Across the globe, a 14-minute YouTube clip of an anti-Muslim movie is sparking protests against U.S. Embassies and institutions.


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1: Bangladesh
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2: Placemark 3
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4: Tripoli, Libya
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5: Gaza Strip
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6: Jakarta, Indonesia
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7: Khartoum, Sudan
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8: Kashmir
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9: Tripoli, Lebanon
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10: Benghazi, Libya
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11: Tehran, Iran
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12: Baghdad, Iraq
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13: Islamabad, Pakistan
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14: Karachi, Pakistan
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15: Lahore, Pakistan
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16: Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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17: Mogadishu, Somalia
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18: Tunisia
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19: Morocco
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20: Algeria
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21: London, UK
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22: Kuwait City, Kuwait
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0: Jerusalem

"Hundreds hurl stones at officers in Jerusalem after Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque while protesters rallied against anti-Islam film," reports Ynet News


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1: Bangladesh

"About 1,000 Bangladeshi Islamists tried to march on the U.S. embassy in Dhaka on Thursday to protest against a U.S. film that is said to insult the Prophet Mohammad but security forces stopped them reaching the mission," reports Reuters. 


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2: Placemark 3

"In Sanaa, Yemen, the U.S. Embassy was overrun Thursday by protesters who stormed a wall, set fire to a building inside the compound, broke windows and carried away office supplies and other souvenirs before being dispersed by local security forces," reports The Washington Post.


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3: Placemark 4

"In Cairo, clouds of tear gas floated through the fortified area around the U.S. Embassy as security forces clashed with protesters for the third straight day," reports The Washington Post


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4: Tripoli, Libya

"The US dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli on Wednesday after the mob attack that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans," reports the AP. "Officials were investigating whether the rampage was a backlash to an anti-Islamic video with ties to Coptic Christians or a plot to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11."


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5: Gaza Strip

"Palestinians on Friday protested an anti-Muslim film, with thousands gathering in the Gaza Strip and hundreds in Jerusalem where there were clashes with Israeli police," reports Now Lebanon.


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6: Jakarta, Indonesia

"In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, about 200 protesters in Jakarta chanted slogans and held up signs in a largely peaceful protest outside the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy," reports the Associated Press. 


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7: Khartoum, Sudan

"Britain's Foreign Office says police in Sudan are confronting a protest outside the British embassy in Khartoum," reports the AP.  Additionally, Reuters reports "Protesters pull down emblem at German embassy in Sudan, raise Islamic flag." 


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8: Kashmir

"Thousands of angry Kashmiri Muslims protested Friday against an anti-Islam film, burning U.S. flags and calling President Barack Obama a 'terrorist,' while the top government cleric here reportedly demanded Americans leave the volatile Indian-controlled region immediately," reports the AP. "At least 15,000 people took part in more than two dozen protests across Kashmir, chanting 'Down with America' and 'Down with Israel' in some of the largest anti-American demonstrations against the film in Asia."


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9: Tripoli, Lebanon

"Hundreds of protesters set alight a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, witnesses said, chanting against the pope's visit to Lebanon and shouting anti-American slogans," reports Reuters. The news agency attributed the violence to the papal vist and the controversial film. 


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10: Benghazi, Libya

"Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover and may have had help from inside Libyan security in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, a senior Libyan official said Thursday," reports the AP


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11: Tehran, Iran

"In Tehran, students gathered Thursday outside the Swiss Embassy, which represents U.S. interests in Iran, to protest the video," The Wall Street Journal reports. "No violence was reported."



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12: Baghdad, Iraq

"In Iraq, reaction to the video clip has been limited to followers of Shiite groups linked to militias and neighboring Iran," reports The Wall Street Journal. "Several hundred followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held brief demonstrations in Baghdad's Sadr City district, the southern oil city of Basra and other predominantly Shiite areas of the country, chanting 'Death to America.'"


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13: Islamabad, Pakistan

"The protesters in Islamabad said that the film should be banned across the world and the filmmakers should be severely punished," reports Pakistan's The Express Tribune. "They also demanded that the US should apologise for the film."


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14: Karachi, Pakistan

"JI Chief Munawar Hassan, addressing a protest rally in the Nazimabad area of Karachi, demanded that the US government ban the movie and also demanded the Interior ministry of Pakistan lodge a protest with the US ambassador," reports the Express Tribune.


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15: Lahore, Pakistan

"The rally in Lahore was organised by Tehreek-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool which was taken out from Green Chowk to Sohrab Khan, while the one in Multan was organised by Jamiat Talba Arbia and Shehri Mahaz. Protesters threw shoes at US and Israeli flags and set them on fire," reports the Express Tribune.


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16: Jalalabad, Afghanistan

"Hundreds of Afghans – some shouting 'Death to America' – have held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad," reports the AP. 


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17: Mogadishu, Somalia

"Thousands of Somali protesters have taken to the streets of capital Mogadishu to express their anger over the anti-Islam movie produced by an Israeli-American in the United States," reports Iran's Press TV. "The demonstration in the Somali capital is being held to express anger against the film, which insults the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)." 


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18: Tunisia

"Anti-American rioting spread yesterday to Tunisia, where police used tear gas to stop hundreds of protesters from storming the United States Embassy in protest over a film mocking the prophet Mohammed," reports the New York Post.


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19: Morocco

"Algeria and Morocco have sharply criticised the anti-Islam film, while also offering their condolences over the death of the US ambassador to Libya," reports The Oman Tribune.


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20: Algeria

"In Algeria, the U.S. Embassy cautioned Americans to avoid its building and other official government buildings Wednesday afternoon, sending an emergency message to U.S. citizens after calls for protests went out on social media," reports the Los Angeles Times.


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21: London, UK

"About 200 protesters are burning USA and Israeli flags outside the US embassy in London," Al Jazeera reports. 


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22: Kuwait City, Kuwait

"About 500 demonstrators gathered yesterday near the US embassy in Kuwait waving a black Al-Qaeda flag in protest of a film mocking Islam," reports AFP. "President Barack 'Obama, we are all Osama,' they chanted referring to Al-Qaeda's former leader Osama bin Laden who was killed by US forces last year, an AFP photographer at the site of the demonstration reported."


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23: Kuwait City, Kuwait

"About 500 demonstrators gathered yesterday near the US embassy in Kuwait waving a black Al-Qaeda flag in protest of a film mocking Islam," reports AFP. "President Barack 'Obama, we are all Osama,' they chanted referring to Al-Qaeda's former leader Osama bin Laden who was killed by US forces last year, an AFP photographer at the site of the demonstration reported."


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