France to Close Embassies, Schools on Friday

France will close its embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday in fear of a hostile reaction to a magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

 Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced earlier that he had ordered special security measures in all the countries where this could pose a problem, according to AFP.

 Fabius admitted he was concerned by the potential for backlash to Charlie Hebdo's weekly printing of a satirical series of cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), and against a background of violent protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islam film. -0-

 

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