Clashes in Egypt over film, protests spread

Stones thrown during clashes between riot policemen and protesters lie on a road leading to the U.S. embassy, near Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators, furious at a film they say insults the Prophet Mohammad, clashed with police near the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Friday before a nationwide protest called by the Muslim Brotherhood which propelled Egypt's Islamist president to power. Protesters also clashed with police in Yemen, where one person died and 15 were injured on Thursday when the U.S. embassy compound was stormed, and crowds gathered against the California-made film in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Iraq. The film was blamed for an attack on the U.S. …



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