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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.

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Angela Cain-Crawford and her husband, George Crawford, listen to a speaker at the dinner-theater service. A recent survey by the United Methodist Church finds variety helps churches grow.

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GRIEF: A religious Israeli man reacts during the funeral Wednesday of Yitzhak and Talia Imes, who were killed Tuesday night in a shooting attack near Hebron, outside Jerusalem's Old City. (Associated Press)

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Suspects accused of opening fire on a Shiite Muslims' procession in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday are escorted away by police. (Associated Press)

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Floodwaters from a nearby river surround a house after heavy rains from Hurricane Earl hammered Potters Village, on the outskirts of St. John's, Antigua, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)

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**FILE** In this photo from Dec. 5, 2002, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (center) sits surrounded by members of his staff during a rally of his Ultra-Orthodox Shas party in Jerusalem. Yosef, an influential Israeli rabbi known for his vitriolic pronouncements against Arabs, said Palestinians and their leader should "perish from this world", Israeli army Radio said Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Wreckage is scattered across a street in Armagh, Northern Ireland, after a car bombing outside a police station in April, as tensions between Catholics and Protestants increased. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Protester Greg Johnson (right) and counterprotesters Ina Marshall (left) and Tim Foster argue during a demonstration on July 14, 2010, in front of the Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tenn., against a planned mosque and Islamic community center. Mosques around the country are facing resistance similar to the opposition against a proposed Islamic center near ground zero in New York, but the anger and fear is a little sharper. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File)

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St. Bernard Fire Chief Tommy Stone places a firefighter helmet in a "Katrina casket " during an Ecumenical funeral service for Hurricane Katrina at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Chalmette, La., one day before the fifth anniversary of the storm, which took over 1,000 lives and devastated the region, Saturday,Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, standing center, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, greets worshipers inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after leading midday prayers. Rauf is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over his plans for a multi-story Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero in New York. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

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USA's Rudy Gay shoots a basket during practice for the World Basketball Championship, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Pakistani flood survivors loot relief goods from a truck in Muzaffargarh near Multan, Pakistan, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints.(AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Pakistani flood survivors who fled their villages live on an embankment in Sajawal near Hyderabad, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)