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Germany bans Hezbollah Sat TV


November 21, 2008 Germany's interior ministry has banned Al-Manar satellite television, the media mouthpiece of Lebanon's Hezbollah anti-Israel guerrillas. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that Al-Manar violates Germany's constitution, which prohibits hate speech such as denying the Holocaust. Hezbollah funds Al-Manar, its sister radio station Al-Nour and the parent company Lebanon Media Group.

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