i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo with the latest at this hour. protests against the united states have spread across the muslim world since the release of a film accused of insulting the prophet muhammad. hundreds of people took to the streets again after friday prayers. indonesia has the world's largest muslim population. people gathered in front of the u.s. embassy in jakarta. the rally ended after two hours without any major incident. anti-american rallies were also held in pakistan. demonstrations took place in islamabad and karachi. public anger against the united states is already strong in pakistan when u.s. air strikes regularly caused civilian casualties. in egypt, several hundred demonstrators clashed with security forces near the u.s. embassy in cairo. police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. >> authorities remain on alert in case of more demonstrations. >>> eurozone finance ministers have failed to decide on conditions providing for national supporter spain and other countries struggling under heavy debt in the single currency bloc

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo with the latest at this hour. people in pakistan have been showing their anger about an anti-muslim video for the past week. and they're demonstrating again. they've taken part in violent protests in the country's main cities. at least 15 people have been killed. democratic leaders declared friday a national day of protest. many took to the streets after their prayers. more than 10,000 people demonstrated in karachi. they fought with police who tried to stop them. ten people including two police officers were killed in an exchange of gunfire. more than 100 were wounded. demonstrators and police fought in the city of peshawar. 40 wounded. reports say people were also wounded in protest in the capital islamabad. officials at embassies are urging their citizens to stay on the alert in case of more demonstrations. >>> u.s. forces and their allies are out on the water in the persian gulf carrying out mine sweeping exercises. american officials say the drills are for defensive purposes but iran's leaders don't buy that.

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo with the latest at this hour. japanese and chinese representatives were supposed to come together saturday to celebrate the relationship their nations share. but instead they turned their backs on each other and counseled events marking the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties. they are locked in a dispute over the senkaku islands over the east china sea. japanese prime minister tanaka and chinese premier signed a joint statement in 1972 to normalize diplomatic ties. the countries have built strong economic links ever since. many japanese companies have moved into the chinese market. china is now japan's biggest trading partner. still arguments over history and territory have plagued the relationship. the japanese government's nationalization of the senkaku islands earlier this month triggered the worst falling out in years. china claimed the territory. chinese express their anger by holding large demonstrations. some crowds damaged japanese supermarkets and factories. the civil and political attention prompted bot

i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo at this hour. >> soon discussing how to liberalize trade and investment, the asia-pacific economic corporation forum will open a two-day summit on saturday in rush why's foreign eastern city. russian president putin will host the forum. chinese president and japanese prime minister will attend the summit. noda is expected to express japan's determination it take the initiative in compiling rules on regional trade and investment and to work towards promoting economic cooperation within the region. the japanese prime minister is also expected to express that japan will assist in building a solid supply chain system to impact the negative impact of natural disasters. last year's massive earthquake and tsunami in japan and flooding in thailand heavily destructed industrial activity. the aapec leader have to refrain from further protectionism until the end of 2015 and are expected to approve a deal at the ministerial meeting on thursday to lower tariffs on 54 eco-friendly items to 5% or less by the end of 2015. the result of the summit will be incorporate need

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