Letter: Breaking point for the BBC World Service The news that around 650 jobs are to go from the BBC World Service (Report, 26 January) chills me to the bone. In a very real sense the final retreat from our status as a global player will not be marked by any decision to scrap Trident or our aircraft carriers, but by denuding the World Service to the point where it can no longer maintain the breadth, depth and authority of its coverage at a level that commands international respect.I spent over five years in south-east Asia reporting for the BBC when it was starting to reduce its coverage. It cut programmes such as East Asia Today – required listening for political leaders and opinion-formers in the region. It cut programmes on women's issues and religion. It reduced the regionality of its World Today programme. Even then one sensed the English-speaking audience turning away from the BBC and to the likes of al-Jazeera simply because the Qatar-based channel had the resources to cover the issues that mattered to the region in the detail that made it relevant there.After years of belt-tightening, teams of journalists at Bush House already achieve the impossible every day. There's been no slack in the system for years.The impact of these latest cuts could be to push the service to breaking point. For the journalists who lose their jobs it will be a time of turmoil. For listeners who lose their services entirely, like those in the Caribbean and the Balkans, it means losing one of the few trustworthy and dispassionate sources of vital information. But for Britain it's effectively announcing the retirement of its one remaining ambassador of international standing and its ambitions to shape the way the world thinks by giving it unvarnished news rather than propaganda from which to form opinions – and all for want of £46m a ye 約650ジョブは、BBCワールドサービス（レポート年1月26日）から行っているというニュースは、骨に私を悪寒
For Middle East democracy, send in the geeks | Tom Glaisyer and Shawn Powers After the 1989 revolutions, the west sent free-market economists east. Now, we can all gain by being information society citizensWhen the Berlin Wall fell, the western response was swift and obvious: send in the free-market economists. Soviet Communism was a system structured for failure that had left a group of governments and citizens in need of political and cultural tools, as well as knowledge of markets and the institutions they require to function. Professor Jeff Sachs, the economist, was dispatched to Poland and across the former Soviet Union (FSU). Funding streams were brought online and bright students from the eastern bloc attended Harvard Business School and learned about how markets work. There were also parallel democracy building programs established. Partnerships and exchanges proliferated and the Soviet-era systems were transformed to engage and contribute to the global market economy. As the Mubarak regime steps out of the way, Gaddafi's collapses, and as Tunisia continues to re-establish its democratic roots, similar questions are raised with less obvious answers: what can be done to alleviate the extreme unemployment and income gaps that plague these countries? Certainly, the removal of the authoritarian regimes that oversaw these systems is a tremendous first step, but what what else must happen to ensure that the conditions that spurred these uprisings improve?The answer is, in part, right in front of us if we look closely at the banners that were waved by brave protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square featuring three well-known organisations: Facebook, Twitter and al-Jazeera. This new, more democratic configuration of media gave voice to new players. While the revolutions taking place are fuelled by the blood, sweat and tears of the brave protesters tha 1989回転後、西、東自由市場経済を送った
Al Jazeera Hopes Reports From Egypt Open Doors in U.S. Al Jazeera hopes its English-language coverage of protests in Egypt and Tunisia will help it gain access to an American cable television audience. アルジャジーラは、アメリカのケーブルテレビの視聴者へのアクセスを得るため、エジプト、チュニジアでの抗議その英語記事を期待している
Death toll of protests in Egypt rise to 150: TV The death toll during the protests across Egypt rose to 150 on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported.
&$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ... エジプトの間で抗議中の死亡者数は日曜日に150に上昇し、アルジャジーラが報じた
The Libyan crisis: Obama's dilemma over a no-fly zone Arab League support brings the issue back to the United Nations without making America's choice any easierThe Arab League's vote in support of a no-fly zone undoubtedly brings military intervention closer to reality. It fulfills one of the conditions necessary for Nato involvement, regional support, but it is far from decisive. Ultimately that decision will be taken in the UN Security Council, where uncertainty still reigns, not least because the Obama administration has yet to make up its mind. And only America can make a no-fly zone (NFZ) happen.The league's vote was quickly welcomed by Britain, where the Cameron government has invested much political capital supporting the creation of a NFZ to protect Libyans from Muammar Gaddafi's air force. The foreign office issued a statement saying: NFZs are one option being considered as part of international contingency planning to respond quickly to events on the ground as they develop. This planning does not pre-judge any particular outcome. The Arab League call for a NFZ is very significant and provides important regional support to the option of creating a NFZ.Just how strong pan-Arab support is of a no-fly zone, however, is open to question. According to Al Jazeera's correspondent, James Bays, the Arab League passes a second, less-noticed and seemingly contradictory resolution opposing outside military intervention. It was a reminder that the Obama White House will be castigated and disowned by some of the strongest supporters of the no-fly idea as soon as the first report emerges of civilian casualties caused by US or allied air strikes. Doing a no-fly zone without air strikes is not a realistic option, as is made clear by a detailled discussion among veterans of past NFZs on Wired's Danger Room. According to one form アラブ連盟のサポートは、間違いなく現実に近いの軍事介入をもたらす任意のeasierThe飛行禁止区域を支援するアラブ連盟の投票、アメリカの選択をすることなく戻って、国連に問題をもたらします
Syria denies sending weapon shipment to Gaddafi Syrian official source denied Saturday allegations that his country sent a ship loaded with cars and weapons to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces, local Damascus Press news website reported.
The official's remarks came in response to Qatar-based Al- Jazeera TV's reports that a Syrian ship of weapons had left the sea port of Tartous, 260 km west of Damascus, and was on its way to the Libyan capital Tripoli.
The source also denied Al-Jazeera's news about a Syrian battalion fighting on G ... シリアの公式なソースは、彼の国は車やリビアの指導者Muammarのカダフィの力を武器と積んだ船を送信した土曜日の主張を否定して、ローカルダマスカスプレスのニュースサイトが報じた
News cameraman killed in Libya An Al-Jazeera cameraman was killed near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi overnight (NZ time), the first journalist killed in the nearly month-long conflict, the satellite station said.Ali Hassan al-Jaber was killed and a correspondent... アルジャジーラのカメラマンは、ベンガジで一晩（ニュージーランド時間）、約一カ月間の紛争で殺さ第一ジャーナリストの東のリビアの都市の近くに殺害された、衛星放送局said.Aliハッサンアルジャービルは、通信員殺され...
Egypt frees Al-Jazeera bureau chief The Al-Jazeera bureau chief in Cairo and one of its journalists were freed on Saturday several hours after being arrested, the Doha-based television channel said amid anti-government protests in Egypt. カイロやそのジャーナリストのいずれかでアルジャジーラの支局長が逮捕された後、土曜日、数時間で解放された、ドーハベースのテレビチャンネルは、エジプトの反政府デモの中で述べた
Egyptian army denies opening fire to disperse protestors The Egyptian army denied on Wednesday that it opened fire into the sky to disperse protestors, state media reported.
Earlier, the Al Jazeera TV network reported that the Egyptian army on Wednesday opened fire in the air to disperse protestors, including both supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak.
Thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators clashed in downtown Cairo on Wednesday. Demonstrators from the two sides threw rocks and sticks at each other at the Tahri ... エジプト軍は、分。抗議して空に向かって発砲したことを水曜日に拒否された、国営メディアが報じた
