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Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200801161242.htm
Thai Satellite Firm Terminates Deal with Hizbullah TV
[AP/The Hindu-India] The Thai satellite company Thaicom said Wednesday it halted broadcasts of Hizbullah's Al-Manar television channel last Friday after learning it was tied to the Shiite militant group. Piyanuch Sujpluem, a spokeswoman for Shin Satellite Public Company, said the contract with Al-Manar had been a purely commercial deal "without knowledge that such a station had connections to a terrorist group."