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| Al Jazeera suspends Egypt channel as Doha, Cairo mull closer ties |
| 2014-12-24 |
| [Ynet] Qatari ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... -owned Al Jazeera suspended broadcast of its Egypt-focused channel on Monday, citing a product restructuring, as Doha and Cairo seek to mend ties that deteriorated last year after the army toppled elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Cairo has accused Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for the now-banned Moslem Brüderbund - which it denies - and security forces closed its offices in the Egyptian capital hours after Morsi's ouster. But the network continued to broadcast its Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr (AJMM), which covered daily protests by supporters of the Brotherhood, from Doha, irritating Egypt's leaders. The decision to end those broadcasts follows a meeting on Saturday between Sisi, who has since won a presidential election, and a special envoy of the emir of Qatar. The meeting was the latest step in a Saudi-brokered effort to repair relations. |
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