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Fed stimulus plan spurs risk rally; dollar slips

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The Federal Reserve's aggressive new plan to spark the U.S. economy boosted risk assets on Friday, sending global stocks to a 13-month high and driving the dollar to a more than four-month low against

White House asks YouTube to review anti-Islam video

Hit by spiraling tide of anti-American protests in the Muslim world, the White House today asked Google-owned YouTube to review continued uploading of a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam.

US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya

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The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, but the investigation is complicated by a ch

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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US has nothing to do with ‘disgusting’ film: Hillary Clinton

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With protests growing in the Middle East over an anti-Islam film, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said the US government had absolutely nothing to do with the video, whose content and message it completely rejects.

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

Fed launches QE3, bets big to rescue US economy

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The Federal Reserve launched another aggressive stimulus program on Thursday, saying it would pump $40 billion into the US economy each month until it saw a sustained upturn in the weak jobs market.

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

Protest outside US consulate in Chennai over anti-Islam film

Activists of a Muslim party today pelted stones at the US consulate here protesting against a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam, police said.

Around 300 protesters belonging to the Tamil N

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