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Pakistani officials say at least thirteen people have been killed in protests against an anti-Islamic film. Nine deaths have been reported in the city of Karachi, four in Peshawar. Demonstrations over the film, ‘Innocence of Muslims’ have also been taking place in a number of countries, including Malaysia, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Lebanon. US targets have borne the brunt of the protests but anti-Western sentiment has been stoked further by caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in the satirical French magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Hywel Davies reports.

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