Thanks - I’m doing the last batch of plums, thankfully - can only spend a few minutes at a time on FR.
More info about Pakistan:
Protesters march towards US consulates in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
From Print Edition
ISLAMABAD: Violent protests against the anti-Islam film continued across the country on Monday as demonstrators marched towards the US consulates in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar, and two protesters were killed in Upper Dir.
The police baton-charged and fired teargas shells to disperse charged crowds, who also burnt US flags and chanted slogans.Two persons were killed and two others injured when the police in Upper Dir allegedly opened fire at the protesters. The angry protesters, which included students, set on fire the local Press Club after they alleged that journalists were refusing to cover the rally.
The situation turned violent after the killing of a protester, identified as Muhammad, who was a vendor. The provoked protesters also torched government offices and vehicles.Eyewitness said the police arrested some students after they torched the Press Club. Demonstrators then shifted their protest to outside the police station and pelted stones at the building. They said the police fired on protesters, killing one person and injuring three others. One of the injured, who was a student, later expired at the hospital.
However, a journalist from Wari who requested anonymity said journalists had not refused to cover the rally. “How can we do that? It’s our job and this is the age of competition. We cannot afford missing a story,” he said by phone. The journalist said several journalists sustained injuries in the protests, adding that the protesters would have killed them if they had not been shifted to a safer place. The journalist said someone misinformed the students that journalists were not present to cover the rally. “They marched to the Press Club and then set it on fire. I think someone instigated them to do so,” he said.
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Plums sound really good, and thanks for the info from Pakistan. Maybe we should support whatever India wants to do with it from now on.