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Dove World pastor cancels plans to burn Qurans

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September 14, 2010 National

It was a surprise, yet welcome announcement late Thursday afternoon (September oth) when Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center cancelled his plans to burn Qurans on September 11th. Jones stood before a mass of cameras and microphones and talked about a deal he had made with a Muslim Leader rom Central Florida. WUFT-FM’s Patrick Colden describes what happened.

[audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/koranburning.mp3]

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