Angry protests in Pakistan brought parts of the country to a virtual standstill today as demonstrators rallied behind Islamic groups.

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Chinese Working Overtime to Sew U.S. Flags

At the Shanghai Mei Li Hua Flags Co., office director Wu Guomin has received orders for more than 500,000 flags from customers in the United States in the week since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. "I guess because we make so many of these things you could say we feel a little closer to the situation there," Wu said as he fingered an American flag. "We're working day and night."

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