INDIA SUMMARIZED

Protesters in Afghanistan and Indonesia burnt U.S. flags and chanted "Death to America" on September 17, in renewed demonstrations over a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad that has unleashed a wave of anti-Western sentiment in the Muslim and Arab world. Indonesian police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who massed outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, capital of the most populous Muslim nation. In Kabul, thousands of protesters took to the streets, setting fire to cars and shops and throwing stones at police. "We will defend our prophet until we have blood across our bodies. We will not let anyone insult him," said one protester in the Afghan capital. "Americans will pay for their dishonour." The demonstrations were the latest across the world provoked by a short film made with private funds in the United States that depicted the Prophet Mohammad as a fool and womaniser. In a torrent of violence last week, the U.S. ...