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Pakistan: 15 killed in anti-Islam film protests

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani officials say at least 15 people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in clashes between police and people protesting a film that denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Officials at two different hospitals, Seemi Jamali and Aftab Channar, say 12 were killed and 82 wounded Friday in the southern port city of Karachi.

Police official Bashir Khan says three others were killed and 61 wounded in the northwest city of Peshawar.

 Hospital official Tanveer Malik says 25 people were wounded in the capital, Islamabad.

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