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Cesar Sayoc is sentenced to 20 years in prison for sending pipe bombs to CNN and several prominent U.S. Democrats including former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden last year.
2019-08-5

Three CNN journalists, Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau, and Lex Haris, resign after the publication of a Russia-related article involving President Donald Trump that was retracted.
2017-06-26

The CNN reports that the size of the Office of Personnel Management data breach could be as large as 18 million past, present and prospective employees of the United States Government.
2015-06-22

The pro-Israel non-governmental organization HonestReporting brings attention to footage captured by the BBC and transmitted by CNN that shows a Palestinian man being carried away from a bomb blast only to reappear moments later uninjured. CNN's Anderson Cooper who was reporting on the original story issued a retraction during his television show.
2012-11-20

The government threatens a crackdown as the protests spread.
2011-02-9

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, says that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of "Islamic awareness".
2011-02-4

Egyptian state television forments the unrest by reporting that "Israeli spies" have infiltrated Cairo, leading to an increase in antisemitic sentiment among the pro-Mubarak forces attacking people and journalists on the streets.
2011-02-3

Al Jazeera reports that its signal is being jammed in parts of the Middle East, days after Egypt shut the news network's operations there.
2011-02-1

Israel privately worries and is "anxiously monitoring" events in Egypt according to the country's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
2011-01-30

Viewers across the region and worldwide watch events unfold on Al Jazeera, which maintains an almost continuous live feed despite the Egyptian government's repeated censorship efforts. CNN claims its reporters have been attacked and cameras smashed.
2011-01-29