Arab Protests Ease After Violence Fueled by Anti-Muslim Film
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Protests against a film denigrating Islam eased after mobs stormed the American embassy compound in Tunisia and targeted diplomatic missions in Sudan and Yemen.
Clashes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square stopped yesterday after Egypt’s main Islamist groups called for calm. Police secured the square and arrested 220 people, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. In Tunis, where smoke billowed from the U.S. embassy on Sept. 14, a high security presence deterred protesters from taking to the streets.