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Obama pays homage to 9/11 victims at Ground Zero
President Obama visited Ground Zero to lay a wreath at a memorial to the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks, six days after ordering a daring night-time raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, the author of the terrorist attack that turned the patch of land in lower Manhattan into hallowed ground. Mr Obama, in his first visit as...
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Obama to visit Ground Zero today
US President Barack Obama will participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Ground Zero in New York today to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks, the White House announced on Wednesday."The President thinks it's entirely fitting and appropriate to visit the site of Ground Zero in the wake of this significant...
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Bush declines Obama's invitation to Ground Zero
US President Obama invited former President George W Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday."President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday," said his spokesman, David Sherzer. "He appreciated the invi...
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Obama's 'the right' for ground zero mosque; White House clarifies
Weighing his words carefully on a fiery political issue, President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Muslims have the right to build a mosque near New York's ground zero, but he did not say whether he believes it is a good idea to do so.Obama commented during a trip to Florida, where he expanded on a Friday night White House speech asserting that ...
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Obama backs mosque near ground zero
Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less."As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven ...
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Obama pays homage to 9/11 victims at Ground Zero
President Obama visited Ground Zero to lay a wreath at a memorial to the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks, six days after ordering a daring night-time raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, the author of the terrorist attack that turned the patch of land in lower Manhattan into hallowed ground. Mr Obama, in his first visit as...
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Obama to visit Ground Zero today
US President Barack Obama will participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Ground Zero in New York today to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks, the White House announced on Wednesday."The President thinks it's entirely fitting and appropriate to visit the site of Ground Zero in the wake of this significant...
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Bush declines Obama's invitation to Ground Zero
US President Obama invited former President George W Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday."President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday," said his spokesman, David Sherzer. "He appreciated the invi...
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Obama's 'the right' for ground zero mosque; White House clarifies
Weighing his words carefully on a fiery political issue, President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Muslims have the right to build a mosque near New York's ground zero, but he did not say whether he believes it is a good idea to do so.Obama commented during a trip to Florida, where he expanded on a Friday night White House speech asserting that ...
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Obama backs mosque near ground zero
Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less."As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven ...
