EU appeals for calm as Islamophobic video stirs Mideast tensions

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Series Details 14.9.12
Publication Date 14/09/2012
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EurActiv reported that José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, made an appeal against extremism on the 13 September 2012, as demonstrators in Yemen, Egypt and other countries in North Africa and the Middle East attacked US embassies, outraged by a blasphemous American film posted online a few days earlier.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-appeals-calm-provocative-vide-news-514798
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EU: EEAS: Press Release, A408/12: Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton , following today’s attack on the US Embassy in Yemen http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/132432.pdf
European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/12/666: Message of condolences from President Barroso to Mr Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, following the attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/666&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
BBC News, 14.9.12: Anti-Islam film protests escalate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19602177
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