An Iranian vice-president today rejected a US contention that his country was fanning Muslim anger over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons, while a newspaper in Malaysia faced closure for printing one of the images.

Afghanistan’s top Islamic organisation today called for an end to three days of deadly rioting over drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, as police shot four protesters dead to stop hundreds from marching on a US military base.

Afghanistan’s top Islamic organisation today called for an end to four days of rioting against drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, as police shot dead two protesters to stop hundreds from marching on a US military base.