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Anti-Islam film made by US Christian group

The inflammatory anti-Islam film that has triggered rioting across the Muslim world was produced by a US religious group called Media for Christ and reportedly directed by a pornographer.

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Clashes outside US embassy in Cairo leave many injured

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Angry crowds of protesters clashed with police outside the US embassy on Thursday, leaving 70 people injured, as Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi appealed for calm and warned against the use of violen

Anti-Islam film to be banned online?

The government is likely to ban on Internet a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam that has sparked anti-US protests.

Government officials said efforts are afoot to ban any offending anti-Is

US police protect suspected anti-Islam filmmaker

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The man suspected of producing a crude film lampooning the Prophet Mohammed has been placed under police protection after protests erupted around the world, a force spokesman said on Thursday.

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Protest in Kashmir against anti-Islam film

Protests against the controversial anti-Islam film, made in the US, rocked several parts of Kashmir on Friday but there was no violence reported from anywhere in the Valley even as authorities plac

Hamas PM postpones Cairo security talks

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Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya has postponed until next week a Cairo trip for top-level talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Qandil, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Haniya had been sch

Police, protesters clash outside US embassy in Cairo

Violence returned to Cairo streets on Thursday as Egypt's police clashed with a stone and bottle throwing crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film deemed as offensive to Islam.

Army chief 'retired' in surprise Egypt shake up

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Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday ordered the surprise retirement of his powerful defence minister and scrapped a constitutional document which handed sweeping powers to the military

Breaking free, Islamist Egypt president removes generals

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Egypt's new, civilian president dismissed Cairo's two top generals on Sunday and quashed a military order that had curbed Islamist Mohamed Mursi's powers, in a dramatic move to free himself of some of the restrictions of military rule.

Egypt newspaper censored over insult to president

An Egyptian court ordered the Saturday editions of a newspaper confiscated over allegations it insulted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and instigated sectarian discord, Egypt's official news agency

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