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Friday Prayers In Muslim Countries Bring Wider Anti-American Protests

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A Sudanese demonstrator burns a German flag as others shout slogans after torching the German embassy in Khartoum during a protest against a low-budget film mocking Islam on Friday. Around 5,000 protesters in the Sudanese capital angry over the amateur anti-Islam film stormed the embassies of Britain and Germany, which was torched and badly damaged.

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Protesters set a bank security booth on fire during a demonstration near the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Friday.

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Police try to stop Kashmiri lawyers during a demonstration in Srinagar, India. The controversial low budget film portrays Muslims as immoral and gratuitous sparked fury in Libya, where four Americans including the ambassador were killed on Tuesday when a mob attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

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Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar, India. The protest was held against an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims" that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

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Sudanese demonstrators remove the German embassy sign after storming its premises in Khartoum.

By Scott Neuman

Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 4:33 pm

Anti-American protests — some peaceful, some not — have been seen in many parts of the Islamic world today, as Friday prayers became an opportunity for many to express anger over a film produced in the U.S. that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

The Atlantic Wire has a good map that shows where the protests are happening.

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Fri September 14, 2012

Copts In U.S. Fear 'Terrible' Reaction In Egypt To Muhammad Film

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Father Mina celebrates the Christmas Nativity Liturgy, the start of Christmas, at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George on Jan. 6 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Coptic churches around the country have witnessed a surge of Christians fleeing Egypt since the start of the Arab Spring.

By Krishnadev Calamur

Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 11:31 am

The film Innocence of Muslims, which denigrates Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, has put the spotlight on a little-known community, Coptic Christians.

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On Your Cellphone At The Movies? Watch For Ninjas

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California Online Sales Tax Faces Enforcement Hurdle

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 9:43 am

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It's not hard to find online shoppers these days. Take the hipster cafe in San Francisco's Mission District where Shirin Oskooi opens her laptop and ticks off her latest Amazon purchases.

Next to her is Craig Sumner. He opens an Amazon invoice to see how much sales tax he was charged on his latest pair of Levis: none.

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Discouraged In Hunt For A Job, Many Stop Looking

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A job fair was held at the The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., last month. The U.S. unemployment rate declined in August in part because the number of "discouraged workers" climbed.

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Geoff Dutton, an unemployed software developer, has given up on finding a job. He says the market has shifted, and he could not keep up. "I wasn't up on the new version of everything anymore," he says.

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 9:43 am

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The U.S. population is growing. In normal times, the labor force — working or not — would be growing too. But these are not normal times, and the labor force is actually smaller than it was four years ago, meaning millions of people who should be there aren't.

The reasons people drop out of the workforce are myriad. People go back to school. Others have health issues or family priorities that keep them from looking for work. But some stop looking because they are discouraged.

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Inciting Outrage, Film Spurs Delicate U.S. Response

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 12 on the recent deaths of Americans in Libya.

By Michele Kelemen

Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 9:43 am

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As U.S. embassies and consulates face protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islamic film, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is walking a fine line. She is distancing herself and the State Department from the video that has sparked anger among Muslims, but stressed the US commitment to free speech.

"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible," she said Thursday in Washington, D.C. "It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage."

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Thu September 13, 2012

From Strip Club To Biology: A Love Story

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Biologists Philip and Susan McClinton started their life together, in 1972, in a very different place.

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Philip McClinton in 1972, the year he met Susan.

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Susan McClinton in 1972, the year she met Philip.

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A Little Patience, A Lot Of Salt Are Keys To A Lost Pickle Recipe

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There's more than one way to make a pickle.

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 12:45 pm

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Here's a new mantra you might consider adding to your list of daily kitchen chants: "It takes patience to perpetuate pickles."

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Have Foreign Policy Questions? 'Weekend Edition' Will Try To Answer Them

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Our friends at Weekend Edition are trying something different starting this weekend. They're calling on NPR reporters to answer some of your questions on different topics.

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