Al-Jazeera TV ban in Iraq extended
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The Iraqi government on Saturday extended a ban on Al-Jazeera television and sealed the Baghdad office of the Arab news channel, charging it had not complied with a temporary ban clamped on grounds of incitement to violence.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Jazeera television has broadcast a tape of hostage Margaret Hassan pleading for the release of female prisoners in Iraq and the withdrawal of British troops.
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The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV channel on Saturday aired footage of a Polish woman held hostage by a militant group in Iraq calling for the withdrawal of Polish troops from the
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Qatar-based satellite network al-Jazeera warns that a new Arab media code could hinder freedom of expression.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has asked the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate of the 160,000-strong multinational force in Iraq, according to a letter circulated Monday.
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South Korean parliament extended the country's controversial troop deployment in Iraq for another year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government special powers to crack down on insurgents, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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China will extend its prime-time ban on foreign cartoons by an hour and demand that local television stations seek approval from censors before broadcasting them, the country's media watchdog said in a circular.
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The Iraqi government shut down Al-Jazeera's Baghdad operations indefinitely on Saturday, extending a one-month closure order imposed after the pan-Arab channel was accused of inciting violence.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.    The announcement came as fresh violence erupted in Baghdad and Mosul...
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Iraq's interim government extended the closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week's U.S.-led offensive on Falluja.
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The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10 six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq.
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Iraq's interim government extended the  closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on  Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja.
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The Qatari government is trying to sell Al-Jazeera after Bush administration officials protested about content on the Arab-language television station, The New York Times reported, citing an unidentified senior Qatari official. Bush administration officials have said Al-Jazeera has broadcast inflammatory and sometimes false information, especially on Iraq, the newspaper said in a story published online for today's editions. The Iraqi ...
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad  Allawi said on Thursday he had extended for 30 days emergency  laws that give his government special powers to crack down on  insurgents trying to derail Jan. 30 elections.
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Friday sermons rival Arab satellite channels such as al-Jazeera in their influence over Iraqi opinion.