The documentary shows anti-American rallies, flag burnings and defaced billboards; at one point, Pakistanis throw things at the camera crew.

He said appeals for their freedom during an anti-American rally in Istanbul on Sunday contributed to their release.

The case has sparked the largest anti-American rallies in South Korea in years.

On the one hand, some of the anti-American rallies, an outgrowth of mass rallies last summer by World Cup soccer fans, demonstrated national pride.

Wesam al Delaema took part in an anti-American rally in Amsterdam where he burned his hand trying to set fire to a flag.

There was an anti-American rally of 25,000 people led by President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, the show-stealing White House nemesis.

He added that he refused to attend an anti-American rally sponsored by one of them and insisted that he had no designs on political power or terrorist action.

United States soldiers shot and killed 15 people at an anti-American rally late Monday, hospital officials said today.

Islamic parties called for anti-American rallies in Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Middle East, mostly centered on Friday Prayer gatherings.

Tonight, in what could reflect Mr. Roh's calming influence, turnout for an anti-American rally was far below the one million figure originally cited by organizers.