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• Car blast kills 14, injures dozens in Russian republic
  A car bomb explodes near a market in the Russian republic of North Ossetia killing at least 14 people and injuring many more, Interfax news agency reports. […]
• British journalist released in Pakistan
  A British journalist held captive in Pakistan since March has been released, the U.K. Foreign Office told CNN Thursday. […]
• Obama urged to stop Quran burning
  Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to stop a Florida church that said it will burn copies of the Quran, a presidential spokesman told CNN Thursday. […]
• Goldman Sachs fined $30M in UK
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• Imam: U.S. must handle center plan right
  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. […]
• Islamic group to give away Qurans
  A major Islamic group will announce an initiative Thursday to distribute 200,000 Qurans to replace what it says are 200 copies that a Florida church plans to burn in a gesture that has sparked controversy worldwide. […]
• Son seeks proof stoning case 'on hold'
  The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning said he wants proof that his mother's adultery and murder case has been put "on hold." […]
• Police 'may have' shot Manila hostages
  Philippine authorities acknowledged for the first time Thursday that some of the tourists taken hostage in a bus standoff last month may have been shot by police in the bungled rescue. […]
• 6 killed in Pakistan drone attack
  A suspected U.S. drone strike killed six people in Pakistan's tribal region on Thursday morning, intelligence officials said. […]