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Protests against anti-Islam film turn deadly in Pakistan

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:49 AM PDT

Thousands of Muslims demonstrate in at least half a dozen other countries, some burning U.S. flags and effigies of President Obama.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence on Friday, with police firing tear gas and live ammunition in an attempt to subdue rioters who hurled rocks and set fire to buildings in some cities.

Regulator lets BSkyB keep license but chides James Murdoch

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

A British regulator criticizes James Murdoch, former head of satellite TV network British Sky Broadcasting, for his response to the phone-hacking scandal.

LONDON — British Sky Broadcasting, the satellite TV network partially owned by Rupert Murdoch, remains a "fit and proper" holder of a broadcast license despite the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Murdoch's media empire, according to Britain's communications watchdog.

In Syria, fierce fighting reported in Raqqah province

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Syrian rebels say government airstrikes killed 30 in Raqqah. Long deemed a bastion of support for President Bashar Assad, Raqqah may be the latest battle zone.

BEIRUT — Fierce clashes were reported Thursday in an area of north-central Syria where antigovernment rebels earlier seized a border post across from Turkey.

U.S. fines Pakistani airline for stranding passengers

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The $150,000 fine for Pakistan International Airlines is the first such action by the U.S. against a foreign carrier.

In the first such fine of an international carrier, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a $150,000 fine against Pakistan International Airlines for stranding passengers at an airport near Washington for more than four hours.