 Ha'aretz | Muslim group to distribute replacement Qurans in response to planned burning CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A major Islamic group will announce an initiative Thursday to distribute 200000 Qurans to replace what it says are 200 copies that a Florida church plans to burn in a gesture that has sparked controversy worldwide. ... India `Condemns' US Pastor's Plan to Burn Koran, Urges Media Restraint Pakistan: Beck Should Denounce Quran Burning India urges media blackout of planned Koran burning |
 Washington Post | Imam: Handling of Islamic center plan a matter of national security CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The religious leader behind plans to build an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero said Wednesday night that America's national security depends on how it handles the controversy. ... Imam Says Moving Center Could Spur Radicals Imam fears moving NYC mosque could inflame tension Moving NY mosque could fuel violence: imam |
 Globe and Mail | Obama takes aim at Republican policies Los Angeles Times Parma, Ohio-- President Obama laid out a sweeping argument for retaining Democrats and punishing Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, calling on voters Wednesday to reject ... Peters splits with White House to side with GOP on tax cuts for wealthy Democrats attack GOP in speeches Mixed Reaction To Obama Business Tax Breaks Plan |
 msnbc.com | Is Mexico at threat from a drugs insurgency? BBC News Comparisons have been made before between Colombia of the 1980s and Mexico today with regards to drug-trafficking. But never before has a senior member of the US administration made such an explicit comparison. ... Hillary Clinton: Mexican drugs war is Colombia-style insurgency Mexico's war compared to insurgency Clinton says Mexico drug wars starting to look like insurgency |
 Telegraph.co.uk | First lady Obama works with NFL to get kids moving The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — First lady Michelle Obama came Wednesday to the French Quarter, not for fine dining or jazz but to play football with the NFL. She caught a pass during a flag football drill with a group of children at a temporary football field in ... First Lady Michelle Obama shows off her moves on the sports field First Lady Brings Child Obesity Fight To La. Michelle Obama shows off American football skills |
 Globe and Mail | Google Instant proves Google unbeatable in online search domain International Business Times After flooring users with its Gmail phone calls feature, Google set the market abuzz with its new real-time search feature Google Instant that was released at its Search Event. The new version of Google ... Google Instant: the technology anti-climax of the decade Google Instant blacklists the Slutskys How to Enable Google Instant in Opera |
 AFP | Philippines says police might have shot hostages Washington Post AP MANILA, Philippines -- Investigators in the Phillipines say some victims in a botched hostage rescue may have been hit by police fire. Eight tourists from Hong Kong were killed after a fired policeman hijacked their bus on Aug. 23. ... 'Friendly fire' suspected in Philippines siege Philippines admits police may have shot some hostages in bus standoff Philippine President says hostage crisis won't define his administration |
 AFP | Anti-terrorism Committee warns of new blasts in Vladikavkaz RIA Novosti Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee warned on Thursday of the risk of new blasts in Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic of North Ossetia. At least eight people were killed and some 40 injured on Thursday in a car bombing at a market on ... Suicide attack in Russia kills 9, wounds over 100 Powerful blast hits market in southern Russia-reports 'Six dead' in Russian Caucasus market blast |
 The Guardian | US court rejects Binyam Mohamed torture case The Guardian A US court has ruled narrowly that Binyam Mohamed, the British resident secretly rendered to Morocco by the CIA before being held in the Guantánamo Bay prison camp for four years, cannot sue over his alleged torture in overseas prisons because it would ... Suit dismissed against firm in CIA rendition case Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by CIA 9th Circuit throws out CIA torture lawsuit for national security reasons |
 The Guardian | UK PM Cameron pays tribute to dead father Atlanta Journal Constitution AP LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron has paid tribute to his father, who suffered a stroke and died on a vacation in France. Outside view of the Font Pre hospital, in Toulon, southern France, where British Prime Minister David Cameron ... UK PM Cameron pays tribute to dead father David Cameron loses 'role model' father Britain: Premier's Father Dies |
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