September 6, 2004

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  Iraq extends ban on Al-Jazeera network
  
  05 September 2004 10:45

  
  

  The Iraqi government has extended a ban on the Arab television station, Al-Jazeera.

  
  

  In a statement, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, said Al-Jazeera had not complied with a temporary order issued last month which prohibited the station from broadcasting on grounds that it incited racial hatred.

  
  

  Mr Allawi said the station had continued to broadcast from within Iraq despite the closure order.

  
  

   

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