Iranians join Bush shoe protest
By Martin Vennard
BBC News
[....] Dozens of Iranians in the country's capital Tehran have held their own shoe-throwing rally in protest at US President George W Bush.
[....] The protesters waved their shoes in the air before throwing them at posters featuring caricatures of Mr Bush.
[....] A similar demonstration took place at a university in Iran's Isfahan province on Thursday and there have been other such protests across the region.
[....] Iraqis have called for the release of the journalist.
[....] Since then a Turkish firm, which claims it made the shoes, says it has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with the surge in orders.
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