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  • Pakistanis Rampage Over Cartoons

    02/13/2006 2:16:53 PM PST · by blam · 19 replies · 490+ views
    BBC ^ | 2-13-2006
    Pakistanis rampage over cartoons The protests in Peshawar were the first to turn violent there Police in Pakistan have fired tear gas to disperse at least 3,000 students demonstrating against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. Sixteen people were held for damaging public property in the protest in the north-western city of Peshawar. Students also smashed hoardings advertising the Norwegian telecom giant, Telenor, and chanted "Death to America" and "God is Great". The controversial cartoons were first published in Denmark last year. They have sparked protests across the Muslim world. Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday again tried to...