READ MORE: Egypt shuts down al-Jazeera operations | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Egypt today shut down the operations of the Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera, blaming it for encouraging the country's uprising - and demonstrating that the repressive powers of central government are still functioning.
The state-run Mena news agency reported that the information ministry had ordered 'suspension of operations of al-Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff, as of today'.
The Egyptian government has never made a secret of its dislike for the channel, but the final straw may have been an interview it broadcast yesterday with the popular cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who called on the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, to leave the country immediately."
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