 CBC.ca | 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 |
 The Guardian | 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 |
 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 |
 Inquirer.net | 'Friendly fire' suspected in Philippines siege 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 ... Philippines admits police may have shot some hostages in bus standoff Philippine President says hostage crisis won't define his administration Friendly fire suspected in Philippines hostage deaths |
 CBS News | 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 |
 AFP | Suicide attack in Russia kills 9, wounds over 100 The Associated Press ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A suicide car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia's restive North Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least nine and wounding more than 100 people, officials said. The attacker detonated his explosives as ... Anti-terrorism Committee warns of new blasts in Vladikavkaz 'Six dead' in Russian Caucasus market blast Powerful blast hits market in southern Russia-reports |
 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 |
 Irish Independent | British hostage journalist freed in Pakistan BBC News A British journalist held captive by suspected militants in north-west Pakistan since March has been released. Asad Qureshi was abducted in Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun tribal areas along with two former Pakistani intelligence officers. ... Abducted Briton freed in Pakistan - High Commission British journalist freed in Pakistan Militants release British journalist in Pakistan |
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