• jones gets cold feet Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who planned to burn a stack of Korans in protest of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” has announced that he’s canceled the burning.
• imam cancels mosque Jones said that, in exchange for calling off the event, the man behind the proposed Islamic center, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, has agreed to move the center farther away from Ground Zero.
• actually, nevermindFollowing Jones’ press conference, Rauf told CNN that he was “surprised” by the announcement, has never spoken with the pastor, and isn’t going to “barter.” Nice bluff, Jones!  source

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