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It seems any western embassy will do: Protesters try to storm German, British embassies in Sudan
Sudan's police fired teargas on Friday to stop about 5,000 demonstrators storming the German and British embassies to protest against an anti-Islam film, a Reuters witness said.
Protesters hurled stones at the two embassies which are next to each other in Khartoum and tried storming the main gates, a witness said.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/protesters-try-to-storm-german-british-embassies-in-sudan
Protesters hurled stones at the two embassies which are next to each other in Khartoum and tried storming the main gates, a witness said.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/protesters-try-to-storm-german-british-embassies-in-sudan
And they've set light to a KFC in Lebanon - though they're blaming KFC for the upcoming visit by the Pope too, it seems:
Hundreds of protesters set alight a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, witnesses said, chanting against the pope's visit to Lebanon and shouting anti-American slogans.
Locals watching the attack said some people were shouting, "We don't want the pope" and "No more insults (to Islam.)"
The incident came as Pope Benedict began a three-day visit to Lebanon and as anger over a film which Muslims have said is blasphemous to Islam spread across the region.
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=285118
Locals watching the attack said some people were shouting, "We don't want the pope" and "No more insults (to Islam.)"
The incident came as Pope Benedict began a three-day visit to Lebanon and as anger over a film which Muslims have said is blasphemous to Islam spread across the region.
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=285118
