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Fast Forward Europe Fails To Collect Hate Crime Data
The European body monitoring hate crimes said that governments fail to provide adequate data. A report on hate crimes in 2010 released this month by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found that some states do not collect any data all on such crimes, a finding that was backed by the Anti-Defamation League…
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Fast Forward Spielberg in Talks for Moses Biopic
Steven Spielberg is in talks to direct a movie about the life of Moses. The film, “Gods and Kings,” is based on a script by Michael Green and Stuart Hazeldine. According to reports, Spielberg has entered formal talks with Warner Bros. to be the film’s director. Spielberg, 64, an Academy Award winner for “Schindler’s List”…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Vandals Strike Again in Brooklyn
Less than a week after an alleged hate crime attack in a Brooklyn neighborhood, another has been perpetrated. Vandals attacked the Avenue J subway sign in the Midwood section of the New York borough early Wednesday morning, spray painting it to read “Avenue JEW.” Last week three cars were set afire in the neighborhood, several…
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Fast Forward ADL: Few Agencies Report Hate Crimes
The Anti-Defamation League expressed dismay at the low number of law enforcement agencies reporting hate crimes. The FBI, in publishing its annual Hate Crimes accounting, said that of 14,977 participating agencies out of about 18,000 nationwide, only 1,949 – or 13 percent – reported hate crimes. “It is necessary for all agencies to participate in…
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Fast Forward Sarkozy Makes Nice With Bibi
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged his friendship to Benjamin Netanyahu in a condolence letter written to the Israeli prime minister. “You have my friendship, and our differing views on the problems of the Middle East, and the interpretations appearing in the media, have no effect on it,” Sarkozy wrote, according to Reuters, citing two unnamed…
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Fast Forward L.A. Holocaust Museum Gets Rare Trove
A rare collection of stamps, letters, ID cards and other documents of the Nazi era was donated to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Valued at $260,000, the Edward Victor Philatelic Holocaust Collection was acquired and organized by Victor, a retired Los Angeles lawyer, over a 30-year period. In many cases the content tracks…
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Fast Forward Kissinger Turns Down Cain Offer
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that Henry Kissinger turned down an offer to serve in his administration. “Dr. Kissinger turned my offer down to be secretary of state. He said he’s perfectly happy doing what he’s doing,” Cain said in a video interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “My administration will have a majority…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Mount Bus ‘Freedom Ride’
Several Palestinians tried to enter Jerusalem on an Israeli bus from the West Bank. The Palestinians and activists were attempting to draw attention to the restriction of freedom of movement of the Palestinians in a campaign that imitates the Freedom Rides of the U.S. civil rights movement. West Bank Palestinians are not allowed to enter…
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