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Obama urges Florida pastor to drop plan to burn koran on 9/11 anniversary 

 

President Obama on Thursday joined the growing chorus of top U.S. officials calling on a Florida pastor to abandon his plans to stage a Koran burning on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "This is a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda," Obama said in an interview broadcast on ABC's "Good Morning America."

"You could have serious violence in places like Pakistan or Afghanistan. This could increase the recruitment of individuals who would be willing to blow themselves up in American cities or European cities," said Obama, who called the protest a stunt.

Obama added his voice to other officials including Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, all of ___I_____have derided the proposed burning organized by Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center, a church with about 50 members in Gainesville, Fla.

In numerous appearances, Jones has said he is praying on whether to go through with the protest, which has already sparked counter-demonstrations in the Muslim world, including Afghanistan and Indonesia. "I hope he listens to those better angels and understands that this is a destructive act that he's engaging in," Obama said on ABC. The administration stepped up its campaign to prevent the burning, but it was unclear what could be done.

"There are discussions inside the government about the possibility of doing that. I don't know that a final decision has been reached on doing that," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Thursday. Meanwhile, the State Department warned overseas travelers to be careful. "The potential for further protests and demonstrations, some of which may turn violent, remains high," it said.

The dispute comes at an especially sensitive time for Obama, who has repeatedly tried to repair U.S. relations with the Muslim world. In June 2009, Obama traveled to Cairo, where he quoted the Koran and called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims" and an end to the "cycle of suspicion and discord" that included the 9/11 attacks and two wars in Muslim countries.

Since then, Obama has been winding down the war in Iraq, while stepping up the conflict in Afghanistan, where the government is battling an Islamic fundamentalist movement, the Taliban.

The Obama administration has also just launched its major push for Mideast peace talks, always a difficult issue and further complicated by the sharp antipathy of Hamas, seen in the West as another Islamic terror group. Hamas controls Palestinian Gaza and is not part of the current round of talks between Palestinian and Israeli leaders.

By Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times - September 9, 2010|11:13 a.m. from: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-koranburning-

20100910,0,1430372.story

 

In the sentence: “Meanwhile, the State Department warned overseas travelers to be careful.’’ Meanwhile can be replaced without change its meaning by…

Obama urges Florida pastor to drop plan to burn koran on 9/11 anniversary 

 

President Obama on Thursday joined the growing chorus of top U.S. officials calling on a Florida pastor to abandon his plans to stage a Koran burning on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "This is a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda," Obama said in an interview broadcast on ABC's "Good Morning America."

"You could have serious violence in places like Pakistan or Afghanistan. This could increase the recruitment of individuals who would be willing to blow themselves up in American cities or European cities," said Obama, who called the protest a stunt.

Obama added his voice to other officials including Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, all of ___I_____have derided the proposed burning organized by Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center, a church with about 50 members in Gainesville, Fla.

In numerous appearances, Jones has said he is praying on whether to go through with the protest, which has already sparked counter-demonstrations in the Muslim world, including Afghanistan and Indonesia. "I hope he listens to those better angels and understands that this is a destructive act that he's engaging in," Obama said on ABC. The administration stepped up its campaign to prevent the burning, but it was unclear what could be done.

"There are discussions inside the government about the possibility of doing that. I don't know that a final decision has been reached on doing that," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Thursday. Meanwhile, the State Department warned overseas travelers to be careful. "The potential for further protests and demonstrations, some of which may turn violent, remains high," it said.

The dispute comes at an especially sensitive time for Obama, who has repeatedly tried to repair U.S. relations with the Muslim world. In June 2009, Obama traveled to Cairo, where he quoted the Koran and called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims" and an end to the "cycle of suspicion and discord" that included the 9/11 attacks and two wars in Muslim countries.

Since then, Obama has been winding down the war in Iraq, while stepping up the conflict in Afghanistan, where the government is battling an Islamic fundamentalist movement, the Taliban.

The Obama administration has also just launched its major push for Mideast peace talks, always a difficult issue and further complicated by the sharp antipathy of Hamas, seen in the West as another Islamic terror group. Hamas controls Palestinian Gaza and is not part of the current round of talks between Palestinian and Israeli leaders.

By Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times - September 9, 2010|11:13 a.m. from: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-koranburning-

20100910,0,1430372.story

 

Change the following sentence to the reported speech: "This is a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda," Obama said.

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  From magnifying glasses to steam engines, scientists through the centuries have found innovative ways to harness the power of the sun. Converting more solar power into electricity is high on the political agenda in many countries, amid the push to find domestic energy sources that are less polluting than fossil fuels.

  Despite rapid growth in recent years, solar power accounts for less than 1 percent of United States electricity use. Solar power is more entrenched in European countries such as Spain and Germany, which have promoted its development with strong incentives called feed-in tariffs, which require electric utilities to buy solar power at a high, fixed price. In the United States, California is by far the leading solar state.

  China has emerged as the world’s dominant producer of solar panels in the last two years. It accounted for at least half the world’s production in 2010, and its market share is rising rapidly. The United States accounts for $1.6 billion of the world’s $29 billion market for solar panels; market

analyses typically have not broken out military sales

separately.

  The perception that Beijing unfairly subsidizes the Chinese solar industry to the detriment of American companies and other foreign competitors has drawn concern in Congress. The issue of clean-energy subsidies is also at the heart of a trade investigation under way by the Obama administration, which plans to bring a case against China before the World Trade Organization.

  And a little noticed Buy American provision, created mainly by House and Senate conferees during a flurry of activity at the end of the lame-duck session of Congress in December 2010, prevents the Defense Department from buying Chinese-made solar panels — a measure that is likely to dismay Chinese officials.

(Jan. 10, 2011 | www.nytimes.com)

 

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  From magnifying glasses to steam engines, scientists through the centuries have found innovative ways to harness the power of the sun. Converting more solar power into electricity is high on the political agenda in many countries, amid the push to find domestic energy sources that are less polluting than fossil fuels.

  Despite rapid growth in recent years, solar power accounts for less than 1 percent of United States electricity use. Solar power is more entrenched in European countries such as Spain and Germany, which have promoted its development with strong incentives called feed-in tariffs, which require electric utilities to buy solar power at a high, fixed price. In the United States, California is by far the leading solar state.

  China has emerged as the world’s dominant producer of solar panels in the last two years. It accounted for at least half the world’s production in 2010, and its market share is rising rapidly. The United States accounts for $1.6 billion of the world’s $29 billion market for solar panels; market

analyses typically have not broken out military sales

separately.

  The perception that Beijing unfairly subsidizes the Chinese solar industry to the detriment of American companies and other foreign competitors has drawn concern in Congress. The issue of clean-energy subsidies is also at the heart of a trade investigation under way by the Obama administration, which plans to bring a case against China before the World Trade Organization.

  And a little noticed Buy American provision, created mainly by House and Senate conferees during a flurry of activity at the end of the lame-duck session of Congress in December 2010, prevents the Defense Department from buying Chinese-made solar panels — a measure that is likely to dismay Chinese officials.

(Jan. 10, 2011 | www.nytimes.com)

 

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