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Security swells around church as pastor plans to burn Quran
USA Today
By Paul J. Richards, AFP/Getty Images By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Police and federal officials stepped up surveillance at Pastor Terry Jones' Dove World Outreach Center on Thursday as concern grew for safety at the center and ...
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Obama Sends Best Wishes to Muslims for Eid-al-Fitr
Voice of America
US President Barack Obama has sent his best wishes to Muslims worldwide as they celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In a Thursday statement, President Obama said this year's Eid is an occasion to ...
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Suicide car bombing in southern Russia kills 17
The Associated Press
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blamed extremists "without souls, without hearts" for a suicide car bombing that killed 17 people Thursday in the crowded central market of a city in the North Caucasus. ...
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Manila hostages accidentally shot?
BBC News
Investigators in the Philippines say police may have accidentally shot some of the hostages who were killed during a Manila bus hijacking last month. Eight tourists from Hong Kong were shot dead during a chaotic rescue attempt in which the hijacker was ...
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Two US Muslims Visit 30 Mosques in 30 US States During Ramadan
Voice of America
Amid the backdrop of the controversy surrounding plans for an Islamic center near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and as a pastor in the southeastern state of Florida draws headlines for sponsoring a Quran burning, ...
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Roma expulsions must stop now, MEPs tell France
Telegraph.co.uk
France was told by the European Parliament in a rare move to stop its programme of forcibly sending Roma gipsies back to their home countries. By Nick Squires In a resolution passed by 337 votes to 245, the European politicians requested that the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Rajapaksa reinstates minister who tied official to a tree
Hindustan Times
A controversial Lankan minister who was sacked after tying a government official to a tree has been reinstated within weeks. In what appears to be his first decision after acquiring new and sweeping powers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa reinstated Mervyn ...
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'Cuban model doesn't work': Fidel Castro
NDTV.com
PTI, Updated: September 09, 2010 22:46 IST Washington: Fidel Castro, the man who transformed Cuba into a communist economy 50-year-ago, seems to be disillusioned by the cash-strapped system he pioneered saying it no longer works. ...
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Somali suicide attackers hit Mogadishu airport
BBC News
Suicide bombers have attacked Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say. The attackers used two cars - the first exploded at the airport entrance, but a number of insurgents jumped out of the second car and ...
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Report: Iranian uranium enrichment site revealed
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF Opposition members: Construction began in 2005, 85% completed; site buried deep in mountains to prevent detection, aerial bombardment; meant to house centrifuge cascades. Prominent Iranian opposition members claimed to have revealed ...
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British journalist kidnapped by Pakistani militants freed
Telegraph.co.uk
A British journalist held hostage by militants in north-west Pakistan has been freed after spending almost six months in captivity. Asad Qureshi was abducted with two former Pakistani intelligence officers while travelling in the Taliban stronghold of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Merkel's Stand for Freedom
Wall Street Journal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's speech Wednesday at a ceremony honoring Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has led to some breathless media coverage: for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung it was her "most explosive appointment" while the Bild called ...
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Cambridge tops world university rankings
Zee News
Cambridge University has edged out Harvard to become the first non-US university ever to top the list. QS World University Rankings measure university research quality, graduate employability, teaching commitment and international commitment, ...
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Zee News
China to provide helicopters for Pak flood relief
Zee News
Beijing: China, which has already extended USD 47 million in aid to flood-hit Pakistan, plans to step up its assistance to the victims in that country and deploy helicopters for relief operations. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian, ...
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