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Reports: London demonstrator on parole for drug dealing LONDON, England -- A man who dressed as a suicide bomber during London protests against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has been arrested, police said.Tuesday morning's arrest of Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, north of London, came it emerged he was on parole for drug dealing.Khayam was sentenced to six years in prison in 2002 for possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply [...] released on parole last year after serving half his sentence [...] On Monday, Khayam met reporters outside his home and apologized "wholeheartedly" for his behavior in Friday's protests...

LONDON, England -- London police were under pressure to arrest Muslim protesters who carried signs threatening death and terrorist attacks at a demonstration over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Scotland Yard received more than 100 complaints after Friday's protest outside the Danish Embassy, the UK's Press Association reported. Police said they would study video of the demonstrators taken by specialist officers, The Sun newspaper reported, and a police spokeswoman told PA that any arrests would be made "at the appropriate time."