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• Al Jazeera is a news television network based in Doha, Qatar. Initially launched as an exclusively Arabic news channel, Al Jazeera has expanded to include several regionally-specific broadcasts in multiple languages. The station garnered worldwide attention following September 11, 2001 when it broadcast videotaped statements by Osama bin Laden.

• Fast Facts

  1. Owner: Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani
  2. Year Established: 1996
  3. Chairman: Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani
  4. Director-General: Wadah Khanfar
  5. Editor-in-Chief: Ahmed Sheikh
  6. • Al Jazeera Sports
  7. • Al Jazeera Mobasher
  8. • Al Jazeera Children's Channel
  9. • Al Jazeera Documentary Channe
  10. Rumored future projects: Al Jazeera Urdu and an international newspaper

• About Al Jazeera English

  Founded in 2006, Al Jazeera English is the first English-language news and currant affairs channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. The 24-hour station rotates its management team from broadcasting centers in Kuala Lumpar, London and Washington DC.

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  Al Jazeera Mobasher | Osama Bin Laden | Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani

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