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Al Jazeera to offer wireless news alerts

LONDON-Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile-phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 news alerts per month and will cost US$6 per month.

Al Jazeera has rapidly gained international significance following its broadcast of footage of Osama Bin Laden and the war in Iraq.

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