Excerpt from report by Radio Netherlands website on 7 October A new US broadcast in Arabic to the Darfur region has been heard by shortwave listeners.

By HELLE DALE As Russian tanks rolled across his country, an exhausted, retreating Georgian soldier was overheard asking, "Where are our friends?" One thing's for sure: They weren't on the air.

Text of press release by US-based Middle East Broadcasting Networks on 4 June Springfield, Virginia, 3 June: The Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) unveiled its new online streaming of Al-Hurra, the Arabic-language television network.

US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) press release on 16 May Washington, D.C, May 16, 2008: US international broadcasting now reaches over 175 million people weekly, up from 155 million in 2007 and a 75 per cent increase since 2001.

ADVISORY, April 18, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- What: Dr. Naser M.Y. Al Belooshi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States, will preside over the closing bell. Ambassador Belooshi will be joined by Brian Conniff, President of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc.