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While violence over the Danish cartoons depicting Prophet
Mohammed in distasteful manner abated, Danish diplomats in
several countries including Syria and Indonesia were
cautioned and expatriated to safety. A travel advisory from
Denmark said that all Danes in Indonesia must leave the
country even though the threat was mostly in eastern Java.
Pakistan protestors have called for a nationwide strike on
March 3 to protest the cartoons. Many British Muslim leaders
have condemned violence over the cartoons. France reported a
peaceful protest march by 7,200 people carrying posters and
chanting slogans. In Germany, 2,500 Muslims in Düsseldorf
and 1,200 in Berlin marched peacefully past those Danish
missions. In Algeria, managing editors of two newspapers
have been detained and will face trial for re-publishing the
cartoons.
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