Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L) is welcomed by Wadah Khanfar (R), Al-Jazeera's director-general, during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the launching of the Arabic satellite news channel in Doha, late 01 November 2006. Al-Jazeera, which has changed the face of Arab television reporting by breaking taboos, is set to extend its controversial reach to English-speaking audiences. Its second decade will see the repeatedly delayed launch of the English-language Al-Jazeera International on November 15, one of the station's directors told AFP. Al-Jazeera, often dubbed 'the Arab CNN,' will also start a pan-Arab newspaper, based also in the Qatari capital, sources in the network said without specifying a launch date. The maverick Arabic channel began broadcasting in 1996 with staff largely drawn from the BBC's short-lived Arabic television. AFP PHOTO/KARIM JAAFAR
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