Tag: TV

The Public Has the Right to Know

| September 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

If a political leader is ill or dying so what? Does the health of a political leader concern the public? Is sickness not a private matter? Well, in journalism we say the public has the right to know. So when a political leader is bedridden that is news and good fodder for opinion writers. If [...]

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Africa eyes joint space agency

| September 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

By Ian Timberlake (AFP) – 3 hours ago  KHARTOUM — African nations would work together in peaceful research under a proposal for a space agency being considered Wednesday at a meeting in Sudan of the continent’s communications and IT ministers. The agency, to be called AfriSpace, would enable “cooperation among African states in space research [...]

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Sudanese helicopter carrying a government delegation crashes, kills 32

| September 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

A Sudanese helicopter carrying a government delegation crashed in a mountainous southern region on Sunday, killing all 32 people on board including a Cabinet minister, a former presidential adviser, two generals and a TV crew. The delegation was travelling aboard a chartered helicopter to the volatile South Kordofan state to attend prayers on the first [...]

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Sudan copter crash kills government delegation

| August 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Updated at 9:07 a.m. ET (AP) KHARTOUM, Sudan – A Sudanese government helicopter crashed Sunday before landing in a remote town in the country’s southern mountains, killing all 32 people on board. The victims included the minister of endowment, a leading politician, two army generals and a TV crew. The delegation was travelling to the [...]

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Sudan plane crash in south kills all 32 on board

| August 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudanese helicopter carrying a government delegation crashed in a mountainous southern region on Sunday, killing all 32 people on board including a Cabinet minister, a former presidential adviser, two generals and a TV crew. The delegation was travelling aboard a chartered helicopter to the volatile South Kordofan state to attend prayers [...]

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Copter crash kills Sudanese delegation

| August 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum, Sudan — A Sudanese helicopter carrying a government delegation crashed in a mountainous southern region Sunday, killing all 32 people on board including a Cabinet minister, a former presidential adviser, two generals and a TV crew. The delegation was traveling aboard a chartered helicopter to the volatile South Kordofan state to attend prayers on [...]

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Why do the Sudanese protests get so little news coverage?

| July 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Bashir administration’s hold on power is precarious. But you won’t see that story on TV news or your newspaper’s front page. By Tom Murphy, Guest blogger / July 9, 2012 This June 22 citizen journalism photo provided by the group Grifina, purports to show tires burning during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan. AP Enlarge 0 [...]

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517 Channels And Nothing’s On: The World’s Most Bizarre Hotel TV Package

| June 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

When I lived overseas, I had a Slingbox, which gave me remote access to a friend’s U.S. DVR, but even that is sketchy if your Internet connection is slow. I was OK with missing most of the first week of French Open tennis while in Greece, but as the matches became more important in the [...]

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US ‘very concerned’ by Sudan-South Sudan violence

| April 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

8:00 PM- Last Man Standing: Tree of Strife (HD, Repeat, TV-PG) When Mandy gets the chance to meet her idol, Kim Kardashian, things don’t go exactly as planned, but the outcome is better than she could have ever imagined. 8:31 PM- Cougar Town: Money Becomes King (HD, New, TV-PG) Jules and Grayson are having trouble [...]

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Reporter

| April 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Job Vacancy:  Reporter, Khartoum, BBC Arabic Job Ref. No800734? LocationSudan Contract TypeFixed Term Contract Duration12 months Job Category:Journalism Closing date for applications 23 April 2012 at 11:59pm Department BBC Arabic is the largest service within the BBC World Service, providing news and current affairs on Radio, TV and Online to Arabic speaking audiences in the [...]

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