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China opens naval base to US defence chief

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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had a rare first-hand look inside a Chinese naval base on Thursday, as Washington pushes security dialogue with a country that could rival its power in the Pacific.

Pak calls in army to quell protest over anti-Islam film

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Angry over an anti-Islam film, thousands of protesters, many of them armed with wooden clubs, on Thursday tried to breach the sensitive diplomatic enclave in the Pakistani capital as they chanted slog

US warns its citizens from travelling to Pakistan

As a wave of anti-US protest raged in Pakistan, America on Thursday asked its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to that country.
Replacing the August 27 travel warning that had reminded US c

US judge rejects call to ban YouTube anti-Muslim film

A US judge rejected on Thursday a request by an actress in the anti-Islamic video that set off violent Muslim protests to ban YouTube from showing the trailer in the United States.

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Anti-Muslim film: Protest in Chennai turns violent again

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Muslims from over 20 outfits gathered in thousands on Chennai's Anna Road on Tuesday evening as protests against an American’s video denigrating the Prophet continued to target the US consulate genera

US consulate denies closure rumours

Jolted by violent demonstrations by Muslim outfits over the last few days, the US consulate general here denied reports popping up all through Wednesday that the American government was contemplating

One year on, about 150 held in Occupy protests

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Protesters from Occupy Wall Street hit New York City streets again on Monday to mark their one-year anniversary, disrupting access to the stock exchange and prompting police to detain about 150 people

Feds ask NY court to block anti-terrorism ruling

The US Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to immediately halt the effects of a New York judge's ruling finding an anti-terrorism law unconstitutional for being too broad.

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US suspends visa section for 2 days

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Faced with protests for the fourth day over an anti-Islam film, the US consulate in Chennai suspended its visa section for two days from Monday.

The decision to close the visa section came in the bac

Family of anti-Islam filmmaker joins him in hiding: police

The family of the producer of Innocence of Muslims joined him in hiding on Monday as more cast members of the film that outraged the Islamic world insisted they had been duped into making it.

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