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Analysis: The wait for Al-Jazeera's international channel.
(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)
Analysis by Steve Metcalf of BBC Monitoring on 31 October
It is still not known when Al-Jazeera's long-awaited English-language news channel will launch. First mooted in 2004, Al-Jazeera International (AJI) initially had a target launch date of late 2005.
But despite regularly announcing the signing up of star names such as David Frost and Rageh Omaar, the launch date kept slipping. It is now thought that it may go on air sometime during November.
Technical challenges
One of the reasons cited for the delay is the ambitious technical nature of the project. During a 24-hour cycle the channel plans to broadcast for four hours from its Kuala Lumpur bureau, 11 hours from its base in Doha, five hours from …
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