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US Koran burning event on hold, says pastor Terry Jones
BBC News
The US pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday says his plans are not cancelled but "on hold". A spokesman for pastor Terry Jones said he felt he had been lied to by an imam who had got him to drop the ...
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Sydney Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan
ABC Online
Thousands of Muslim Australians have gathered in Sydney's south west for Eid ul-Fitr, a festival to mark the end of the month of Ramadan. Premier Kristina Keneally and Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell have both addressed worshippers at Lakemba Mosque. ...
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ABC Online
Plane with wounded in Vladikavkaz bombing lands in Moscow
RIA Novosti
At least 17 people were killed a suicide car bombing in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia. A Russian emergencies ministry's plane with people wounded in Thursday's terrorist attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz landed at the ...
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RIA Novosti
France: Calls to End Expulsions
New York Times
By STEVEN ERLANGER The European Parliament urged France and other European states on Thursday "immediately to suspend all expulsions of Roma." The resolution was nonbinding but stung French officials. Immigration Minister Eric Besson, left, ...
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US Marines free ship from pirates
Los Angeles Times
Nine Somalis are arrested in the Gulf of Aden in the first American military operation of its kind. By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times Marines stormed a ship held by pirates in the Gulf of Aden before dawn Thursday in the first US action of its kind, ...
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Has Fidel Castro become a capitalist?
Washington Post
By Al Kamen Washington Post Staff Writer He may be the last one to figure it out, but Fidel Castro's recent observation to Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic that the Cuban economic model "doesn't even work for us anymore'' was nonetheless stunning. ...
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Factbox: Maritime disputes between Japan and China
Reuters
(Reuters) - Japan has arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese coastguard vessels near disputed islets in the East China Sea, prompting anger in Beijing and reigniting territorial tensions. ...
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Kurram residents unable to join families on Eid
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: It will be the seventh consecutive Eid that the residents of Kurram Agency, Parachinar will not celebrate with their family members due to the continuous 'blockade' imposed by terrorists. Starting in April 2007, continuous clashes have ...
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US cuts travel through northern Nigeria after Muslim sect attacks prison ...
The Canadian Press
LAGOS, Nigeria — The US Embassy in Nigeria has cut travel to northern Nigeria after a radical Muslim sect attacked a prison holding its followers and killed five people. The warden message issued Thursday warns that the prison break orchestrated by the ...
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Dissidents Claim Iran Is Building a New Enrichment Site
New York Times
By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — A dissident group that had previously revealed the existence of several hidden nuclear sites in Iran claimed Thursday that it had evidence that the country was building another secret uranium enrichment plant. ...
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Iranian woman may still face stoning: son
CBC.ca
The son of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery believes his mother is still facing a stoning death sentence despite reports that it had been suspended. "I have spoken to my lawyer and he has said that I have not received any documents verifying that ...
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CBC.ca
Police search headquarters of Sarkozy's party
Sify
Police from the finance squad have carried out a search of the headquarters of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party as part of an investigation into possible traffic of influence by Labour Minister Eric Woerth, party head Xavier Bertrand told ...
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Harvard loses its top ranking
Aljazeera.net
Did the Earth's axis shift? Almost: Cambridge has nudged Harvard out of the number one spot on one major ranking system. For the first time in the six years that British firm QS has released its World University Rankings, Harvard is no longer number ...
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Aljazeera.net
UN accord on Millennium Development Goals summit
AFP
UNITED NATIONS — World powers have reached an accord, after weeks of tough talks, on a document to be adopted at a Millennium Development summit this month for which Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is seeking billions of dollars of new funding. ...
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AFP
Army won't take over: PM
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday reiterated that there was no threat to democracy and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government would complete its tenure. Talking to reporters at the PM's House, Gilani said, ...
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UN Flood Relief Official Says She Will Seek More Money
New York Times
By SALMAN MASOOD NOWSHERA, Pakistan — The top United Nations emergency relief official visited a camp for monsoon flood victims in this northwestern district on Thursday and said she would soon be seeking more aid money beyond the $460 million sought ...
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Is Colombo the new LeT hub?
Hindustan Times
The Sri Lankan defence and intelligence agencies were alerted by reports on Thursday that said the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) member and key accused in the German Bakery blast in Pune was trained in Colombo. The Sri Lankan Ministry of External Affairs is ...
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World's most expensive book comes up for sale
The Guardian
By any standards they form part of a truly extraordinary library: a rare copy of the world's most expensive book, perhaps the most important book in English literature, a fascinating cache of letters from Elizabeth I to the jailor of Mary Queen of ...
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The Guardian


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