 Telegraph.co.uk | New York Imam Now Says He Has No Plans to Meet With Terry Jones ABC News Although Pastor Terry Jones has dropped his threat to burn Korans on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama said today he is fearful of copycats looking to get their turn in the spotlight. ... Why Afghanistan has reacted so sharply to threat of Quran burning Barack Obama pleads for tolerance in Koran-burning row Christianophobia: The Lesson of Terry Jones |
 CNN (blog) | San Bruno fire levels neighborhood - gas explosion San Francisco Chronicle A home burned as the sun set on a San Bruno neighborhood. A blast believed to be caused by a natural gas explosion ravaged a San Bruno neighborhood Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (09-09) 22:03 PDT SAN BRUNO -- With a thunderous roar heard for miles, ... CA crews try to reach smoldering homes after blast PG&E Declines After Natural-Gas Pipeline Explosion in San Francisco Suburb PG&E shares fall after explosion in California |
 FOXNews | First Medal of Honor for Living Soldier Since 9/11 New York Times WASHINGTON — In the most dangerous valley of the most rugged corner of eastern Afghanistan, a small rifle team of airborne soldiers fell into a vicious insurgent ambush, a coordinated attack from three sides. A young Army specialist, ... Medal of Honor for living soldier: first time since Vietnam Soldier Who Risked Life to Save Another to be Awarded Medal of Honor Paratrooper to get Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan |
 Washington Post | Obama defends economic initiatives Washington Post President Barack Obama says the policies his administration has put in place have helped move the country forward. Obama went on to blame Republican policies for leading the country into recession. By Scott Wilson President Obama said Friday that if ... Obama, Republicans battle over tax cuts for wealthy Analysis: Obama makes tax cuts a centerpiece of campaign Obama: Republicans, Democrats Agree On Tax Cuts For Middle Class |
 Reuters UK | Obama asks for end to anti-Muslim sentiment Los Angeles Times The president calls for a renewal of religious tolerance and a cooling of tempers as he attempts to defuse the furor over plans to build an Islamic prayer center and mosque in New York and threats to burn copies of the Koran. ... Obama Reaffirms Right To Build Mosque Mosque furor, Quran burning: Anti-Islamic fervor mobilizes US Muslims President Obama gives emotional defense of right to build mosque at Ground Zero |
 The Guardian | Away from Ground Zero, US Muslims celebrate Eid as usual AFP LOS ANGELES — Muslims in Los Angeles celebrated the end of Ramadan as usual even as the feast in New York was clouded by the anniversary of 9/11 and contested plans for a mosque near Ground Zero. In a colorful prayer breakfast in sunny downtown Los ... Muslims Mark Eid With Celebrations An Elm City Ramadan Ends, Without Politics How 5 countries celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan |
 The Hindu | Obama Urges Israel to Extend Settlement Moratorium New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama called for Israel to extend its moratorium of settlement construction in the West Bank as a goodwill gesture to help move forward peace talks with the Palestinians. During a wide-ranging press conference at ... Obama Urges Extension of Israeli Settlement Moratorium Obama says he'll stay engaged in Mideast talks UAE gives Palestinian Authority $42 million - sources |
 Reuters India | Mann Says Goolsbee `Nuanced' Change for Obama Advisers: Video Bloomberg Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Catherine Mann, an economics professor at Brandeis University and a former Federal Reserve economist, talks with Bloomberg's Melissa Long about President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Austan Goolsbee to lead the Council of ... New US economic adviser opposed Chrysler bailout Goolsbee to Head Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee Tapped As Top Economic Adviser |
 Reuters | Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Or Just Be Gay and Get on with the Killing? Vanity Fair In what amounts to a judiciary hat trick for the homosexual agenda—the first two goals being the Massachusetts Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) ruling and the overturning of California's Prop 8—US District Court Judge Virginia Phillips in ... Pentagon faces new questions following judge's ruling on openly gay troops US judge: 'Don't ask, don't tell' unconstitutional Federal judge rules 'don't ask, don't tell' policy is unconstitutional |
 AFP | Google's Android leapfrogging over iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows San Jose Mercury News By the end of 2010, Google's Android smartphone operating system will in a single year have leapfrogged competing mobile systems like Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows phones in global popularity, ... Gartner: Android, Symbian Will Win Mobile OS Wars Android usage to surpass BlackBerry, iOS by year end Google Android to Challenge Nokia Symbian by 2014, Gartner Says |
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