amis, Rushdie, McEwan, Murakami, Saramago, Ackroyd, Tremain and Theroux praise former Al Jazeera journalist, Afshin Rattansi, for new collection of novels published in one volume under the title "The Dream of the Decade".
Two Appear in Court Over Leaked Bush Memo
Two men appeared in court today charged with violating the Official Secrets Act over the leak of a document that reportedly detailed a private conversation between George Bush and Tony Blair where they allegedly discussed bombing al-Jazeera TV. By Richard Norton-Taylor and Michael White.
Al-Jazeera Seeks Answers Over 'bombing' Memo
Arabic TV news channel al-Jazeera has called on the US and UK governments to provide a 'good explanation' for comments allegedly made by George Bush about a plan to bomb its Qatar headquarters.
White House rubbishes alleged Bush plan to attack al Jazeera
The Daily Mirror tabloid published what it called a "top secret" government memo which said British Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked Bush out of launching a military strike on the station.
From Us Marines to Al-jazeera
Column five: Julian Borger on the blue-eyed Texan marine who joined al-Jazeera.
Guantánamo Inmate Says Us Told Him to Spy on Al-jazeera
The US told an al-Jazeera cameraman he would be released as long as he agreed to spy on journalists at the Arabic news channel.
CIA Blunder on Al-jazeera 'terror Messages'
CIA analysts forced 30 flights to be cancelled and raised the US terror alert from yellow to orange because they thought that al-Qaida was sending hidden messages through the headlines of the Arabic television news channel al-Jazeera, it has been revealed
Watchdog Condemns 'persistent Harassment' of Al-jazeera
International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has protested at what it calls the 'persistent harassment' of Arab satellite news channel al-Jazeera. By Julia Day.
Kidnappers Threaten to Hand Aid Worker Over to Zarqawi
A new film of the kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan shows her kidnappers threatening to turn her over to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group within 48 hours if British troops do not leave Iraq. The tape was delivered to the Arab television station al-Jazeera, but it decided not to broadcast...
Hostage Hassan Pleads for Her Life
A video showing Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of aid agency Care International, pleading for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, was today broadcast on Arabic television. The al-Jazeera channel screened footage showing the Dublin-born Ms Hassan, who has lived in Iraq for...
Bigley Given Irish Passport in Move to Sway Captors
The Irish government issued a passport to Iraq hostage Ken Bigley in the hope that the country's long history of conflict with Britain might sway those holding him. The government planned to scan a copy of the passport for screening on the Arab television network al-Jazeera last night...
Ken Bigley Makes New Video Appeal
Recording shown on al-Jazeera
·Italy 'pays $1m ransom' to free aid workers
·Hopes rise for French journalists
·Fresh clashes in Baghdad
Al-Jazeera Hopes to Make Its Mark in English
The Qatar station says there is a gap in the market as rivals fall down on international coverage.
Kidnapped Marine 'safe After Defecting' to Islamists
Kidnapped US marine Wassef Ali Hassoun has been taken to "a place of safety" after he pledged not to return to the US military, his captors told al-Jazeera television in a statement yesterday. The Islamic Response Movement, the same group that last week admitted to kidnapping Corporal...
Al-Jazeera Man Faces Terror Trial
An al-Jazeera correspondent has been remanded in custody in Madrid to await trial on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaida.
Protests at Arrest of Al-jazeera Reporter
Arab human rights groups expressed concern yesterday about Spain's detention of a former al-Jazeera correspondent in Kabul as a suspected al-Qaida member. By Giles Tremlett.
Pandemonium at the hotel reporters called home
Al-Jazeera correspondent Tareq Ayoub was broadcasting live to the satellite station's 7am news bulletin yesterday when US aircraft fired two missiles at the bureau building, killing him and injuring a colleague. Two Iraqi staff are missing.
Tareq Ayyoub
Tareq Ayyoub, the Al-Jazeera reporter who was killed yesterday morning when an American missile struck the independent Arab TV station's Baghdad office, was a fiercely determined journalist with a strong commitment to justice. A Palestinian who was born in Kuwait in 1968 and got an MA in...
Three Die in Attacks on Media Bases
Journalists 'target' as hotel and Al-Jazeera bombed.
Al-Jazeera Cameraman Killed in Us Raid
An al-Jazeera cameraman has died and another of the Arabic-language news channel's journalists is missing after a US bombing raid hit its Baghdad office this morning. By Jason Deans.
Five killed by car bomb at US checkpoint
The Arabic TV station al-Jazeera broadcast videos of two Iraqi women vowing to carry out suicide attacks yesterday after three American special forces soldiers and two Iraqis were killed when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in central Iraq.
Al-Jazeera's Basra Hotel Bombed
2.45pm: A Basra hotel being used as a base by al-Jazeera's correspondents was shelled this morning, the Arabic TV news channel has claimed. By Jason Deans.
Come the movie, it's a role for Will Smith
The ultimate television war became explicitly a war about television yesterday. Coalition troops excitedly claimed that they had taken over the TV studios at Basra, while British and American military spokesmen gave televised press conferences condemning the Arab station al-Jazeera and Iraqi television for screening what was apparently footage of dead British soldiers.
PoWs 'are Civilian Drivers'
Two prisoners of war shown by Arab broadcaster al-Jazeera are civilian lorry drivers sub-contracted for aid work in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said today. The men, who are believed to be Kenyans, were civilians hired through a company in Saudi Arabia and were part of an aid convoy with...
4m in Europe Sign Up for Al-jazeera
Subscriptions to the Arabic-language television network al-Jazeera have doubled since the war on Iraq began last week, signalling a significant demand for an alternative to western media coverage. The broadcaster said it has signed up 4 million subscribers in Europe since last Wednesday....
Europeans Flock to Al-jazeera
2.30pm update: The Arabic-language TV network al-Jazeera has seen its European subscriber numbers double since the start of the war in Iraq, writes Claire Cozens.
Al-Jazeera screens gruesome footage of battle casualties
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel which angered the United States with its coverage of the Afghan war, has caused a new furore by broadcasting blood-and-guts images from the invasion of Iraq.
'I'm Edgar from the United States. My name is Edgar'
The casualties and the interviews with four men and a woman were broadcast by the Arab satellite station al-Jazeera with footage from state-controlled Iraqi television.
Battle for key city leads to 'massacre of children' claim
Horrific images of Iraqi civilians reportedly killed by the coalition bombing of Basra were being shown on the Arabic news station al-Jazeera yesterday. Several Arab media outlets described the civilian deaths there as a "massacre".
Al-Jazeera causes outcry with broadcast of battle casualties
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel which angered the United States with its coverage of the Afghan war, has caused a new furore by broadcasting blood-and-guts images from the invasion of Iraq.
Battle station
With its broadcast of Osama bin Laden's videos and exclusive footage of the Afghan war, the tiny satellite TV channel al-Jazeera made a huge name for itself. But not everyone approves of its controversial output - and it struggles to survive. Brian Whitaker reports from its HQ in Doha.
Al-Jazeera Broadcasts in English
The Arabic satellite television station al-Jazeera, demonised in parts of Washington for its coverage of Osama bin Laden and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has begun experimental broadcasts using English subtitles in the US to try to expand its influence and revenues. A spokesman for...
How trapped leader survived bombing
Palestinian HQ under siege. Only a door separates Yasser Arafat from Israeli soldiers within his Ramallah presidential compound, Palestinian Authority Intelligence chief Tawfik Tirawi told Qatar's al Jazeera television channel yesterday.
In the first hours of al-Jazeera English, the network made its emphasis clear: to show American and European viewers how it has felt to be an Arab or Asian viewer of the BBC or CNN in recent decades.
Al-Jazeera English Channel to Launch Next Month
The Arabic news broadcaster al-Jazeera said today it would launch its new English-language channel, al-Jazeera International, on November 15. By Stephen Brook.
For Their Eyes Only
New evidence clears up whether Bush sought to bomb al-Jazeera. But we are not allowed to hear it. By Richard Norton-Taylor
Al-Jazeera Unveils African Lineup
Al-Jazeera's long-awaited English language satellite TV service has announced its African lineup of bureaux and reporters. By Julia Day.
Kidnapped Journalists Appear on Al-jazeera
Two Fox News journalists kidnapped nine days ago in Gaza have appeared on a videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera today appealing for help to gain their release. By Chris Tryhorn.
Al-Jazeera Journalist Has Conviction Upheld
The Spanish supreme court has upheld the conviction of al-Jazeera journalist Taysir Allouni, despite the fact that he was acquitted over alleged links with al-Qaida. By Julia Day.
Al-Jazeera Reporter Appeals Against Jail Term
Al-Jazeera correspondent Tayseer Allouni's appeal against his seven-year jail sentence will be discussed at the Spanish supreme court today. By Julia Day.
Kember Shown in New Video
Norman Kember, the peace activist held in Iraq for more than three months, is one of three hostages shown in a brief videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera television today...
Times Apologises to Al-jazeera
The Times has apologised to al-Jazeera after mistaking a website that made inflammatory comments about British troops in Iraq for the Arabic news broadcaster's own online service. By Stephen Brook.
US Media at 'all-time Low'
Al-Jazeera forum: Arabic-language media can take over as the world's premier news source because trust in US media fell during its 'shameful' coverage of the war in Iraq, a conference heard today. By Julia Day in Qatar.
'Western Media Biased Against Arabs'
Western media are biased against Arabs and have a negative influence on western understanding of the region, an al-Jazeera conference heard today. by Julia Day in Qatar.
Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Us Hostage
Kidnappers threatened to kill the abducted US journalist Jill Carroll unless the Bush administration ordered the release of Iraqi women prisoners within 72 hours, according to a report on al-Jazeera television yesterday.
Al-Jazeera Asks to See Bush 'bombing' Transcript
Lawyers representing al-Jazeera yesterday demanded to see a Downing Street record of a conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush in which the US president said he wanted to bomb the Arabic satellite television station based in the Gulf state of Qatar.
Steve Coogan, Laurence Sterne and The Dream of the Decade
As "Cock and Bull" opens in British cinemas, a new novel which uses Sterne's style gets published, "The Dream of the Decade - the London Novels" by former Al Jazeera, BBC and CNN journalist, Afshin Rattansi.
Review and profile of Afshin Rattansi, author of "The Dream of the Decade - the London Novels", out in 2006.
As well as a review, a profile of the author who worked at the BBC Today program during the row over Weapons of Mass Destruction and the suicide of government scientist, Dr. David Kelly. He left for Al Jazeera and has worked for CNN International
Al Jazeera - the novel? Booksurge announces publication of "The Dream of the Decade" by former Jazeera journalist, Afshin Rattansi.
Publishers of Amis, Rushdie, McEwan, Murakami, Saramago, Ackroyd, Tremain and Theroux praise former Al Jazeera journalist, Afshin Rattansi, for new collection of novels published in one volume under the title "The Dream of the Decade".
Two Appear in Court Over Leaked Bush Memo
Two men appeared in court today charged with violating the Official Secrets Act over the leak of a document that reportedly detailed a private conversation between George Bush and Tony Blair where they allegedly discussed bombing al-Jazeera TV. By Richard Norton-Taylor and Michael White.
Al-Jazeera Seeks Answers Over 'bombing' Memo
Arabic TV news channel al-Jazeera has called on the US and UK governments to provide a 'good explanation' for comments allegedly made by George Bush about a plan to bomb its Qatar headquarters.
White House rubbishes alleged Bush plan to attack al Jazeera
The Daily Mirror tabloid published what it called a "top secret" government memo which said British Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked Bush out of launching a military strike on the station.
From Us Marines to Al-jazeera
Column five: Julian Borger on the blue-eyed Texan marine who joined al-Jazeera.
Guantánamo Inmate Says Us Told Him to Spy on Al-jazeera
The US told an al-Jazeera cameraman he would be released as long as he agreed to spy on journalists at the Arabic news channel.
CIA Blunder on Al-jazeera 'terror Messages'
CIA analysts forced 30 flights to be cancelled and raised the US terror alert from yellow to orange because they thought that al-Qaida was sending hidden messages through the headlines of the Arabic television news channel al-Jazeera, it has been revealed
Watchdog Condemns 'persistent Harassment' of Al-jazeera
International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has protested at what it calls the 'persistent harassment' of Arab satellite news channel al-Jazeera. By Julia Day.
Kidnappers Threaten to Hand Aid Worker Over to Zarqawi
A new film of the kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan shows her kidnappers threatening to turn her over to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group within 48 hours if British troops do not leave Iraq. The tape was delivered to the Arab television station al-Jazeera, but it decided not to broadcast...
Hostage Hassan Pleads for Her Life
A video showing Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of aid agency Care International, pleading for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, was today broadcast on Arabic television. The al-Jazeera channel screened footage showing the Dublin-born Ms Hassan, who has lived in Iraq for...
Bigley Given Irish Passport in Move to Sway Captors
The Irish government issued a passport to Iraq hostage Ken Bigley in the hope that the country's long history of conflict with Britain might sway those holding him. The government planned to scan a copy of the passport for screening on the Arab television network al-Jazeera last night...
Ken Bigley Makes New Video Appeal
Recording shown on al-Jazeera
·Italy 'pays $1m ransom' to free aid workers
·Hopes rise for French journalists
·Fresh clashes in Baghdad
Al-Jazeera Hopes to Make Its Mark in English
The Qatar station says there is a gap in the market as rivals fall down on international coverage.
Kidnapped Marine 'safe After Defecting' to Islamists
Kidnapped US marine Wassef Ali Hassoun has been taken to "a place of safety" after he pledged not to return to the US military, his captors told al-Jazeera television in a statement yesterday. The Islamic Response Movement, the same group that last week admitted to kidnapping Corporal...
Al-Jazeera Man Faces Terror Trial
An al-Jazeera correspondent has been remanded in custody in Madrid to await trial on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaida.
Protests at Arrest of Al-jazeera Reporter
Arab human rights groups expressed concern yesterday about Spain's detention of a former al-Jazeera correspondent in Kabul as a suspected al-Qaida member. By Giles Tremlett.
Pandemonium at the hotel reporters called home
Al-Jazeera correspondent Tareq Ayoub was broadcasting live to the satellite station's 7am news bulletin yesterday when US aircraft fired two missiles at the bureau building, killing him and injuring a colleague. Two Iraqi staff are missing.
Tareq Ayyoub
Tareq Ayyoub, the Al-Jazeera reporter who was killed yesterday morning when an American missile struck the independent Arab TV station's Baghdad office, was a fiercely determined journalist with a strong commitment to justice. A Palestinian who was born in Kuwait in 1968 and got an MA in...
Three Die in Attacks on Media Bases
Journalists 'target' as hotel and Al-Jazeera bombed.
Al-Jazeera Cameraman Killed in Us Raid
An al-Jazeera cameraman has died and another of the Arabic-language news channel's journalists is missing after a US bombing raid hit its Baghdad office this morning. By Jason Deans.
Five killed by car bomb at US checkpoint
The Arabic TV station al-Jazeera broadcast videos of two Iraqi women vowing to carry out suicide attacks yesterday after three American special forces soldiers and two Iraqis were killed when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in central Iraq.
Al-Jazeera's Basra Hotel Bombed
2.45pm: A Basra hotel being used as a base by al-Jazeera's correspondents was shelled this morning, the Arabic TV news channel has claimed. By Jason Deans.
Come the movie, it's a role for Will Smith
The ultimate television war became explicitly a war about television yesterday. Coalition troops excitedly claimed that they had taken over the TV studios at Basra, while British and American military spokesmen gave televised press conferences condemning the Arab station al-Jazeera and Iraqi television for screening what was apparently footage of dead British soldiers.
PoWs 'are Civilian Drivers'
Two prisoners of war shown by Arab broadcaster al-Jazeera are civilian lorry drivers sub-contracted for aid work in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said today. The men, who are believed to be Kenyans, were civilians hired through a company in Saudi Arabia and were part of an aid convoy with...
4m in Europe Sign Up for Al-jazeera
Subscriptions to the Arabic-language television network al-Jazeera have doubled since the war on Iraq began last week, signalling a significant demand for an alternative to western media coverage. The broadcaster said it has signed up 4 million subscribers in Europe since last Wednesday....
Europeans Flock to Al-jazeera
2.30pm update: The Arabic-language TV network al-Jazeera has seen its European subscriber numbers double since the start of the war in Iraq, writes Claire Cozens.
Al-Jazeera screens gruesome footage of battle casualties
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel which angered the United States with its coverage of the Afghan war, has caused a new furore by broadcasting blood-and-guts images from the invasion of Iraq.
'I'm Edgar from the United States. My name is Edgar'
The casualties and the interviews with four men and a woman were broadcast by the Arab satellite station al-Jazeera with footage from state-controlled Iraqi television.
Battle for key city leads to 'massacre of children' claim
Horrific images of Iraqi civilians reportedly killed by the coalition bombing of Basra were being shown on the Arabic news station al-Jazeera yesterday. Several Arab media outlets described the civilian deaths there as a "massacre".
Al-Jazeera causes outcry with broadcast of battle casualties
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel which angered the United States with its coverage of the Afghan war, has caused a new furore by broadcasting blood-and-guts images from the invasion of Iraq.
Battle station
With its broadcast of Osama bin Laden's videos and exclusive footage of the Afghan war, the tiny satellite TV channel al-Jazeera made a huge name for itself. But not everyone approves of its controversial output - and it struggles to survive. Brian Whitaker reports from its HQ in Doha.
Al-Jazeera Broadcasts in English
The Arabic satellite television station al-Jazeera, demonised in parts of Washington for its coverage of Osama bin Laden and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has begun experimental broadcasts using English subtitles in the US to try to expand its influence and revenues. A spokesman for...
How trapped leader survived bombing
Palestinian HQ under siege. Only a door separates Yasser Arafat from Israeli soldiers within his Ramallah presidential compound, Palestinian Authority Intelligence chief Tawfik Tirawi told Qatar's al Jazeera television channel yesterday.