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Vehicle sales in Japan fell by more than a third in March as a devastating earthquake, tsunami and resultant nuclear crisis wreaked havoc on assembly plants, parts manufacturers and the global supply chain.

Sales, excluding 660cc minivehicles, fell 37 percent for the industry overall, and industry leader Toyota Motor Corp saw sales for the month tumble 46 percent, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said on Friday.

It was the industry's biggest monthly percentage fall since February 1974.

Nissan Motor Co's Japan sales slumped 38 percent and Honda Motor Co retreated 28 percent. The figure for Toyota excluded the Lexus brand.

The latest numbers give the first indication of how Japan's car makers are faring in their home market after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan and triggered power outages and the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

Many of Japan's auto plants are closed in the wake of the disaster, unable to get parts from suppliers.

All but two of 18 factories that assemble Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Japan remain idle.

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda said on Friday that the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan would hurt the company's earnings, but said that was not on his list of priorities.

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At least seven people died and dozens were injured as Syrian troops assaulted demonstrators who took to the streets after Friday prayers, witnesses and activists said.

Troops used gunfire amid protests in the Damascus suburb of Douma, according to witnesses and opposition sources, and one witness saw at least six dead demonstrators taken into a hospital morgue. Witnesses also said a man was shot in the head with a rubber bullet and dozens were injured.

Security forces used tear gas in several locations to try to disperse demonstrators, witnesses said.

Anti-government activists promised demonstrations in Syria on Friday to air their grievances against the Bashar al-Assad government.

Tensions have been high as dozens of people have been killed recently in Daraa in the south and Latakia in the west -- both centers of ferment.

Thousands of demonstrators from different villages and towns gathered near Al Sanameen, which is near Daraa, and marched toward Al Sanameen, 25,000 strong by the time they reached a military checkpoint just outside the city, witnesses said.

About 1,000 heavily armed troops at the checkpoint fired on demonstrators forcibly trying to cross the spot and enter Al Sanameen, witnesses said.

Demonstrators are staying at the checkpoint and demanding they be allowed into the city.

According to an eyewitness the gunfire has stopped and protesters were trying to appeal to soldiers, chanting "the people and the army are one hand."

They also chanted, "With our bloods our souls we will sacrifice for you, Daraa."

One witness said thousands of security forces attacked thousands of protesters at the "big mosque" in the center of Douma with electric batons, tear gas and live ammunition.

"I have never in my life seen such violence: men shooting guns into an unarmed crowd without a thought," said the eyewitness, who had been hurt in an electric-baton beating and taken to the hospital for a head injury.

Another death and 10 injuries occurred when troops shot at protesters marching toward the southern town of Al Sanameen, the witnesses said.

Protests also were reported by witnesses in the cities of Daraa, Latakia, Homs, Baniyas and Kamishli, sources said. Opposition sources cited witnesses in Homs as saying thousands of people had gathered around a mosque.

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even UN workers were killed and another two injured, while four protesters were killed and 22 others injured, on Friday in northern Afghan city of Mazar-e- Sharif following a protest demonstration against the reported burning of Muslim holy book Quran in the United States a couple of days ago, Afghan Interior Ministry official told Xinhua.

The protest demonstration was launched by locals after Friday congregation to condemn the reported burning of Quran by a priest couple of days ago in the United States, but unfortunately some elements with vicious designs availing opportunity attacked the compound of UN office and killed eight employees of the world body, police spokesman in the northern region Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai asserted.

"Some elements with vicious design among protesters attacked the compound, opened fire and killed eight foreign workers of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Mazar- e-Sharif office," Ahmadzai told Xinhua.

"United Nations personnel working in Afghanistan have been killed today after demonstrators attacked a UN compound in the country's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif," the statement asserted.

However, it did not mention the number and the nationalities of those killed and injured in the attack by saying, "The exact number of UN staff killed is not yet clear and UNAMA is working to ascertain all the facts and to take care of affected staff."

"Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan and the head of UNAMA, is now traveling to Mazar-i-Sharif to deal with the situation," the statement stated.

Moreover, a similar demonstration but peaceful one was held on Friday in the western city of Herat to condemn the reported burning of Quran in the Untied States and the demonstrators dispersed peacefully.

However, Zamari Bashari, spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, told Xinhua late at Friday night, "Seven foreigners were killed, while another two were injured. At the same time, four protesters were killed and another 22 injured during the fire exchange."

Bashari did not clarify who is the other side of the fire exchange, only saying that "the investigation is going on."

"Some of those elements involved in the tragic incident have been arrested and investigation is underway to identify the network behind the crime," Ahmadzai further said.

Five of those killed in the incident, according to a local official who declined to be identified, could be Nepalese.

Meanwhile, a statement released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed the killing of its staff in Mazar-e-Sharif city.

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