US embassies in Asia boost security after deadly Libya attack:
KABUL—Afghanistan's leader has put off a foreign trip for fear of violence at home over an anti-Islam film, officials said Thursday, as anxious governments across Asia stepped up security outside US embassies.
The heightened measures came after Washington's ambassador to Libya was killed during a mob attack in the city of Benghazi on Tuesday, and after anti-US protests in Egypt's capital Cairo.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, joined Afghanistan in demanding that YouTube block the crudely made film that has triggered the protests with its mocking portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.
Indonesian authorities are also working wit...
Keep on reading: US embassies in Asia boost security after deadly Libya attack
KABUL—Afghanistan's leader has put off a foreign trip for fear of violence at home over an anti-Islam film, officials said Thursday, as anxious governments across Asia stepped up security outside US embassies.
The heightened measures came after Washington's ambassador to Libya was killed during a mob attack in the city of Benghazi on Tuesday, and after anti-US protests in Egypt's capital Cairo.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, joined Afghanistan in demanding that YouTube block the crudely made film that has triggered the protests with its mocking portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.
Indonesian authorities are also working wit...
Keep on reading: US embassies in Asia boost security after deadly Libya attack
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