Florida Quran burning sparks deaths during Afghani riots for 2 days

In Afghanistan, Saturday marked a second day of protests in the wake of a small Florida church burning a Quran publicly. Nine people died in Kandahar and more than 80 were injured during a wave of violence, which was fueled by anti-foreign sentiment. Many have said this was the last thing needed in the region after nearly a decade of war.

During Friday, 11 people were killed, including seven foreign United Nations employees in the northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif. The desecration by the U.S. church has further strained already tenuous ties between Afghanistan and the West.

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BP clean-up of Gulf nowhere near promised result

Since the ongoing BP spill catastrophe began on April 20th in the Gulf of Mexico, skimming has captured only 67,143 barrels of oil, while burning has accounted for 238,095 barrels. However, more than 2 million barrels have been released into the gulf. In response to BP's efforts at cleaning oil from the gulf, one corporate spokesman said, "The numbers are what they are."