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Located in Qatar, and financed by the state of Qatar, Al Jazeera (which means “the peninsula”) has been broadcasting since 1996, and is uniquely positioned to broadcast the Arab world’s point of view to the Western public. [1]

Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, Al Jazeera is no longer available via the broadband services Jalipo and VDC. [2]

Following the initial US$ 137 million grant from the Emir of Qatar, Al Jazeera had aimed to become self-sufficient through advertising by 2001, but when this failed to occur, the Emir agreed to several consecutive loans on a year-by-year basis (US$30 million in 2004, according to Arnaud de Borchgrave). [...] Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel with the same name, Aljazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages. [3]

Al Jazeera Satellite Channel is the Arab world’s only independent, professional news and information television channel. [1]

The original Aljazeera channel’s willingness to broadcast dissenting views, including on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. [...] Aljazeera is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. [3]

As Colombians vote to replace Alvaro Uribe, jury is still out on the president’s tenure. [...] At least 15 people killed after troops storm convoy of ships trying to break Gaza siege. [4]

The editorial freedom exercised by its staff was unique in the Middle East, and its broadcasts were occasionally blocked by Arab states. [1]

The station gained worldwide attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks, when it was the only channel to cover the war in Afghanistan live from its office there. [3]

With its commanding viewer following, however, alJazeera has become a major media player in the Arab region. [...] The new channel started at 12h GMT on 15 November 2006 under the name Al Jazeera English and has broadcast centers in Doha (next to the original Al Jazeera headquarters and broadcast center), London, Kuala Lumpur and Washington D.C.. [1]

Al Jazeera’s availability (via satellite) throughout the Middle East changed the television landscape of the region. [3]

Uribe’s anointed successor wins first round of presidential polls but fails to avoid run-off. [4]

Sources:
[1] Al Jazeera: Information from Answers.com
[2] Al Jazeera English - Watch Now - Al Jazeera English - Live …
[3] Aljazeera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] saddam.pl

Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the American military. [1]

Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service. [2]

Many people observe this holiday by visiting cemeteries and memorials. [3]

Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. [1]

In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at national cemeteries. [2]

By honoring the nation’s war dead, we preserve their memory and thus their service and sacrifice. [4]

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves. [1]

This article is about the American holiday. [3]

All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. [...] It could be that Decoration Day and Memorial Day were celebrated concurrently in different parts of the North for many years until World War I. The South refused to acknowledge May 30th honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I. On June 19th, 1926 by joint resolution, U.S. Congress authorized and directed the Secratary of War to accept a tablet commemorating the designation of May 30th as Memorial Day. [...] It was called Decoration Day for the act of decorating the graves of dead soldiers with flowers. [5]

First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the Civil War), it was expanded after World War I. [3]

Keep up with the latest History shows, online features, special offers and more. [1]

It’s a sacred day to all war veterans: None need to be reminded of the reason that Memorial Day must be commemorated. [4]

This 1868 celebration was inspired by local observances of the day in several towns throughout America that had taken place in the three years since the Civil War. [1]

Sources:
[1] History of Memorial Day ‘ History.com Articles, Video …
[2] Memorial Day - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
[3] Memorial Day - Wikipedia
[4] Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) :: Memorial Day
[5] The Memorial Day Foundation, Remember Memorial Day, Honor Our …

Savage Steve Holland directs this straight-to-video Legally Blonde spin-off starring Camilla and Rebecca Rosso. [1]

View company contact information for Legally Blonde on IMDbPro. [2]

Legally Blondes (also known as Legally Blonde 3) is a spin-off film of the Legally Blonde series from MGM. [3]

The film’s box-office success led to a 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde and 2009 direct-to-DVD spin-off, Legally Blondes. [4]

View company contact information for Legally Blondes on IMDbPro. [...] Even worse than Legally Blonde 2!, 16 May 2010 [5]

As a ravishing Miss Hawaiian Tropic, sorority president, and calendar girl, Elle Woods (Witherspoon) is a big hit on the campus of her sun-drenched Los Angeles college. [4]

Starting in England, Annabelle “Annie” and Isabelle “Izzy” Woods are introduced as clever twin girls with a love for pink like their cousin Elle. [3]

In her senior year as a Southern California college student, girlish sorority president Elle Woods (Witherspoon) majors in fashion merchandising and is seriously in love with her boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Davis), who will attend Harvard Law School next year. [6]

For a movie obsessed with image, Blonde is poorly lit and clumsily framed: Luketic’s deference to close-ups all but robs the film of Witherspoon’s talent for physical comedy, and an extemporaneous, mid-film musical number fails to register. [...] Legally Blonde has all the right elements for light entertainment: appropriately overzealous production design, an unflappable heroine played to giddy perfection, and a supporting cast that stays just south of over-the-top. [...] Reese Witherspoon adds yet another plucky striver character to her resume with this mostly successful attempt to merge the superlative teen film Clueless (1995) with the fish-out-of-water courtroom farce My Cousin Vinny (1992). [4]

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the movie, when the girls are still in England, it is raining, and they complain that the sun never shines there. [5]

I rarely go to actual movie theaters to see a film (I usually rent videos/DVDs), but I got an advance on this one, and I was kind of sad it had to be this film I was going to see, but I had been invited along with two other people to see it and I wasn’t going to say “no” for no reason. [...] One of the persons I went with just wanted to see Reese Witherspoon in a Playboy bunny costume, so I figured I was in for another average run-’o-the-mill sex comedy. [2]

Sources:
[1] Legally Blondes 2008: Movie and film review from Answers.com
[2] Legally Blonde (2001)
[3] Legally Blondes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] Legally Blonde 2001: Movie and film review from Answers.com
[5] Legally Blondes (2009) (V)
[6] Legally Blonde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On Monday, May 31, the zipLogix office will be closed in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday. [1]

Tom Berenger, 60, actor (Born on the Fourth of July, Major League, Gettysburg), born Chicago, IL, May 31, 1950. [...] Chris Elliott, 50, writer (’Late Night with David Letterman’), actor (’Get a Life’), born New York, NY, May 31, 1960. [...] Clint Eastwood, 80, actor, director (Oscars for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby), born San Francisco, CA, May 31, 1930. [2]

Steel Burkhardt, an original company member of the Broadway production of Hair who recently made his West End debut in the ensemble of that Vietnam War-themed musical, takes over the role of Berger at London’s Gielgud Theatre May 31. [3]

The Splash Park in City Park is now open! [4]

Car rentals for leisure and corporate travelers at discount prices are our specialty. [5]

Sharon Gless, 67, actress (Emmy for ‘Cagney & Lacey’), born Los Angeles, CA, May 31, 1943. [2]

In order to allow sufficient time for application review, your GCAAR submission deadline is 5 p.m. [1]

Download the 2010 Summer Sunset Zoo Club Packet! [4]

Tony Award-winning singer-actress Debbie Gravitte (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway) makes an eagerly awaited return to the New York stage May 31 in a benefit concert for The Actors Fund at Feinstein’s. [3]

Earn Rewards on this Car Rental. [5]

American Mensa is proud to roll out the online version of the Mensa Home Test. [6]

Starting Monday, May 17th, 4th Street at Bluemont Avenue will be closed while a roundabout is constructed and other improvements are made to the area. [4]

Whether your goal is to find, learn, reference, shop or merely be entertained, this list gives you plenty of solid - and some unexpected - options. [6]

Sources:
[1] Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors
[2] May 31: Information from Answers.com
[3] Playbill On-Line
[4] City of Manhattan, Kansas
[5] Fox Rent-A-Car
[6] American Mensa

French philosopher addresses ‘Democracy and its Challenges’ conference sponsored by the French Embassy in Israel in cooperation with Haaretz. [1]

Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. [2]

Bill targets Sheldon Adelson’s Israel Hayom daily as one of only newspapers distributed for free beyond its first year of publication. [3]

The ideology of Herzl can give young Israelis a way to express their Jewish identity and without being stifled by right-wing totalitarianism. [1]

Netanyahu hints would object to raising the minimum wage, though he says he will express his opinion when the matter is brought before the cabinet for a vote soon. [3]

Embarrassed by the awkwardness of the PM’s last visit, the Obama administration is determined to present this one as a success. [4]

Netanyahu said that the conditions for resuming negotiations with the Palestinians are reaching maturation, and spoke favorably of the need to reach a peace agreement and establish a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside a Jewish State of Israel. [2]

Turkey says Israel’s attack on Gaza aid convoy violated international law, summons Israeli ambassador over attack which killed at least 10 left-wing activists. [5]

The problem with Israeli diplomacy over the years, Lieberman argued, is that it does not do enough to preserve the honor of the State of Israel. [...] Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman opted to conclude last week’s conference of Israeli ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry by chastising the 150 or so diplomats on Thursday for what he described as their tendency to overly placate their host nations. [...] Lieberman, who opened the conference last Sunday with a tirade against Turkey, the Palestinians and European countries, concluded it by reprimanding Israeli diplomats. [...] Many ambassadors also expressed their sense of confusion at the conflicting messages relayed to them by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lieberman. [2]

Obama offered Netanyahu guarantees that the U.S. would not let any decision made during the recent NPT review conference ‘harm Israel’s vital interests.’ [1]

Money from the fund would be used as an incentive to Palestinian employers to hire former settlement workers, by paying half their salaries for the first year. [3]

Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora. [2]

Sources:
[1] Worldpress.org - World Press Wire
[2] MiddleEast.org - Article
[3] Business- - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
[4] MiddleEast.org - Article
[5] Ha’aretz.com