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Denmark, Pakistan summon ambassadors over prophet cartoons

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Denmark has closed its embassy in Pakistan and summoned its ambassador "for consultation" following the increasing protests against prophet's cartoons.

On the other side, the Pakistani foreign ministry also announced summoning its ambassador in Copenhagen Jawada Quresihi "for consultations," giving no more details.

This came at a time when the Pakistani police arrested more than 120 persons during the protests which erupted in Moultan city east of the country. In Karachi the police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.

The preacher of a mosque in Beshawar city in Pakistan proposed a reward during Friday's sermon estimated at one million dollars for killing the Danish caricaturist who made the prophet's cartoons.

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