CNN (blog)

US officials, religious leaders condemn plans to burn Korans on 9/11 Washington Post Hundreds of people gathered in Kabul on Monday to denounce a US church's plan to burn the Islamic holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks. By Tara Bahrampour and Michelle Boorstein The plan by a tiny Florida church to burn Korans on Sept ... Dove World church plan for Koran burning triggers counterprotestsChristian Science Monitor Evangelical Christian Group in Florida Plans to Burn KoransVoice of America US church to go ahead with Sept. 11 Quran burningThe Associated Press ABC News -BBC News -Financial Times all 2,654 news articles »

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Globe and Mail

Will Rahm Emanuel Run for Chicago Mayor? Newsweek Rahm Emanuel has never been shy about his ambition to be mayor of Chicago. He told me and a bunch of other people last year that he would run if Rich Daley decided not to seek a seventh term. After his dream of being the first Jewish speaker of the ... What's behind Daley's decision?ABC7Chicago.com UNO Head Keeps Eye on Hispanic Mayoral CandidatesChicago Public Radio Timeline: Mayor Daley's CareerFOXNews Telegraph.co.uk -FanHouse -MyFox Chicago all 761 news articles »

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Oracle CEO Ellison's Pay Drops 17% To $70.1M In Fiscal 2010 Wall Street Journal Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL) founder and Chief Executive Larry Ellison earned $70.1 million in total for the fiscal year ended May 31, down 17% from a year earlier, according to the software maker's Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. ... HP sues ex-CEO Hurd over new job at rival OracleThe Associated Press HP challenges Hurd's new roleFinancial Times Hewlett-Packard Sues to Block Hurd From Oracle MoveSan Francisco Chronicle MarketWatch -PC World -Forbes all 1,957 news articles »

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Reuters India

Obama proposal to fund infrastructure projects may hit election year wall Washington Post With the nation's bridges and highways crumbling under the weight of age, attempts to pass a new six-year transportation bill have faltered mostly because Congress can't figure out how to pay for it. President Obama's proposal on ... Obama Infrastructure Plan To Stir Fight - House RepublicanWall Street Journal Suddenly, a raft of tax-break proposals from ObamaThe Associated Press How Will Obama Pay for His New Tax Breaks for Businesses?The Washington Independent Platts -Land Line Magazine -Reuters all 3,811 news articles »

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Washington Times

Election-cash spigots running at full blast Washington Times AP Associated Press California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has spent more than $100 milllion of her own money on her campaign. Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry. ... Democratic Primary Turnout Lowest in 80 Years, Study ShowsCBS News Battle royal over health care repeal if GOP winsThe Associated Press American University expert: Democratic turnout lowest in 80 yearsUSA Today St. Louis Post-Dispatch -CQPolitics.com -MiamiHerald.com all 1,087 news articles »

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CBC.ca

Obama congratulates Australian PM on forming govt Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has congratulated Julia Gillard on becoming Australia's newest prime minister and on forming a government after a 17-day deadlock. The White House says Obama telephoned Gillard on Tuesday to relay his personal ... Obama congratulates Australia PM GillardAFP `Ferrari' Internet-Access Plan Helps Return Gillard to Power in AustraliaBloomberg Take the centrist path despite Greens, Tony Blair tells Julia GillardThe Australian Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press -TIME all 4,109 news articles »

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BBC News (blog)

Sarkozy, labor unions face showdown over pension reform Xinhua PARIS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- French labor unions leading a nationwide strike against retirement reform hailed on Tuesday the success of the largest demonstration aimed at forcing the government to bow to the streets' call. ... French Unions Escalate Protests Against Pension ReformWall Street Journal French strike over plan to raise retirement ageLos Angeles Times France: Protests over pensions bring over a million onto boulevardsThe Guardian The Associated Press -Sydney Morning Herald -BusinessWeek all 1,774 news articles »

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CNN

UN acknowledges learning of rape in Congo on July 30 CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The United Nations on Tuesday acknowledged that it first learned of a report of rape in rebel-held territory of the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on July 30, nearly two weeks earlier than it had previously ... UN 'failed' DR Congo rape victimsAljazeera.net UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern CongoThe Associated Press UN urges sanctions against rebel rapists in CongoReuters Africa AFP -Xinhua -AOL News all 234 news articles »

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Kansas City Star

Mike Castle: Is he the next Lisa Murkowski? Christian Science Monitor The Tea Party Express is targeting Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary. But there are reasons the group might not duplicate the success it had in the Alaska GOP primary. Rep. Mike Castle (R) of Delaware answers a question during a ... Tea party activists in Del. rally for O'DonnellThe Associated Press Castle Takes Aim at O'Donnell in DelawareThe Washington Independent The Tea Party and the GOPWall Street Journal New York Times (blog) -msnbc.com (blog) -WDEL 1150AM all 125 news articles »

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msnbc.com

Anti-Islamic Sentiment Felt in Bay County WMBB-TV A Gainesville preacher's decision to burn the Muslim holy book—the Quran—on the anniversary of September 11th has local Muslims speaking out. Even the commander of US forces in Afghanistan is condemning the act, but the preacher says it isn't stopping ... Some 9-11 Families Seek To Stop Mosque Rallies On AnniversaryMyStateline.com Jewish groups step up efforts to combat anti-Muslim bigotryJewish Telegraphic Agency "Shame on you": religious leaders denounce biogotry against MuslimsWashington Post (blog) WAVY-TV -Newsweek -Religion Dispatches all 515 news articles »

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