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Article: YouTube to show Al Jazeera English programs.(Brief article)
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- The Online Reporter
- Article date:
- April 21, 2007
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Wasn't the Web supposed to bring news from the earth's four corners into every home, among other things?
YouTube has started making available English language videos from the controversial Qatar-based Al Jazeera television news station. Some call it the CNN of the Middle East. No US cable TV company has picked up Al Jazeera, whose English version became available in November, although Americans can access it on the Net and some satellite TV services.
YouTube will run segments from Al Jazeera English shows such as "Frost over the World" with David Frost; "Inside Iraq," a weekly debate program with guest participants; "Riz Khan," hosted for a former BBC ...