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Fast Forward Aly Raisman Gets Cheers Back Home
A line snakes down the lawn of the red brick town hall topped by a gold cupola of this New England town founded in 1711, today a suburb of Boston. So many fans have arrived to cheer on Aly Raisman, the hometown Olympic hero, for an “Aly Rally” that overflow rooms are opened and some…
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Fast Forward Madonna Gig Clashes With Warsaw Uprising Date
Religious groups, politicians and members of the public protested a performance by Madonna in Poland’s capital yesterday evening that clashed with the commemoration of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. The international pop icon was set to appear last night in a large stadium in Warsaw just hours after sirens were sounded in the capital marking a…
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News World Losing Patience With Israel: Envoy
The British ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould said on Thursday that anyone who cares about Israel, should be concerned about the erosion of international support for the country. Speaking on Channel 10 news on Thursday evening, Gould said, “Israelis might wake up in 10 years time and find out that suddenly the international community has…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans Camp to Hold 30,000 Africans
The detention compound being built in the south for African migrants will accommodate up to 30,000 people, despite Defense Ministry statements that it would house 12,400, an Interior Ministry protocol shows. At a discussion held by Interior Ministry officials last month about the sewer treatment facility at the detention site, officials explained that the professional…
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Fast Forward Israel Tennis Duo Falls in Quarters
A day after their stunning defeat of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, the Israeli tennis duo of Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich ran into the American juggernaut known as the Bryan twins at the Olympic Games on Thursday afternoon. Bob and Mike Bryan, the number-one pair in the world, advanced to the men’s doubles semifinals…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Threats Not Working on Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that U.S. statements of solidarity with Israel and its assurances that military strikes are still an option aren’t working to convince Iran that the West is “serious about stopping” the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons. Standing with the U.S. defense secretary, who is on an official visit…
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Fast Forward Israeli Doubles Team Makes Quarters
Israel’s Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich are into the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles tennis event at the London Olympics, after stunning the sixth-seeded pairing of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in three sets. The Israeli duo – known locally as AndYoni – were brushed aside in a poor first set, when the Swiss pair…
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Fast Forward Panetta Vows Tougher Action on Iran
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Wednesday that the United States is prepared to implement ‘other options’ if Iran continues to work toward attaining nuclear weapons. Panetta made the remarks at the site of the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system in Ashkelon. “We have other options, and we are prepared to implement them” if Iran continues…
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