Posts Tagged ‘state-television’

State TV in Egypt Offers Murky Window Into Power Shift

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Viewers state television in Egypt did not see people fleeing the country or the hundreds of thousands of protesters, including one holding up a sign saying, “No to the lying Egyptian media.”

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State TV in Egypt Offers Murky Window Into Power Shift

Defiant Mubarak shows no sign of changing course

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

CAIRO – For three decades, President Hosni Mubarak has relied heavily on a robust, repressive security force to ensure his rule. The unapologetic message he delivered on state television early Saturday gave no sign that he was shifting course.

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Defiant Mubarak shows no sign of changing course

Tunisian ministers quit RCD party

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

All ministers in Tunisia’s interim government have quit the party of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, state television says.

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Tunisian ministers quit RCD party

UK’s Ivory Coast envoy ‘expelled’

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo is expelling the British and Canadian ambassadors, a statement on state television says.

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UK’s Ivory Coast envoy ‘expelled’

China ‘in nuclear power advance’

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

China has developed its own technologies that will enable it to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, state television reports.

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China ‘in nuclear power advance’

N. Koreans See Bend It Like Beckham

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Can we expect Kim Jong Il’s blurb on the DVD cover? Thanks to the British Embassy, North Koreans saw their first Western film ever when the country’s state television, usually devoted to disseminating regime propaganda, celebrated the 10th anniversary…

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N. Koreans See Bend It Like Beckham

Iran Says Two Bombs Target Professors

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Iranian state television reported Monday that a pair of car bombs in Tehran killed a nuclear scientist injured another.

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Iran Says Two Bombs Target Professors

Trapped miners rescued in China

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Twenty-nine miners trapped in a flooded mine in China were being rescued after more than 24 hours, with crews lifting them out in rapid succession, state television reported Monday.

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Trapped miners rescued in China

Deadly Blast Traps Miners in China

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Chinese state television says a coal mine blast has killed 20 and trapped more than 30 workers underground.

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Deadly Blast Traps Miners in China

Kim Jong Un Appears in Public

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

So little is known about Kim Jong Il’s presumed heir, Kim Jong Un, that even a brief appearance at a military parade is cause for headlines. For the first time, state television in North Korea aired live pictures of him on Sunday. His chest covered in…

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Kim Jong Un Appears in Public

Chinese man buys van with years of loose change

Friday, August 27th, 2010

A man pays for a van in China with 100,000 yuan ($14,700; £9,500) in pocket change he gathered over years, state television reports.

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Chinese man buys van with years of loose change