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Reaction to Quran burning pours in from around the world
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Governments, world leaders, and others were responding Friday to a Florida pastor's plans to burn copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, even amid confusion over whether it would go ahead. The Rev. ...
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Quran controversy casts pall over Eid celebrations
CNN International
By Saeed Ahmed, CNN Indonesian Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Friday after prayers in Denpasar, Bali. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan. (CNN) -- This Friday, Muslims around the world will bid goodbye to a long month of fasting with three days of ...
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Gas line explosion burns San Bruno neighborhood
San Francisco Chronicle
A home burned as the sun set on a San Bruno neighborhood. A blast believed to be caused by a natural gas explosion ravaged a San Bruno neighborhood Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (09-09) 22:03 PDT SAN BRUNO -- With a thunderous roar heard for miles, ...
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Philippines: Some bus hostages may have been shot dead by 'friendly fire'
Indian Express
Investigators have admitted that some of the eight tourist hostages shot dead during a botched mission to save them from a bus hijacker in the Philippines, might have been accidentally hit by police bullets. According to Sky News, Philippine justice ...
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France to continue deporting Roma
BBC News
France will not stop deporting Roma (Gypsy) people, French Immigration Minister Eric Besson has said on a visit to Romania. Reacting to the European Parliament's call for deportations to be halted, he said France would work to help Roma integration ...
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Gaza militants fire on Israel after overnight raids
AFP
JERUSALEM — Militants in Gaza fired a projectile into southern Israel on Friday just hours after Israeli warplanes carried out a series of raids across the coastal strip, a military spokeswoman told AFP. She said it was not clear whether it was a ...
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UN urges Kosovo and Serbia talks
BBC News
The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo. The resolution opens the way for direct talks between the two sides - the first since Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. ...
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Ozawa win may push BOJ to buy government bonds
Reuters
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - A victory by power broker Ichiro Ozawa in the leadership race for Japan's ruling party next week raises the risk that the central bank's next policy move will be to buy more government bonds -- something it has long ...
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Army not to come to power: Pakistan PM
Hindustan Times
Pakistan's army "neither intends to come to power, nor it will come" and the country's elected government will complete its tenure, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said. "The Army neither intends to come to power, nor it will come. ...
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Austrian kidnap victim draws crowds to book reading
Reuters
By Sylvia Westall VIENNA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people crammed into a Vienna bookstore on Thursday to hear kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch read from her newly published memoirs about her eight years of imprisonment as a sex slave. ...
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World's most expensive book to go under the hammer
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A rare book by America's most famous bird artist, John James Audubon, billed as the most expensive in the world, is going under the hammer in December alongside a first edition of Shakespeare's plays. "Birds of America," which ...
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India beats the drums for Millennium Development Goals
Daily News & Analysis
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Indian percussionists and musicians will stand up and make a noise, literally, to create awareness about the Millennium Development Goals ahead of a review meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Summit. ...
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3 Afghan insurgents killed in NATO airstrike
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan insurgent commander who was allegedly planning bombings in Kabul on the eve of the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections and two of his associates have been killed in an airstrike, NATO said Friday. The military alliance said ...
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Australian kingmaker lawmaker refuses Cabinet job
IBNLive.com
AP | 07:29 AM,Sep 10,2010 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An independent lawmaker whose support enabled Prime Minister Julia Gillard to stay in power after inconclusive elections has refused her offer of a Cabinet job.Lawmaker Rob Oakeshott says in a ...
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Obama looking forward to his India trip: US
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is looking forward to his maiden trip to India in November, a senior administration official has said describing that the relationship between the two countries is vitally important. "The President looks forward to ...
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