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Pastor Cancels Koran Burning After Defense Secretary Calls

Terry Jones, the pastor from Gainesville, Fla., said he would cancel the event. He did so after Defense Secretary Robert Gates personally appealed to him in a phone call.

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Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center listened as Imam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida in Orlando, spoke at a press conference in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday.
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Pastor Terry Jones, left, with Imam Muhammad Musri, an Islamic leader, at a press conference in Florida.

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