Pakistan blocks cell phones on prophet protest day

Pakistan has blocked cell phone service in 15 major cities to prevent militants from using phones to detonate bombs during a national day of protest against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States. The AP reports.

... The government has declared Friday a national holiday and has encouraged people to peacefully protest a film that denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

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