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Al Jazeera English maps out 9/11 coverage

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Like most television news outlets, Al Jazeera English will station reporters in New York and Washington on Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It also will have reporters on hand in Baghdad, Bali, Nairobi, Kabul and Islamabad. The network, which started five years after the attacks, said it hopes to bring a global perspective to the anniversary that domestic networks likely won't. This weekend's events also may provide a test of whether Al Jazeera English, still seen mostly online in the United States despite its availability in a total of 250 million homes worldwide, can get past a lingering sense of hostility that many Americans feel toward it.

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Dish Network by Stephen Zimmett on Friday, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:13:17 PM
I agree... by Sheila Samples on Friday, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:49:58 PM