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Riots In Sweden After Anti-Islam Activities, 9 Police Officers Injured
Counter-protesters demonstrating against a far-right group's intention to burn a Koran in Orebro in central Sweden clashed with police on Friday, leaving four police officers injured, authorities said.
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Afghan Court Shows Video of Mob Lynching Woman in Kabul
Video of a crowd killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court on Sunday in the trial of nearly 50 people over a lynching that prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.
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Afghans Protest Lynching of Woman for Allegedly Burning Koran
Hundreds of protesters shouting "Down with ignorance!" urged the Afghan government today to bring to justice the killers of a woman lynched by a mob for allegedly burning the Koran.
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Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent
An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.
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Pakistan 'blasphemy' girl's case sent to juvenile court
A judge on Monday ordered police to refer the case of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy to a juvenile court, following a medical report that said she was 14. Rimsha Masih spent three weeks on remand in an adult jail after she was arrested on August 16 for allegedly burning pages from the Koran in a case that prompted worldwide condemn...
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Photos revealed of US troops posing with corpses
In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.
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Quran burning: Taliban urge Afghans to attack Westerners
The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases, and beat and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
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Afghan protests erupt over Quran 'burning'
Protests erupted outside the main US military base in Afghanistan and in Kabul today over allegations that foreign troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, police said.
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US not at war with peace loving Islam: Obama
On the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11, President Barack Obama on Friday said that America is not at war with Islam, but against "a handful of tiny minority" who have distorted the preachings of this great religion.Asserting that the majority of the Muslims across the world are peace loving and do not support extremist ideologies, Obama sa...
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Finally, US pastor says he won't burn the Quran
On a day of dramatic twists and turns, a US pastor today announced that he has no plans to go ahead with his earlier decision to burn the holy Quran and said he still expects the planned mosque near Ground Zero to be moved as part of a "deal" with a Florida imam.Pastor Terry Jones made the announcement that he has decided not to burn Quran during a...
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Riots In Sweden After Anti-Islam Activities, 9 Police Officers Injured
Counter-protesters demonstrating against a far-right group's intention to burn a Koran in Orebro in central Sweden clashed with police on Friday, leaving four police officers injured, authorities said.
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Afghan Court Shows Video of Mob Lynching Woman in Kabul
Video of a crowd killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court on Sunday in the trial of nearly 50 people over a lynching that prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.
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Afghans Protest Lynching of Woman for Allegedly Burning Koran
Hundreds of protesters shouting "Down with ignorance!" urged the Afghan government today to bring to justice the killers of a woman lynched by a mob for allegedly burning the Koran.
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Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent
An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.
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Pakistan 'blasphemy' girl's case sent to juvenile court
A judge on Monday ordered police to refer the case of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy to a juvenile court, following a medical report that said she was 14. Rimsha Masih spent three weeks on remand in an adult jail after she was arrested on August 16 for allegedly burning pages from the Koran in a case that prompted worldwide condemn...
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Photos revealed of US troops posing with corpses
In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.
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Quran burning: Taliban urge Afghans to attack Westerners
The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases, and beat and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
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Afghan protests erupt over Quran 'burning'
Protests erupted outside the main US military base in Afghanistan and in Kabul today over allegations that foreign troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, police said.
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US not at war with peace loving Islam: Obama
On the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11, President Barack Obama on Friday said that America is not at war with Islam, but against "a handful of tiny minority" who have distorted the preachings of this great religion.Asserting that the majority of the Muslims across the world are peace loving and do not support extremist ideologies, Obama sa...
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Finally, US pastor says he won't burn the Quran
On a day of dramatic twists and turns, a US pastor today announced that he has no plans to go ahead with his earlier decision to burn the holy Quran and said he still expects the planned mosque near Ground Zero to be moved as part of a "deal" with a Florida imam.Pastor Terry Jones made the announcement that he has decided not to burn Quran during a...
