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Anti-American Protests Continue in Indonesia 9/20/12
Associated Press
September 20, 2012
Makassar, Indonesia - Indonesians enraged over a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad continue to hold protests, while the U.S. Consulate in the country's third-largest city shut its doors for a second day.
About 50 students from an Islamic university gathered today in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province. They burned tires and forced a McDonald's restaurant to close. The door was later covered with a sign saying, "This must be closed as a symbol of our protest of the `Innocence of Muslims' made in the U.S."
Meanwhile, The U.S. Consulate in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, was closed for a second straight day.
The U.S. Embassy issued a notice to American citizens saying all of its missions in Indonesia would be closed Friday, when bigger protests are expected.