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Pakistani lawyers burn a U.S. flag while rallying in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Robert Kunst, of Miami Beach, protests in front of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Church members there plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11. Kunst is against building a Mosque near Ground Zero in New York and is also against the burning of the Qurans. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)

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Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center answers a few questions from reporters after news conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Pakistani lawyers burn a U.S. flag while rallying in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Koran in Multan, Pakistan, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Rev. Terry Jones tells members of the media on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, that he plans to go forward with plans to burn copies of the Koran at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)

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Imam Muhammad Musri, of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, says he hopes Mr. Jones will change his mind.

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Associated Press photographs Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., arrives at a news conference with an armed escort Wednesday. Mr. Jones said of his plans to burn Korans on Saturday: "It is possibly time for us in a new way to stand up and confront terrorism."

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Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a news conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones said that he is going forward with a plan to burn copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Robert Kunst, of Miami Beach, sits with signs in front of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville on Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Church members there plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11. Kunst says he is against building a mosque near Ground Zero in New York and is also against the burning of the Qurans. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)

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Pastor Terry Jones, right, of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Wayne Sapp, right, an Associate Pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, armed with a pistol on his hip, escorts Imam Muhammed Musri, left, President of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, in the church to meet with Pastor Terry Jones in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Imam Muhammed Musri, of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, meets with reporters in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Musri met with Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center to try to change his mind about burning of copies of the Quran but Jones plans to go forward as scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Debris crush a car outside the Christchurch Catholic Cathedral after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The 6.3-magnitude quake hit at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Wethey) NEW ZEALAND OUT, NO ARCHIVES, NO SALES

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Afghans move banners saying "Quran is our law, Islam is our religion" during a demonstration against the United States, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Hundreds of Afghans railed against the U.S. and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce the American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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UP IN FLAMES: The Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., plans to burn copies of the Koran to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Indian policemen take away a protest banner as they detain a Greenpeace activist protesting against a nuclear bill near the Indian Parliament House in New Delhi, India, on Aug. 25, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Edem "Archie" Archibong, 57, of Aurora, Colo., is trying to start a cab company to serve Greater Denver, but local regulations have stalled those plans. "Competition is good for us, good for the industry and good for the public, as well," he said. (Christian Toto/Special to The Washington Times)

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Estelle Soury from St. Jullien L'Ars, France, watches her son, Quentin, take his first steps ever in a biofeedback lab at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital in Miami. Therapists Maria Verela and Nedgyne Cheremond look on. (Associated Press)

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Kashmiri protesters throw stones at Indian policemen after police seek to disperse people playing in the street during curfew hours in Srinagar, India, on Monday.