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Obama: Koran-burning could lead to suicide bombings (Reuters)
Pakistani protesters shout slogans as they burn the U.S. flag during a protest in Multan on September 9, 2010. About hundred activists gathered on Thursday to protest against plans by Pastor Terry Jones, an obscure U.S. Protestant church leader, to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer )

U.S. slips in WEF's competitiveness rankings (Reuters)
Attendees are reflected behind a logo at the congress centre of the Alpine resort of Davos, the venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF), January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Fidel latest to say Cuba's communism doesn't work (AP)
FILE - An Aug. 23, 2010 file photo provided by the state media Cubadebate web site shows Fidel Castro at a meeting with scientists in Havana, Cuba, Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work. (AP Photo/Cubadebate/file)

Britney Spears denies bodyguard harassment claims (AP)
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 (AP)
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood speaks at a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, announcing the lowest traffic fatalities in six decades. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

'Dumb and dumber' pet thieves wrestle python (AFP)
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Quran burning flap a distraction from Obama agenda (AP)
Pastor Terry Jones, right, of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

World waits for unveiling of NKorean heir apparent (AP)
A woman walks by a North Korean flag attached with a picture of North leader Kim Jong Il during a rally held against pro-North Korean groups in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The youngest son of leader Kim Jong Il is widely expected to make his public debut as the Dear Leader's heir apparent at a rare Workers' Party convention, the nation's biggest political gathering in 30 years. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

New York finally sees progress at Ground Zero site (Reuters)
Reuters - Nine years after the September 11 attacks, visible progress is finally being made toward rebuilding the World Trade Center site known as Ground Zero.

EU: Suspension of Iran stoning case not enough (AP)
FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**

MTV's `Snooki' fined $500 for bothering beachgoers (AP)
Nicole Polizzi, better known as 'Snooki' from the MTV show 'Jersey Shore' sits in court Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in Seaside Heights, N.J., waiting to face charges of being a public nuisance and annoying others on the Seaside Heights beach in July. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)
This screen grab taken from Google, shows Google Inc.'s Instant Search introduced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests. (AP Photo) NO SALES

Fla. pastor on fringe of US Christian life (AP)
Pastor Terry Jones, right, of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

FBI agents visit Florida church over Quran burn (AP)
A Pakistani protester shouts slogans during a rally in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

British MPs to grill BP CEO Hayward (Reuters)
Reuters - British Members of Parliament (MPs) will next week grill outgoing BP Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward, as part of an investigation into risks around deepwater drilling in the North Sea.


 
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