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Obama says Quran threat an al Qaeda 'bonanza'
U.S. President Barack Obama says a Florida church's plans to burn dozens of Qurans would hand al Qaeda a "recruitment bonanza."
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Islamic group to give away Qurans
A major Islamic group will announce an initiative Thursday to distribute 200,000 Qurans to replace what it says are 200 copies that a Florida church plans to burn in a gesture that has sparked controversy worldwide.
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Car blast kills 15 in Russian republic
A car bomb explodes near a market in the Russian republic of North Ossetia killing at least 15 people and injuring many more, Interfax news agency reports.
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British journalist released in Pakistan
A British journalist held captive in Pakistan since March has been released, the U.K. Foreign Office told CNN Thursday.
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Imam: U.S. must handle center plan right
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.
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Son seeks proof stoning case 'on hold'
The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning said he wants proof that his mother's adultery and murder case has been put "on hold."
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Police 'may have' shot Manila hostages
Philippine authorities acknowledged for the first time Thursday that some of the tourists taken hostage in a bus standoff last month may have been shot by police in the bungled rescue.
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Bus plunges into river in India, killing 22
At least 22 people were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a river in central India, police said Thursday.
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6 killed in Pakistan drone attack
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed six people in Pakistan's tribal region on Thursday morning, intelligence officials said.
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China: 200 pilots faked flying records
Nearly 200 commercial pilots in China falsified their flying experience, Chinese aviation officials have discovered.
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China to boost surveillance of superbug
China's capital will step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in response to a superbug that first emerged in South Asia and is spreading globally, state media reported.
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Imam: U.S. must handle center plan right
The religious leader behind plans to erect an Islamic center and mosque near New York's ground zero said U.S. national security depends on how it handles the controversy.
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Three arrested over Times Square plot
Three Pakistani men linked to Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square terror attack, were arrested and have confessed before a judge, authorities said Wednesday.
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Imam: Center should not be 'politicized'
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said moving an Islamic Center planned in New York to another location would embolden Islamic radicals and help them incite violence against Americans.
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In one day, two asteroids buzz Earth
A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.
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Mexican mayor gunned down in office
The mayor of El Naranjo, Mexico, in the central state of San Luis Potosi was gunned down and killed inside his office Wednesday, officials said.
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U.N. chief, Kagame meet over report
Rwandan President Paul Kagame met Wednesday with visiting U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after Rwanda protested a leaked draft U.N. report that accuses troops from the central African nation of widespread violations of human rights.
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Tropical Storm Igor moving in Atlantic
At least four tornadoes spawned by Tropical Depression Hermine touched down in and around Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday evening, sending up debris and swirling around buildings.
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Fidel Castro: 'Cuban model' flawed
Fidel Castro told a visiting U.S. journalist the "Cuban model" no longer works, an apparent admission of failings in the communist economic model his revolution introduced.
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