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To: lurqer who wrote (33098)	12/19/2003 3:01:57 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Al-Jazeera Khartoum office closed The Sudanese authorities have closed the Khartoum office of Arabic satellite television station al-Jazeera and detained one of its correspondents. The country's official news agency accused al-Jazeera and its reporter Islam Salih Bello of lies and distortion. Police raided the office on Wednesday, seizing equipment including cameras. Staff said they had often received threats from Sudan's national security forces over their coverage of events. An official statement from the Sudanese National Security Authority said al-Jazeera, through its Khartoum office and its correspondent, Mr Belo, "took to preparing and transmitting a number of programmes and materials stuffed with false information". It accused the reporter of "poor, biased analyses and with pictures and scenes selected to serve [his reports'] ends." ... from news.bbc.co.uk Perhaps taking lessons from the Iraqi Governing Council. lurqer