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US Pastor Reconsidering Plan to Burn Qurans
Voice of America
Photo: AP A US pastor says he is reconsidering plans to burn Qurans on Saturday, amid concerns the event could spark violence by Islamic extremists around the world. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and religious leaders have reached out to the pastor, ...
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Chinese Muslims celebrate fast-breaking festival
Xinhua
BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Muslims across China celebrated Eid al-Fitr Friday, the festival that signals the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan -- a season of fasting and spiritual reflection. Early Friday, Muslims of different ...
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Death toll in Vladikavkaz market blast reaches 17
RIA Novosti
VLADIKAVKAZ, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - One more person has died of their injuries after a suicide bombing in the southern Russia city of Vladikavkaz, bringing the death toll to 17. Thursday morning's attack devastated the main market in the capital ...
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Al-Qaeda outfit claims Mogadishu suicide blasts
Hindustan Times
Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Thursday at Mogadishu airport. At least 13 people were killed and scores were wounded when two explosives-filled vehicles blew up at the gates of Aden ...
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Apparent heir to North Korea leader Kim hard to picture
Los Angeles Times
What Kim Jong Eun looks like is one of many mysteries. Even by the standards of the aptly named Hermit Kingdom, the youngest Kim is a cipher, a figure so intangible that he sometimes seems a phantom. An image of North Korea's Kim Jong Il is defaced at ...
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Los Angeles Times
China tells Japan to back down in sea dispute
Hindustan Times
PTI Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded on Friday that Japan unconditionally free a Chinese fishing boat captain seized in disputed waters, raising the pitch of Beijing's latest territorial quarrel with Tokyo. Yang summoned Japan's ambassador ...
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Taliban chief says victory close
BBC News
Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are winning the war in Afghanistan and that the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure". In a rare and unusually detailed statement published in four languages, the elusive leader repeated his call ...
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Austrian kidnap victim tells her story
NDTV.com
AP, Updated: September 10, 2010 09:21 IST Vienna, Austria: The kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch was a case that shocked not just Austria but the world. The 10-year-old was kidnapped from a Vienna street on her way to school in 1998 and held captive for ...
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China tells Japan to back down in sea dispute
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded on Friday that Japan unconditionally free a Chinese fishing boat captain seized in disputed waters, raising the pitch of Beijing's latest territorial quarrel with Tokyo. ...
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Iran Dissidents Pinpoint Alleged Nuclear Site
Wall Street Journal
By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON—Iran is developing an underground military installation in the mountains west of Tehran, according to US officials and Iranian dissidents, but the facility's exact purpose is in dispute. An Iranian opposition group, ...
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China to offer more aid to Pakistan, Chinese ambassador says
Xinhua
THATTA, Pakistan, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian said Thursday that China would offer more assistance to flood-hit Pakistan as the country are still facing difficulties. China on Monday announced another 200 million yuan ...
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