Italian Minister Wearing Cartoon T-shirt Resigns
Bloomberg
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Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli resigned after a mob attacked an Italian consulate in Libya yesterday over a T-shirt worn by the minister that was printed with a Danish cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad.
Calderoli, 49, had the T-shirts printed with the cartoons earlier this week and wore one on an Italian television talk show Feb. 14. He said the shirts weren't meant to provoke Muslims, but instead to invite ``real dialogue.''
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Ten killed as Libyans riot
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The attack in Benghazi, Libya, involving about 1,000 protesters, was the latest outbreak of violence around the world in protest at the satirical drawings. Police killed eleven of the protesters in Libya, Corriere della Sera reported today.
feb 18, 2006
Bloomberg
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Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli resigned after a mob attacked an Italian consulate in Libya yesterday over a T-shirt worn by the minister that was printed with a Danish cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad.
Calderoli, 49, had the T-shirts printed with the cartoons earlier this week and wore one on an Italian television talk show Feb. 14. He said the shirts weren't meant to provoke Muslims, but instead to invite ``real dialogue.''
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See Also:
Ten killed as Libyans riot
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The attack in Benghazi, Libya, involving about 1,000 protesters, was the latest outbreak of violence around the world in protest at the satirical drawings. Police killed eleven of the protesters in Libya, Corriere della Sera reported today.
feb 18, 2006
