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Al Jazeera English launches in first major US cable market

Cable viewers in the Washington DC area will finally be able to get Qatar-based Al Jazeera’s English language news channel. It’s the first major deal signed with an American cable TV company since the English version of Al Jazeera launched in the fall of 2006.

By JACKSON ALLERS

HOUSTON, July 2, 2009 (MENASSAT) – The English-language cousin of the Qatar based news channel Al Jazeera launched yesterday in the Washington D.C. area after signing its first major U.S.