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10 September 2010

US pastor cancels Koran burning

US pastor cancels Koran burning


US pastor cancels Koran burning

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT

US pastor Terry Jones cancels his Koran-burning event, claiming those behind an Islamic centre near New York's "Ground Zero" had agreed to relocate it.

Telescope may spot alien oceans

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT

The next generation of telescopes could reveal the presence of oceans on planets beyond our Solar System.

Two hurt in plane crash 'stable'

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:47 PM PDT

Two men seriously injured when their light aircraft crashed into a garden in Hampshire are reported to be in a stable condition, police reveal.

Florida pastor calls off Quran burning

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Florida Pastor Terry Jones says he is canceling the planned Quran burning event Saturday to fly to New York to meet with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf regarding the relocation of the Islamic center near ground zero.

Global economy slowing, says OECD

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:44 PM PDT

The global economic recovery is slowing faster than forecast, but a return to recession is unlikely, an economic group says.

Boulder warns of possible spread of fire into city (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:41 PM PDT

A home destroyed by a wildfire is shown in an aerial photo over Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Mark Leffingwell)AP - Residents in parts of Boulder are being told to prepare to evacuate in case a major fire burning in the foothills spreads into the Colorado city.


Florida pastor abandons Koran-burning plan (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT

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 )Reuters - A Christian pastor said on Thursday he was canceling a plan to burn the Koran, which had drawn international condemnation and a warning from President Barack Obama that it could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings.


Pastor calls off Koran burning, claims deal over NY mosque (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:36 PM PDT

Dove World Outreach Center Pastor Terry Jones updates the media on Sept 8, outside his Gainesville, Florida, church. The pastor called off Thursday a Koran-burning ceremony scheduled for this weekend, saying he had secured a deal to move a planned mosque in New York away from Ground Zero.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - A Florida pastor Thursday abandoned plans to burn hundreds of Korans, saying Muslim leaders had vowed to relocate a mosque due to be opened close to the Ground Zero site in New York.


Iran to is release US woman hiker

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Iran is set to release on Saturday Sarah Shourd - one of three detained US hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, officials say.

New York finally sees progress at Ground Zero site (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT

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.

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