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Afghanistan: Cartoon protest

HERAT — Thousands of Afghans demonstrated Saturday in western Afghanistan, shouting angry slogans against Denmark and the Netherlands for alleged insults against Islam.

The protesters walked through the city of Herat on their way to its main sports stadium. They denounced Denmark, where cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were recently reprinted in several newspapers.

They also criticized the Netherlands, where a lawmaker plans to release a short film critical about Islam, police spokesman Noor Kahn Nekzad said.

Austria: 4th acid package

VIENNA — A fourth official in western Austria has received a package containing acid but was not injured when he opened it, authorities said Saturday as they widened their investigation into the mysterious targeting of area politicians.

Alois Lissl, director of public safety in the province of Upper Austria, told reporters the latest acid package — mailed like the others from neighboring Germany — was delivered late Friday to an unidentified administrator in the town of Raab.

Lissl said a preliminary investigation suggested all four packages contained butyric acid — a corrosive substance that is harmful if swallowed or inhaled and is considered a severe skin, eye and respiratory irritant.

Britain: Sailors honored

LONDON — Britain's Royal Navy floated a wreath Saturday over the recently discovered wreck of a World War II destroyer that went down with 110 men on board in a battle with Nazi forces.

The HMS Hunter was discovered this month by a Norwegian minehunter participating in exercises with British, Dutch and other NATO warships off the Norwegian coast, Britain's Defense Ministry said.

The 2,100-ton destroyer went down on April 10, 1940, as the Royal Navy tried to keep German forces from overrunning the strategic Norwegian port.

Jamaica: Slaying spurs review

The shooting death in Jamaica of an 11-month-old in a police chase has prompted a review of the use of lethal force by law enforcement on that island, a government spokeswoman said Saturday.

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has ordered the island's police commissioner and attorney general to conduct the review after an infant was struck by a stray bullet on Thursday, said Leonie Hewitt of the state-owned Jamaica Information Service.