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Jones calls off Qu'ran burning

CONFUSION SURROUNDS PASTOR Terry Jones’ announcement that he has cancelled plans to burn copies of the Qu’ran on Saturday. Jones said he agreed to call off this weekend’s event, timed to mark the 9/11 anniversary, because a group behind a controversial mosque planned for lower Manhattan said it would relocate the mosque. However, the group involved has disputed Jones’ statement, saying it has no intention of changing its plans. At a news conference this evening, Jones said: “We would right now ask no one to burn Qu’rans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it.”

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