Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan's economy minister said on Friday.Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said this week it did not manufacture the devices used in the attack,

Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned as part of a probe into pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, investigators said Friday, as top officials insisted the devices were not from the island.

Taiwan's economy minister confirmed that components in pagers detonated in Lebanon were not made in Taiwan. The Gold Apollo company, to which the devices were traced, also denied manufacturing them. The attack,