Al Jazeera banned from covering Egypt events

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Jan 30th, 2011 | By Bikya Masr Staff | Category: Egypt, Media News

BREAKING NEWS: Al Jazeera, the leading news network covering the ongoing protests in Egypt aimed at ousting President Hosni Mubarak from power, has been banned from reporting from inside the country, it said at around 11 am Cairo time on Sunday. However, their reporters told followers interested in news from the country, said they would not stop reporting on the demonstrations and security situation inside the country.

“Don’t worry we’ll still report what’s happening in Egypt no matter what new restrictions they put on us,” wrote one Al Jazeera correspondent Dan Nolan on his Twitter account.

It comes after five days of valiant reporting from its staff, who have been the leading network on all things Egypt during the unrest. They have reporters across the country and their 24-hour news cycle has focused almost exclusively on the country.

It is unclear whether other networks will suffer the same fate. Still the network continues to report as much as they can, even as Egyptian security attempts to take equipment from their personnel in the field.

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[Turborama]

1. They were just showing live footage of what's happening in Cairo. n/t

[Lars77]

2. Reporters who are doing their jobs

can be very annoying for the powers that be.

[Turborama]

3. Catherina has been doing a great job of covering this development

Towards the bottom of this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x305867

[DearAbby]

4. No handshakes bw miitiary & ppl, no citizens sitting on tanks today

AymanM Ayman Mohyeldin
#egypt heavier military presence, some roads blocked by tanks. No handshakes bw miitiary & ppl, no citizens sitting on tanks today #jan 25
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Evan Hill
evanchill Evan Hill
Several aspects of the apparent government shutdown of AJ remain unclear, we're all waiting now. No one has come to turn us off. #jan25
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Evan Hill
evanchill Evan Hill
Just broke 2,000 followers tweeting from a country that's not supposed to have internet. Hello brave new world. #jan25
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Ayman Mohyeldin
AymanM Ayman Mohyeldin
updates continue by Ayman via phone calls as he reports from the streets #egypt #jan25
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Ayman Mohyeldin
AymanM Ayman Mohyeldin
#egypt miliitary reeinforcmeents across city. Slightly diff (eerie) attitude bw military & citizens 2day, less amicable #jan25 (via phone)
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Ayman Mohyeldin
AymanM Ayman Mohyeldin
#Egypt Minister of Information orders shut down of Al Jazeera #jan25 (viaphone)
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Evan Hill
evanchill Evan Hill
We're working on our plan, and as long as I have internet access, I will keep everyone updated. #jan25 #egypt


http://twitter.com/#!/ajenglish/egyptprotests

[DearAbby]

5. Live Blogging for today on ALJazeera E

Site off-line

The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding.


http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/01/29/live-blog-301-egypt-protests

[Turborama]

6. Woah! I've still got it open in my browser, I'll turn it into a PDF.

Any ideas of a good place to upload it?

[DearAbby]

7. Not that tech savy...

Hold it and get help via DU Nerds

[tishaLA]

8. does Al Abrabia have an English component?

AJE has been a lifeline to those of us wanting good, accurate information the past five days.

[DearAbby]

9. Al Jazeera back on the air??

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=439&topic_id=306560&mesg_id=306560

[DearAbby]

10. Fox News has no idea where Egypt is on a map

masa0405 Cat-nekotya
This is #Epic, Fox News has no idea where Egypt is on a map: http://plixi.com/p/73294801 #jan25 #egypt #USA (via @cheese ...
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Habiba
Habiba_86 Habiba
Photo: #Egypt #proud #Jan25 http://tumblr.com/x601ds2x60
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ctekay
ctekay ctekay
AJ English still broadcasting live despite shutdown #Jan25 #Egypt #livestation
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Therese
TiggerTherese Therese
by TeresasMisc
#Egypt blogger on Al Jazeera claiming at least some looting reports were fabricated by #Mubarak govt in hope of keeping people off streets.
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Saeed Ahmed
SaeedCNN Saeed Ahmed
by MuhYusufKhan
Al Jazeera's statement on #Egypt yanking its license to operate in the country: english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeas…
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Roland Cami
lend112 Roland Cami
What is going on in #Egypt #Cairo ?-----> http://lx.im/1a67H - ad
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Hamza Farooq
forkashmir Hamza Farooq
RT"@lubzi: This fight isnt Egyptians vs Mubarak. It's PEOPLE vs the New World Order cult. Mubarak's an agent #jan25 #NWO #zionists #Egypt
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