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Don't burn Qurans, U.S. embassy in Pakistan urges church
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The US Embassy in Pakistan condemned a Florida church's plan to burn the Quran, the Muslim holy book, as "disrespectful, intolerant and divisive," in a statement on Wednesday. "We are deeply concerned ...
Clinton slams 'disgraceful' Koran-burning, but pastor defiantAFP
UN Afghan envoy, aid groups warn against burning QuranThe Hindu
Tasha Kheiriddin: Medieval Times in FloridaNational Post
The Associated Press -BBC News -The Press Association
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CFTD Union Calls For More French Protests Vs Pension Reform
Wall Street Journal
PARIS (Dow Jones)--France's CFTD center-left trade union Wednesday called for fresh nationwide protests against president Nicolas Sarkozy's reform of the state pension system. It called Tuesday's demonstrations which saw between 1 million and 2.5 ...
Sarkozy faces down French unions on pension age riseReuters
Sarkozy defies French pensions protestorsAFP
Sarkozy firm on pension reform despite strikesThe Hindu
Financial Times -Xinhua -Bloomberg
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Obama set against Bush tax cuts
Washington Post
Workers scan the listings on a job board in Las Vegas. The nation's economic recovery has been slowed by high unemployment rates. (Julie Jacobson) By Lori Montgomery President Obama will argue personally Wednesday against extending the Bush-era income ...
WH Dismisses Reports that Obama Will Announce Decision Against Tax CutsFOXNews
Obama to unveil new stimulus plansFinancial Times
Obama to pitch trio of economic proposals in OhioThe Associated Press
USA Today -Bloomberg -Reuters
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Iran: Woman's stoning sentence on hold
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder "on hold,"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday. While the statement did not ...
Iranian woman's stoning sentence suspendedCBC.ca
Iran says stoning sentenced suspended, under reviewReuters
Iran upholds mother's death by stoning for adulteryNational Post
The Associated Press -BBC News -Hindustan Times
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10 militants killed in US drone strike in northwest Pak
Indian Express
Stepping up attacks on Taliban hideouts on the Af-Pak border, a US drone on Wednesday fired missiles at a house in the restive tribal belt in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 militants and injuring several others. Two missiles were fired at a suspected ...
US drone attacks kill 10 militants in PakistanSify
US drone strike kills six in PakistanTimes of India
Six die in Pakistan drone strikeBBC News
Christian Science Monitor -CNN -Daily News & Analysis
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Cambridge pips Harvard as world No 1
Indian Express
British education has received a very high profile boost after a long time in its running rivalry with old foe the US. The University of Cambridge has attained the numero uno spot in the 2010 QS World University Rankings, as Harvard University slipped ...
Cambridge knocks Harvard off top of university tableBBC News
Israeli universities drop in international rankingsHa'aretz
Cambridge ousts Harvard as world's best universityThe Guardian
Bloomberg -CBC.ca -Telegraph.co.uk
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Witness Implicates Prominent Family in Philippine Massacre
Voice of America
Photo: AP Testimony has begun in the trial of a prominent Philippine politician accused in last year's massacre of 57 people, including 30 journalists. A former house servant of Andal Ampatuan told the court Wednesday his boss had gathered his children ...
Political massacre trial begins in PhilippinesABC Online
The rise of the Ampatuan clan in the PhilippinesBBC News
Philippine massacre 'carefully planned': witnessAFP
CNN -GMANews.TV -Reuters Africa
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Five of family killed in Kohat blast in Pakistan
Sify
Five members of a family were among the 18 victims of Tuesday's blast targeting family quarters in police lines in Kohat city of northwest Pakistan. Zakran Ali, a police constable, was about to break his fast with his wife and three children when an ...
21 killed, over 40 injured in suicide attack in PakIBNLive.com
Car bomb kills 20 near police complex in PakistanAFP
20 killed in Kohat car bomb attackDaily Times
BBC News -Reuters -The Hindu
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Any Deepwater Horizon lessons 'to be implemented in UK'
BBC News
The UK oil and gas industry has said it will implement "any relevant lessons" from the report into the Gulf of Mexico disaster. A "sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" was to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP said. ...
Several sides to blame for Gulf of Mexico spill: BPAFP
BP blames 'sequence of failures' for Gulf spillFinancial Times
BP releases report on gulf well blowoutWashington Post
MarketWatch -The Associated Press -Telegraph.co.uk
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Thai plane cleared to leave US after 'bomb hoax'
AFP
BANGKOK — A Thai Airways plane was cleared to leave Los Angeles airport and return to Bangkok on Wednesday, following a bomb hoax on a flight carrying nearly 200 people, the airline said. The threat sparked a security alert in the US, ...
FBI: No credible bomb threat on Thai Airways jetUSA Today
Airport security scare caused by 'hoax'Herald Sun
Thai Airways lands safely in LA after getting toilet room bomb threatIndia Talkies
Xinhua -abc7.com -CNN
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