Protesters denounce the satirical images of the Prophet Mohammed
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OSLO (AFP) - TV2's Dokument 2 programme was to screen in "some form or another", the cartoons first published by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September last year.

The paper's publication of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, followed by a slew of other, mostly European media, sparked outrage in the Muslim world.

TV2 did not want to say whether or not the documentary would show the controversial drawings.

The Norwegian foreign ministry said the programme did feature the cartoons and said it had alerted its embassies in some Muslim countries about the broadcast.

"There's nothing dramatic in this. We have sent a message" to our embassies in countries most affected by the cartoons crisis, foreign ministry spokeswoman, who had seen the documentary, Anne Lene Dale Sandsten told AFP.

Norway was one of the first countries where the cartoons were reproduced. In ensuing protests, the Scandinavian country's interests were hit especially hard in Syria and Afghanistan.

The documentary, lasting less than one hour and entitled "Bound to Silence", was to be broadcast at 2230 local time (2030 GMT).

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