Cleric puts $1m bounty on cartoonist

A PAKISTANI cleric yesterday announced a $1 million bounty for anyone who killed a cartoonist responsible for caricaturing the prophet Mohammed.

Meanwhile, thousands continued to take part in street protests and Denmark temporarily closed its embassy and advised its citizens to leave the country.

Police confined the former leader of an Islamic militant group to his home to prevent him from addressing supporters over the cartoons, amid fears he could incite violence, after riots this week killed five people.