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Al-Jazeera Bureau Chief Arrested in Cairo

HeadlineApr 27, 2006

In Egypt, the Cairo bureau chief of the al-Jazeera television network has been arrested. Egyptian authorities said Hussein Abdel Ghani had reported false information about this week’s suicide bombing in Dahab. In a statement released by his network, Abdel Ghani said he was the victim of “a complete police kidnapping operation beyond the law.”

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