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The history of the island was closely linked to major world events. For decades, Al Jazeera has struggled to provide free access to information and to enshrine the principles of freedom of thought and expression in one of the hottest regions in the world. Al Jazeera news rooms and offices around the world are filled with brave men and women, each with a story to tell. Al Jazeera's journalists paid the price for their pursuit of pioneering journalism, and eleven of its field correspondents were martyred in the wars on the front lines.