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ALL World - UK WorldBy MITCH STACY 2010-09-07T15:58:15Z GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A Christian minister said Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran this weekend to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite a warning from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so would endanger American troops....
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Permanent Link: Church rebuffs military concerns on Quran burning
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By 2010-09-10T13:41:23Z INSIDE LAS CUEVAS MINE, Spain (AP) -- Fifty Spanish coal miners 1,640 feet (500 meters) underground are staging the ninth day of a strike over unpaid wages and government aid....
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI 2010-08-03T15:54:59Z TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they'd lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest, days after police searched the home of the city's official oldest man - only to find his long-dead, mummified body....
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Permanent Link: Mystery as Tokyo loses track of its centenarians
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By MATTI HUUHTANEN 2010-09-10T13:04:40Z HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. is replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with top Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as the world's top handset maker aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive smartphone market....
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By 2010-09-10T12:28:53Z JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy in Lesotho says a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the southern African country was shot and killed in an apparent robbery attempt....
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By 2010-09-10T11:10:35Z BIEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss police say they may have to change tactics in their hunt for a fugitive gunman who shot and seriously wounded one officer in the western city of Biel....
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Permanent Link: 100 Swiss police can't catch retiree with gun
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By 2010-09-10T10:58:40Z BRUSSELS (AP) -- A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses say widespread abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides....
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After meeting with a Florida Imam, the highly-controversial Rev. Terry Jones says that he will no longer burn copies of the Koran on September 11. Kelly Cobiella reports from Gainesville, Fla.
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A Fla. pastor's now-canceled plans to burn copies of the Koran prompted the Taliban to distribute leaflets urging Afghan villagers to join in seeking revenge. Mandy Clark reports from Kabul.
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In the world of business, who in their right mind would turn down the opportunity to dine with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett? Chinese tycoons, apparently.
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Natascha Kampusch Read Extracts from '3,096 Days,' Which Chronicles Her 8 ½ Year Ordeal in an Underground Cell
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A Florida pastor Thursday called off his controversial plan to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.
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Protests in Muslim countries resulted after Pastor Terry Jones reaffirmed his planned burning of the Quran. Kelly Cobiella reports.
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Vatican Wants to Prevent Sweat and other Pollutants Carried in by over 4 Million Visitors Yearly from Damaging Priceless Art
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A Glimpse at the Day's News a Seen Through a Cameras Lens
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Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers held in Iran for more than a year, will be released Saturday, Iranian officials said Thursday.
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A large oil drilling platform is on its way to the Chilean mine where 33 trapped miners are awaiting rescue and is expected to arrive later Thursday or Friday, an engineer overseeing the drilling said.
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One of Three U.S. Hikers Detained Last Year on Espionage Charges Will Be Freed Saturday to Mark the End of Ramadan
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Ambassador to U.S. says Conservative Leader's Stance Against Fla. Church Plans Should be Stronger
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Five Soldiers Accused of Murdering Afghan Civilians Just Because They Could; Seven More Involved in Cover-Up
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