Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller warns that al Qaeda will attempt to exploit the situation generated by the Prophet Muhammad controversy.

But that's just one development. Here's some others, including another paper being closed in Russia.

British historian David Irving now says he made a mistake in arguing there was no one killed in gas chambers at Auschwitz. He has pleaded guilty in Austria to criminal charges of denying the Holocaust and will be sentenced later today. The maximum penalty is 10 years.

You can see more at this CTV.ca story.

Addendum:

According to this BBC story, Irving will appeal his three-year sentence.

A headline on CBC.ca: Iran, Pope call for end to cartoon violence

Afterthought:

And I guess that would also mean Itchy and Scratchy would be completely out of the question.

Double-afterthought:

If you care, this BBC story has what the Pope said.

Flemming Rose -- the cultural editor of Jyllands-Posten, but currently on indefinite leave -- explains why he commissioned the cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad.