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    Koran-burning Protests Continue in Afghanistan despite US Apology

    Newt Gingrich has made the massive Afghan protest over the burning of the Koran an issue in his presidential campaign by attacking President Obama for expressing his "deep regret" to President Karzai.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Newt Gingrich has made the massive Afghan protest over the burning of the Koran an issue in his presidential campaign by attacking President Obama for expressing his "deep regret" to President Karzai. Referring to the shooting of two American soldiers by an Afghan soldier — apparently over the burnings, Gingrich insisted that "the Afghan government owes the families of those soldiers an apology." Meanwhile, Commanding General George Allen tried to restrain angry American soldiers, "These are the moments you gut through the pain and you gut through the anger and remember why we’re here." Dion Nissenbaum is correspondent in Kabul for the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Dion Nissenbaum

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Oscars: A Year of Nostalgic Movies
    1. 0:00Koran-burning Protests Continue in Afghanistan despite US ApologyYou’re reading this
    2. 7:36Those Old Time Oscars
    3. 41:45Can 'A Separation' Help Close the US-Iran Divide?
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