Protests continue to spread across North Africa, Asia and the Middle East in the wake of a US-made film considered insulting to Islam. In many areas the demonstrations are quickly turning to violence as protesters clash with police and security forces.
Thousands of Egyptian protesters demonstrate outside US embassy in Cairo - videoThousands of protesters gathered outside the US embassy in Cairo, demonstrating against a film being produced in America that allegedly insults the prophet Muhammad. Some protesters called on Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first civilian president and an Islamist, to take action. It was not immediately clear which film angered protesters
Protests erupt at Syrian embassy in London - video
Police and protesters clashed outside the Syrian embassy in central London following the arrest of six activists who broke into the building, causing damage and injuring two police officers. Syrian embassies in Egypt, Germany, Spain and the US have also been targeted by demonstrators who are enraged by the continuing repression of the uprising in Syria, and recent reports of more than 200 deaths in Homs
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