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Libyans protesting the Prophet Muhammad cartoons set fire to the Italian consulate in Benghazi on Friday in a riot that killed at least 10 people, an Italian diplomat said. Libyan security officials said 11 people were killed or wounded during the six-hour riot when police firing bullets and tear gas tried to contain more than 1,000 demonstrators hurling rocks and bottles. The casualties included police officers, but the officials declined to say how many people had died. Italian diplomat Domenico Bellantone said between 10 and 11 people had died, and all were Libyan _ either police or protesters. He spoke...

Authors, columnists, and readers throughout the internet alternative media are talking non-stop about the EMPIRE. Some of them like Israel Shamir (in his today's article) mention America as the center of the Empire and the Jews as its main supporters who control its financial institutions and its media. Uri Avnery earlier (also at Al-Jazeerah) mentioned the power of American Jews and their control over the US society and government. Mike Whitney, also today, linked the falling of the dollar with the New World Order which is bankrupting nations, including the US, for the benefit of a handful of bankers and...