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September 11, 2010 11:30 AM

US prepares to mark 9th anniversary of 9/11 attack

The US is preparing to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York amid controversy over the pastor who has threatened to burn the Koran. US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm as the city prepares. The pastor, Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, has arrived in New York wher...

September 11, 2010 11:30 AM

US prepares to mark 9th anniversary of 9/11 attack

The US is preparing to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York amid controversy over the pastor who has threatened to burn the Koran. US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm as the city prepares. The pastor, Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, has arrived in New York wher...

September 11, 2010 11:30 AM

Japan justifies US military presence through White Paper

Japan continued to see the importance of the US military presence in the region, according to a Defense White Paper approved by the cabinet. The relocation of the US airbase in Okinawa has been a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party of Japan-led government but the White Paper justified its pres...

September 11, 2010 11:30 AM

Japan justifies US military presence through White Paper

Japan continued to see the importance of the US military presence in the region, according to a Defense White Paper approved by the cabinet. The relocation of the US airbase in Okinawa has been a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party of Japan-led government but the White Paper justified its pres...

September 11, 2010 9:14 AM

Iran defers release of US women detained a year ago

Iran has put off the planned release of an American woman detained near the border with Iraq more than a year ago. Earlier the Iranian authorities said Sharah Shourd would be released for the Id holiday. A prosecutor said her release has been called off because legal procedures in the case have not ...

September 11, 2010 9:14 AM

Iran defers release of US women detained a year ago

Iran has put off the planned release of an American woman detained near the border with Iraq more than a year ago. Earlier the Iranian authorities said Sharah Shourd would be released for the Id holiday. A prosecutor said her release has been called off because legal procedures in the case have not ...

September 11, 2010 9:13 AM

85 prisoners escape from Mexico jail

At least 85 prisoners have escaped from a jail in northern Mexico, close to the border with the United States. Inmates used ladders to scale the fence of the prison at Reynosa in Tamaulipas state before dawn yesterday. The prison's director and guards are being questioned by state prosecutors, ...

September 11, 2010 9:13 AM

85 prisoners escape from Mexico jail

At least 85 prisoners have escaped from a jail in northern Mexico, close to the border with the United States. Inmates used ladders to scale the fence of the prison at Reynosa in Tamaulipas state before dawn yesterday. The prison's director and guards are being questioned by state prosecutors, ...

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