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Fla. pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal
2010-09-10T10:38:44Z
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threatened to publicly burn copies of Islam's holy text left the heated debate in a state of confusion with the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks a day away....
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Nokia's Kallasvuo replaced by Microsoft exec
2010-09-10T10:38:00Z
HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. will replace CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with top Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as the world's largest mobile phone maker struggles to keep pace with smaller and more innovative rivals, particularly in the smartphone market....
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AIDS doctors, activists call for more health funds
2010-09-10T10:37:42Z
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Doctors and AIDS activists on Friday urged African governments to fulfill a decade-old pledge to spend more of their own money on health if they want international help in fighting AIDS....
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Ukraine's opposition blocks parliament doors
2010-09-10T10:29:10Z
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Opposition deputies in Ukraine's notoriously unruly parliament are blocking doors to the chamber with chairs as a protest against austerity measures....
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German shares weighed down by bank refunding talk
2010-09-10T10:06:25Z
LONDON (AP) -- German stocks led European markets modestly lower Friday following reports that Deutsche Bank AG is planning to raise as much as euro9 billion ($11.4 billion) to lift its stake in Deutsche Postbank AG and shore up its capital base....
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Day of mourning for Russian car bomb victims
2010-09-10T09:48:15Z
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (AP) -- Flags flew at half-staff in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz on Friday and stunned residents laid flowers in a square where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140....
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Machel: Mozambique must tackle broad food crisis
2010-09-10T09:37:21Z
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The widow of independent Mozambique's first president says the debate over food in her impoverished homeland does not end with the government's reversal on bread prices....
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Decision to suspend Quran-burning met with relief
2010-09-10T07:41:02Z
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) -- Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by a small American church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book - but some said Friday the damage has already been done....
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2 Guinea election officials charged with fraud
2010-09-10T07:54:15Z
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Two senior voting officials have been charged with vote tampering and sentenced to one year in prison a week before Guinea's crucial presidential vote, in a court proceeding that not even their lawyers were informed of and which is bound to increase tensions before the poll....
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3 Afghan insurgents killed in NATO airstrike
2010-09-10T08:39:22Z
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan insurgent commander who was allegedly planning bombings in Kabul on the eve of the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections and two of his associates have been killed in an airstrike, NATO said Friday....
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