Two Arab satellite broadcasting corporations, Nilesat and Arabsat, recently refused to allow al-Alam to continue broadcasting on their frequencies, provoking protestations from Tehran.

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A French satellite company eventually allowed al-Alam to resume broadcasting on its frequencies.

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In a recent broadcast, al-Alam TV alleged, without any independent evidence, there had been a coup attempt in Saudi Arabia and that Prince Bandar, the son of Crown Prince Sultan, was under arrest.

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Al-Alam beamed suspiciously instantaneous accounts of the contretemps to viewers in Iraq and elsewhere.

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Al-Alam is supposed to head the Libyan delegation in London for the Olympic games, which begin next week.

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Six pictures have been loaned by the Tate to Sultan Qaboos' Al-Alam palace in the Omani capital of Muscat.

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