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===[[Libya]]===
Libya recalled its ambassador and announced that it would close its embassy in Denmark <ref>{{citenews|date=[[2006-01-29]]|title=Libya to shut embassy in Denmark|org=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4660796.stm}}</ref>.
On February 17, 2006, the Italian Minister for Reform, Roberto [[Calderoli]], had a T-shirt printed up with the cartoons. Calderoli then when on national TV, where he unbuttoned his dress shirt to reveal the caricatures. Simultaneously, a peaceful demonstration protesting the cartoons underway in Bengazi, Libya (a former Italian colony) turned violent as news of the broadcast spread across the Mediterranean. The Italian Consulate and four cars parked nearby were set on fire and eleven were killed as authorities attempted to quell the violence. On Saturday February 18, 2006, after a meeting with Northern League political kingpin [[Umberto Bossi]], Calderoli was forced to resign his post. <ref>{{citenews|date=[[2006-02-18]]|title=Vignette, 11 morti durante la protesta davanti al consolato italiano di Bengasi|org=La Repubblica|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/b/sezioni/esteri/moriente33/moriente33/moriente33.html}}</ref>.
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