BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 23 September: President Husni Mubarak on Sunday [23 September] toured the Sixth of October-based Media Production City (MPC) and the new projects being implemented on its premises of about 35m sq.m. Earlier, also in this city, southwest …
Read More »Tunisia: First Islamic radio station launches – Al-Jazeera
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 18 September In a statement on the Internet, banned Tunisian Islamic Ennahdha Movement has congratulated President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's son-in-law, Mohamed al-Matiri, on establishing the first religious radio station in the country. The movement, headed by Rached …
Read More »Kuwaiti emir comments on media, Iraq stability, Iran nuclear issue
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Kuwaiti news agency Kuna website ["Kuwait"s Emir Urges Journalists To Refrain From Instigation" - KUNA Headline] Kuwait - His Highness Shaykh Sabah urged the chief editors of the local newspapers to refrain from publishing articles or reports that might negatively affect the …
Read More »Dubai-based 24-hour Arabic Sudan satellite TV expected to launch 15 October
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Qatari Aljazeera.net website on 18 September [Report by A'ishah Mahamdiyah in Dubai: "Test Transmission of Sudanese Al-Shuruq Space Channel Begins From Dubai"] The Arab world will see a new Space channel Called Qanat Al-Shuruq [Sunrise Channel] on 15 October. It is a new Sudanese …
Read More »Analysis: Israeli media bypass censors to report on Syria raid
BBC Monitoring Analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring on 18 September On 6 September, Israeli air force planes reportedly entered Syrian airspace from the Mediterranean. Unidentified fuel tanks, possibly from one of the Israeli aircraft, were later found on Turkish territory near the Syrian border, indicating the planes' probable …
Read More »Al-Jazeera TV opens media training centre in Syria
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Quds Press web news agency [Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Opens Media Training Centre Branch in Syria in Preparation for Possible Expansion" - Quds Press headline] Damascus, Quds Press - Syrian media sources have told Quds Press that the Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel has opened a branch …
Read More »Al-Jazeera TV alleges US, Israeli
BBC Monitoring ["Behind the News" talk show, presented by Ali al-Zufayri, discusses US-Israeli media campaign accusing Syria of receiving nuclear assistance from North Korea.] Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1832 gmt on 15 September carries a new, live 25-minute episode of its "Behind the News" political talk …
Read More »Pakistan: Police holding head of planned Baloch TV channel for questioning
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 17 September Quetta: Police sources confirmed here on Friday [14 September] the handover of Munir Mengal, managing director of Baloch Voice TV, to the Crimes Investigation Department despite the Balochistan High Court had ordered his immediate release. The …
Read More »Columnist weighs up Egyptian media behaviour regarding Mubarak health rumours
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram Weekly website on 13 September [Article by Shadin Shihab: "Redrawing the Lines"] When the editor of Al-Dustur faces trial on 1 October for "publishing false rumours in bad faith about President Mubarak's health," it is the independent press that will …
Read More »Access to Google back to normal in Iran – news agency
BBC Monitoring An official news agency has said that access to Google is back to normal in Iran after reports that the search engine was being blocked. Fars News Agency on 17 September quoted an official as saying the incident was a mistake and had now been resolved. Some Iranian …
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