Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Demonstrations erupted across the Middle East on Sunday as Shiite Muslims protested Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Protesters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, broke into the Saudi embassy early on Sunday, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof before being dispersed by police. Demonstrations also took place in Bahrain, Turkey, Pakistan and northern India. By Sunday afternoon, crowds of protesters had gathered outside Saudi embassies in Beirut and Tehran, and protests were expected in Sheikh Nimr's hometown of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Nimr's...
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