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Timeline/Map: How the Islamic anti-film protests spread

A breakdown of events since the diffusion of a film considered offensive to Islam which prompted violent anti-US protests around the Muslim world.

One dead, 25 hurt in Lebanon film demo

A demonstrator has been killed and 25 people hurt in clashes with police in northern Lebanon.

A breakdown of events since the diffusion of a film considered offensive to Islam which prompted violent anti-US protests around the Muslim world and led to the death of four Americans in Libya on Tuesday.

The film "Innocence of Muslims," directed a film-maker portraying himself as Israeli-American but US media say is a Coptic Christian, calls Islam a "cancer."


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