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Embassies remain on high alert amid unrest

Western embassies across the Muslim world remained on high alert and the United States urged vigilance after days of anti-American violence provoked by a video mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

Hundreds of Pakistanis clashed with police yesterday as they tried to march toward the US Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Police and private security guards outside the consulate also fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd.

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