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  • Friday, 10 September 2010
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Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., 30 Aug 2010 (file photo)
Photo: AP

Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., 30 Aug 2010 (file photo)

World Leaders Denounce Plans for Quran Burning at a US Church

Church's leader says he will conduct event despite critics who fear it will inflame religious tensions around world

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State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley (file)

Obama Administration Calls Threatened Koran Burning 'Un-American,' 'Abhorrent'

State Department says it is concerned threatened action could subject US soldiers, diplomats and tourists abroad to risk of harm

A new organization in South Korea vows to end Pyongyang's government and unify the Korean peninsula

Former North Korean Soldiers Vow to Overthrow Kim Family Rule

New organization in South Korea vows to end Pyongyang's government, unify peninsula

Burma Senior General Than Shwe (file photo)

Burma's Leader May Face Tough Talk During China Visit

Senior General Than Shwe touches down in Beijing for a four-day visit

Wild elephants run after being chased out by domesticated elephants at Tarajuli tea estate in Rangapara, east of Gauhati, India (file photo)

India Adds Elephant to List of National Heritage Animals

Recent government report says elephant fails to receive kind of attention given to endangered species, faces a crisis of attrition

Pakistani displaced by flooding  reach for food aid given by volunteers along main road near Marli, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, 31 Aug 2010

Lack of Relief Aid in Pakistan Could be Helping Extremists

As millions still await some aid following the floods, extremist groups could be filling the void.

A column of U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division roll through southern Iraq en route to Kuwait, 15 Aug 2010

US Withdrawal from Iraq Looms Over Afghan War

Iraq withdrawal might have effect on political, military calculations by officials in Washington, Kabul

One of the very first think tanks, and still one of the most prominent, is the RAND Corporation

Research 'Think Tanks' Have Notable US Policy Role

Think tanks produce recommendations for government decisions and actions, provide personnel to administrations

U.S Air Force Medic-Mentor Master Sgt. LaTasha Carroway, of the Medical Training Advisory Group, or MTAG, gives an oxygen mask to an Afghan soldier with a gunshot wound to the neck, inside the emergency room at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, 08 Aug

US Doctors Work With Afghans to Improve Country's Medical Care

Air Force personnel mentoring medical workers at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital to help them increase skills

Jasmin Ullah says she's encouraged many American leaders have come out in defense of the right to build the mosque in lower Manhattan

Ground Zero Mosque Controversy Puts Many US Muslims on Defensive

Despite rash of anti-Muslim rhetoric, possible hate crimes some see debate as opportunity to reaffirm their place in American society

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