 Globe and Mail | 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. ... Mission Fears Quran Burning Will Result in Christian Persecution 'Learn, Don't Burn' To Counter 'Burn-a-Quran Day' Plan India `Condemns' US Pastor's Plan to Burn Koran, Urges Media Restraint |
 Washington Post | Imam Says Moving Center Could Spur Radicals New York Times The imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said on Wednesday night that if he had known how much strife would arise over his plan for a Muslim community center and mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center site, he would not have proposed it. ... Imam fears moving NYC mosque could inflame tension Moving NY mosque could fuel violence: imam 'Ground Zero Mosque' Imam Says Project Must Go Forward in the Interest of ... |
 The Guardian | Drugs mayhem 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 ... 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 |
 Moneycontrol.com | 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 How Obama's tax credit helps, hurts IT spending Democrats attack GOP in speeches |
 CBC.ca | Car Bomber Attacks Russian Market New York Times MOSCOW — A car loaded with explosives blew up in a central market in Russia's restive North Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, according to Russian media. The blast occurred in North ... Suicide attack in Russia kills 9, wounds over 100 Anti-terrorism Committee warns of new blasts in Vladikavkaz Powerful blast hits market in southern Russia-reports |
 Boston Globe | Aquino Faults Police Over Hostage Crisis New York Times MANILA — Responding to weeks of criticism here and abroad over the handling of a hostage crisis that left eight tourists dead, President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday blamed police for mishandling the daylong siege and acknowledged ... Philippines says police might have shot hostages Philippines admits police may have shot some hostages in bus standoff Philippine President says hostage crisis won't define his administration |
 The Hindu | In an Instant, Google pulls further ahead of Microsoft, Yahoo Computerworld Computerworld - Now that Microsoft's Bing and Yahoo officially have joined forces, Google needed to turn around and offer up a new, splashy feature that would give them a clear edge. And that's just what Google did on Wednesday, ... Whoosh! Google Instant Speeds Search Results Google Instant proves Google unbeatable in online search domain Google Instant: the technology anti-climax of the decade |
 Reuters | UK radical urges flag protest over Koran-burning Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - British Muslim activists plan to burn the US flag outside the US embassy on September 11 to voice anger at plan by a US Christian pastor to burn copies of the Koran the same day, a hardline Islamist said on Thursday. ... Call Emerges for "Burn the Stars and Stripes Day" Stu Bykofsky: 2 American Muslims talk about their faith on the eve of 9/11 Delaware neighbors: Muslims are turning animosity into activism |
 Los Angeles Times | Protesters heckle LAPD chief at meeting in Westlake Los Angeles Times After two days of protests and violent skirmishes, Los Angeles police officials struggled again Wednesday evening to calm anger in the wake of the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man by an ... LAPD Chief Beck heckled by angry crowd at Westlake community meeting Several hundred protesters gather at site where LAPD officer shot man LA police chief defends shooting, draws jeers |
 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 9th Circuit throws out CIA torture lawsuit for national security reasons Court dismisses suit alleging 'torture flights' |
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