US Marks 9/11 anniversary:
Obama appeals for tolerance
President Barack Obama told a deeply polarized
America Saturday that Islam is not the enemy as sombre ceremonies
marked an unusually tense ninth anniversary of the September 11
attacks.
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Colombian armed conflict intensifies
The Colombian armed conflict is threatening to
intensify after a new incident in area close to the border with
Ecuador, with at least eight police officers killed and four
injured. The police officers were trying to avoid an incursion of
possible FARC guerrilla members to San Miguel municipality, Putumayo.
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Toll rises to six
California gas blast
The toll in a huge gas pipeline blast in
California rose to six after two more bodies were found Saturday,
authorities said. “I can confirm that two more bodies have been
found this morning. I have no other details,” Steve Firpo, a
spokesman for San Bruno township near San Francisco told AFP.
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