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Muslim group to distribute replacement Qurans in response to planned burning – CNN

September 9th, 2010 Comments off

Globe and Mail
Muslim group to distribute replacement Qurans in response to planned burning
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — A major Islamic group will announce an initiative Thursday to distribute 200000 Qurans to replace what it says are 200 copies that a Florida church plans to burn in a gesture that has sparked controversy worldwide.
India `Condemns' US Pastor's Plan to Burn Koran, Urges Media RestraintBloomberg
Pakistan: Beck Should Denounce Quran BurningCBS News
India urges media blackout of planned Koran burningAFP
Washington Post -The Associated Press -Voice of America
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Is Mexico at threat from a drugs insurgency? – BBC News

September 9th, 2010 Comments off

Telegraph.co.uk
Is Mexico at threat from a drugs insurgency?
BBC News
Comparisons have been made before between Colombia of the 1980s and Mexico today with regards to drug-trafficking. But never before has a senior member of the US administration made such an explicit comparison.
Hillary Clinton: Mexican drugs war is Colombia-style insurgencyThe Guardian
Mexico's war compared to insurgencyWashington Post
Clinton says Mexico drug wars starting to look like insurgencyLos Angeles Times
Aljazeera.net -Bloomberg -ABC Online
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Imam: Handling of Islamic center plan a matter of national security – CNN

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Washington Post
Imam: Handling of Islamic center plan a matter of national security
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The religious leader behind plans to build an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero said Wednesday night that America's national security depends on how it handles the controversy.
Imam Says Moving Center Could Spur RadicalsNew York Times
Imam fears moving NYC mosque could inflame tensionThe Associated Press
Moving NY mosque could fuel violence: imamAFP
ABC News -The Daily Titan -Public News Service
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Former HISD accountant gets 8 years for theft

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A former Houston ISD employee was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges that she stole more than 0,000 while from the school district.



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Backers leap at chance to leave mark on downtown dance center

September 8th, 2010 Comments off

What’s in a name? A lot of money when it comes to the Houston Ballet’s Center for Dance, under construction at 601 Preston.



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UH renovation raises concerns for researchers

September 8th, 2010 Comments off

Scientists at the University of Houston are worried the million renovation of an aging building near the western edge of campus will jeopardize expensive equipment and research projects.



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Immigration defeat won’t deter Tomball councilman

September 8th, 2010 Comments off

Derek Townsend Sr. sat at a table in a diner with his wife Wednesday afternoon, sipping contentedly on a big mug of sweetened coffee without the slightest air of defeat.



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Border-patrolling drones to call Texas base home

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Flanked by two area congressmen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin on Wednesday cut the ribbon for the launch of the nation’s fourth base for operating border surveillance drones.



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Racial slur leaves firefighters out of job

September 8th, 2010 Comments off

The acting HFD chief says the 3 were each culpable in an incident where a racial epithet was entered on an EMS report.



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Police: Baytown resident’s death an ‘obvious homicide’

September 8th, 2010 Comments off

The sight of a 75-year-old man on a red scooter zipping through a north Baytown neighborhood had become so common that when he was gone for more than a week, residents called police.



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