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Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners

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enior Afghan clerics said on Friday a US apology for the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base last month would never be accepted, and demanded a trial and punishment for those who committed the "evil act".

 

"Those who committed this crime must be publicly tried and punished," members of a senior council of clerics said after meeting President Hamid Karzai, according to a statement issued by the president's office. (Reuters)

 

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