worldnews.msnbc.msn.com — Updated at 8.58 a.m. ET: KABUL, Afghanistan -- Twelve people were killed Friday during protests in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Quran at a NATO base, officials said, despite Thursday's written apology from Barack Obama. Seven people were killed and 50 wounded in the western province of Herat, while two more were killed in Khost in the east.