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US diplomats destroy classified documents as anti-US protests spread through Muslim world

United States diplomats in Beirut have destroyed documents for security reasons as anti-US protests sparked by the "Innocence of Muslims" film continue.

Afghan policemen walk towards the crowd on Jalalabad Road during an anti-US protest in Kabul on September 17, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans staged a violent protest in Kabul on Monday against an American film mocking the Prophet Mohammed, throwing stones at a US base, torching cars and shouting 'Death to America', police said.

MASSOUD HOSSAINI

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