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MIAMI
Burger King Corp. last week ordered its name and logo to be removed from a West Bank restaurant after the fast-food outlet sparked Arab calls for a worldwide boycott of Burger King restaurants.

Burger King apologized for opening the franchise in the West Bank area of Malle Adumim, saying that its operator had misled corporate headquarters about the location of the restaurant in an area seized by the Israelis in the 1967 Middle East War, the Associated Press reported.

The company issued a statement apologizing for the incident and saying that Burger King would not approve “opening restaurants in the West Bank in this sensitive time in the peace process.”