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Old Stories are Hot News in Balkan Media
A number of media outlets in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia duly "reported" this development, some for the second time, since they also reported it three years ago.
Most of them quoted Radio Free Europe, RFE, saying that after the movement was registered on April 18, this had drawn negative reactions from the public and prompted the Montenegrin NGO Civil Alliance to request a ban.
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Turkish police find hydrofluoric acid at Saudi consul's home after Khashoggi killing: Report
Turkish police found traces of hydrofluoric acid and other chemicals inside a well at the Saudi consul general's home in Istanbul and think that journalist Jamal Khashoggi's dismembered body was dissolved in acid in one of the rooms of the residence, Al Jazeera reported Nov. 8.
Bosnian Diplomat Denies Attending US Jerusalem Ceremony
Jelena Rajakovic, the Bosnian ambassador to Israel, on Friday denied media reports that she attended the opening ceremony of the US embassy in Jerusalem earlier this week, amid confusion about whether a Bosnian delegation was present or not.
Snapchat Blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia
Social media platform Snapchat has blocked access to Al Jazeera content in Saudi Arabia, reported BBC.
Snapchat said it was asked by the Saudi authorities to remove the Qatari-backed broadcaster's Discover Publisher Channel because it violated local laws.
Qatar is in an ongoing dispute with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE.
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BIRN Film on Wartime Home Swaps Gets TV Premiere
BIRN’s new film ‘Your House was My Home’, about how war forced villagers in Serbia and Croatia to exchange homes with each other to save their lives, premieres on Al Jazeera Balkans on Tuesday.
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Turkey arrests Qatar news agency hacking suspects: Qatari prosecutor
Five suspected computer hackers have been arrested in Turkey in connection with an attack on the state Qatar News Agency (QNA) in April, Al Jazeera quoted Ali al-Marri, Qatar's general prosecutor, as saying on Aug. 25.
Cutting defense ties with Turkey illegal: Qatar
Cutting Qatar's defense ties with Turkey is an "obvious intervention of internal affairs," Qatar's ambassador to Ankara said Aug. 19.
"This is against all international laws and norms," Salem bin Mubarak Al-Shafi said in a written statement about demands to close the Turkish base.
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Israel moves to close Al Jazeera operation
Israel plans to revoke the media credentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, close its Jerusalem bureau and pull the Qatar-based station's broadcasts from local cable and satellite providers, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara said on Aug. 6.
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Netanyahu threatens to close down Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he would work to close the Jerusalem offices of al-Jazeera, accusing the Qatar-based television news network of inciting recent violence in the city.
Turkish ambassador meets Qatari Chief of General Staff
Turkey's Ambassador to Qatar, Fikret Özer, met with Qatar's Chief of General Staff, Gen. Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanem on July 19 to discuss strengthening relations between the two countries.