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Fast Forward Sarkozy Tells Obama: Can’t Stand ‘Liar’ Bibi
Ooops. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was caught on an open microphone telling President Barack Obama last week he was fed up with dealing with Benjamin Netanyahu and considered the Israeli prime minister a liar. Sarkozy made the comment during a private conversation with Obama during a G20 summit in the French riviera town of Cannes…
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Fast Forward WikiLeaks Founder Can Be Extradited, Court Rules
Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website that has published thousands of secret government documents, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year, a British court reportedly ruled. An appeals court panel rejected Assange’s appeal of a decision has kept Assange under house arrest for months after…
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The Schmooze Jewish Florist Recalls Pen Pal Ghadafy
A retired Jewish florist from Brooklyn was Muammar Ghadafy’s unlikely pen pal, but never got to write a good-bye letter to the slain dictator. Louis Schlamowitz, 81, had been writing to Ghadafy for 50 years and obtained a trove of letters and autographed photos of the eccentric leader, The New York Post reported. “He was…
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Fast Forward Son: Bernie Madoff Used Me as ‘Human Shield’
Bernie Madoff’s son reportedly said the Ponzi con man used him as a “human shield” to convince clients his business was legitimate. Andrew Madoff, who ran a real trading operation while his father faked investiments, told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that his father brought prospective clients to the son’s 19th-floor office to cover up the…
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Fast Forward 12 Americans Killed in Afghan Attack
A suicide bomber killed at least 12 American servicemembers in an attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, news reports said. More than 20 people in all were killed in the attack on an armored bus that plied a route popular with foreign military trainers. The New York Times reported it was the worst loss…
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Fast Forward Black Market Dealer Made $420,000 On Kidneys
A Brooklyn rabbi has pleaded guilty to peddling black market kidneys from Israel for more than $100,000 each, federal prosecutors said. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 60, an Israeli living in Brooklyn, made at least $420,000 in the scam to provide three organs for transplant from Israel, according to New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Prosecutors…
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Fast Forward Obama Will Speak at URJ Event
President Barack Obama will speak at the Union for Reform Judaism’s biennial meeting in December, the URJ announced. The president will appear during the Dec. 14-18 event outside Washington D.C., which is billed as the largest Jewish gathering in North America. The biennial will include worship, panels, speeches and entertainment. Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie will…
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Fast Forward Iranian Chess Player Refuses to Play Israeli
A top Iranian chess player was booted from an international tournament when he refused to play against an Israeli. Iranian grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, was supposed to play Israel’s Ehud Shachar in the fourth round of the Corsica Masters, after a computer drew the two against one another, The New York Times reported. Tournament director…
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