LONDON -- After a gestation period that turned out to be a year longer than expected, the Western world got its first taste of Al Jazeera English, the English-language sister channel to the controversial Arabic news network, as it went to air Wednesday.
Broadcasting from the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, the channel began broadcast at 12 GMT to more than 80 million cable and satellite households across the globe. It highlighted its editorial independence by broadcasting clips of former U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein's former information minister both roundly condemning Al Jazeera Arabic's news coverage.
News anchors Shiulie Ghosh and Sami Zeidan hosted the first news reports and coverage moved round the clock to broadcast centers Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington.
In addition to coverage of a Japanese tsunami and the death of an Israeli woman killed in a Palestinian rocket attack, the broadcast focused on reports relating to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the deepening crisis in Sudan.
Broadcasting from the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, the channel began broadcast at 12 GMT to more than 80 million cable and satellite households across the globe. It highlighted its editorial independence by broadcasting clips of former U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein's former information minister both roundly condemning Al Jazeera Arabic's news coverage.
News anchors Shiulie Ghosh and Sami Zeidan hosted the first news reports and coverage moved round the clock to broadcast centers Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington.
In addition to coverage of a Japanese tsunami and the death of an Israeli woman killed in a Palestinian rocket attack, the broadcast focused on reports relating to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the deepening crisis in Sudan.
- 11/15/2006
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