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UK Foreign Office to fund BBC Arabic news channel

The BBC is to launch an Arabic news TV channel in competition with al-Jazeera, it was announced today.

UK Foreign Office to fund BBC Arabic news channel

Thu, 24 Jun, 2004 - 13:48

The BBC is to launch an Arabic news TV channel in competition with al-Jazeera, it was announced today.

The 24-hour channel would be broadcast across the Middle East and funded by the British Foreign Office.

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