Protesters Torch Danish Mission; Violence Spills Into Beirut Over Caricatures in European Papers

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Muslim rage over caricatures of the prophet Muhammad grew increasingly violent Sunday as thousands of rampaging protesters - undaunted by tear gas and water cannons - torched the Danish mission and ransacked a Christian neighborhood. At least one person reportedly died and about 200 were detained, officials said.

Muslim clerics denounced the violence, with some wading into the mobs trying to stop them. Copenhagen ordered Danes to leave the country or stay indoors in the second day of attacks on its diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.

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Protesters Torch Danish Mission; Violence Spills Into Beirut Over Caricatures in European Papers

In Beirut, a day after violent protests in neighboring Syria, the thousands-strong crowd broke through a cordon of...

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