Anti-U.S. Protests In Muslim Countries Become Violent
Afghan university students step over a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans, some shouting “Death to America”, held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Afghan university students burn a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar […]
Indian Hindu Devotees Start 10-Day Long Ganesh Festival
A Hindu devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha during a procession in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of Ganesha idols in water bodies on the 10th day. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) Indian devotees raise their hands as they pray in […]
Indonesian Students Hold Anti-Tobacco Proest In Jakarta
Indonesian students shout slogans during an anti-tobbaco protest outside the venue of the World Tobacco Asia (WTA) conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2012. Indonesia has long been criticized for its lack of tobacco controls is one of a remaining handful of countries that has failed to sign the World Health Organization”s tobacco treaty. […]
Sri Lankan Muslims Protest Against Anti-Islam Film In Colombo
Sri Lankan Muslims hit with a broom and sandals on a banner carrying portraits of Pastor Terry Jones, left, U.S. President Barack Obama and Christian activist Steve Klein, right, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Muslims in Sri Lanka’s capital protested Wednesday against an anti-Islam film produced in […]
Anti-U.S. Protests Over Anti-Islam Film Intensified In Indonesia
Police officers stand guard during a protest against American-made film “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam and Prophet Muhammad outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. An Indonesian Muslim protester kicks a banner hung on the razor wire surrounding the U.S. Embassy compound during a protest against American-made film “Innocence […]
International Film Festival Opens In Pyongyang
In this photo taken Sept. 18, 2012, a North Korean wearing a pin of late leader Kim Il Sung, walks at the Korean Film Studio in Pyongyang, North Korea. An international film festival opens Thursday, Sept. 20 in the unlikeliest of places: North Korea. Held every two years, the Pyongyang International Film Festival is the […]
Filipinos Protest Against Mining Contract With Foreign Company
Protesters clash with private guards and police as they try to rush closer to a hotel where a forum on mining is being held Wednesday Sept. 19, 2012 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters were calling for the revocation of the recently-signed mining act which they claim to benefit only foreign mining companies, the depletion of […]
Renewed Fightings Drive More People To Refugee Camp In South Sudan
In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, refugees wait in line to receive packages of food that had been air-dropped by the World Food Programme (WFP) the previous day, in Yida camp, South Sudan. Newly arrived refugees at the camp along the volatile South Sudan-Sudan border say renewed fighting between rebels and Sudan’s military […]
Protests Against Anti-Islam Movie Spread Like Wild Fire In Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers chant anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration, near an area that houses the U.S. Embassy and other foreign missions in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The demonstration in Islamabad followed three days of violent protests against an anti Islam film in Pakistan in which two people were killed. Over two dozen more […]
Bomb Exploded In Peshawar, Killing 10 People
PESHAWAR– A damaged bus is seen at the blast site in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, Sept. 19, 2012. At least ten people were killed and 22 others injured as a bomb hit a passenger van in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday afternoon, said hospital sources. Rescuers and security officials examine the blast site in […]
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