Meanwhile, you can get some news directly from the
Arab and Muslim world if you have Desh Network. Link
TV (9410) has a segment called "Mosaok" that has news
from the Middle East and South Asia.
--- Kevin White <cuitlacoche1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> CNN Correspondent Goes to Al-Jazeera By
> DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer2 hours, 53
> minutes ago
>
>
>
> Lucia Newman, CNN's first and only correspondent
> based in Havana, has jumped to the new Al-Jazeera
> International network, which plans to begin
> operations later this spring.
>
> Newman will be based in Al-Jazeera's bureau in
> Buenos Aires, Argentina. Journalist Mariana Sanchez,
> a former news anchor for Panamericana Television,
> will also work for Al-Jazeera International in a
> Caracas, Venezuela bureau, the network said on
> Wednesday.
>
> Meanwhile, the network is still targeting a launch
> in late May, spokeswoman Rana Jazayerli said. She
> labeled as misleading some reports that circulated
> last week that the network would have trouble
> meeting that target.
>
> The English-language network will be an offshoot
> of Al-Jazeera, the influential Arabic network that
> has come under fire from the Bush administration.
> Al-Jazeera International will broadcast from offices
> in Doha, Qatar; London; Washington; and Kuala
> Lumpur.
>
> This winter, Al-Jazeera International announced
> that it was hiring Dave Marash, formerly of ABC
> News' "Nightline," as a Washington-based anchor and
> reporter.
> As yet, no U.S.-based cable or satellite company
> has said it will carry Al-Jazeera International.
> With limited space available, it's often difficult
> for new networks to get substantial carriage
> commitments ? even those without potential political
> baggage.
> Al-Jazeera International has said it expects to be
> in about 40 million homes worldwide at launch.
>
> Newman did not immediately respond to an e-mailed
> request for an interview on Wednesday.
>
> She's a veteran CNN correspondent, joining the
> network in 1987. She was based in Panama, Nicaragua,
> Chile and Mexico before CNN opened its first bureau
> in Cuba in 1997.
>
> CNN said it intends to keep its Cuba bureau open,
> but had no announcement on Wednesday about who will
> take Newman's place.
>
> Chris Cramer, managing director of CNN
> International, said in an e-mail to his staff that
> Newman had decided to move on to fresh challenges
> after two decades of "magnificent service."
>
> The Havana posting has been "a demanding
> assignment which she has handled with great
> professionalism and maturity," he said
>
>
>
>
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