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U.N. rights body condemns "defamation" of religion (Reuters)
Filed: March 30th 2007: World

Pakistani Sunni Muslims burn a Danish flag during a rally to protest against the publication of cartoons and caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammad in European newspapers in Lahore February 24, 2006. The United Nations top human rights body condemned "defamation" of religion on Friday and, in an apparent reference to the storm over the Prophet cartoons, said press freedom had its limits. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - The United Nations top human rights body
condemned "defamation" of religion on Friday and, in an
apparent reference to the storm over the Prophet cartoons, said
press freedom had its limits.

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