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US President Barack Obama has made a plea for religious tolerance, amid the continuing row over a small church's threat to burn copies of the Koran.
But hours later the church, in Gainesville, Florida, issued a two-hour deadline for the imam of a proposed mosque in New York to make contact.
A spokesman for Pastor Terry Jones said he wanted clarity on whether the mosque would be moved from near Ground Zero.
The burning, originally planned for the anniversary of 9/11, sparked outrage.
Mr Obama told reporters at the White House: "We have to make sure we don't start turning on each other."
President Obama: "We need to make sure that we don't start turning on each other"
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