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Fast Forward Israelis Kill Palestinian Teen Who Tossed Molotov Cocktail
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian 17-year-old in the occupied West Bank on Friday, hospital officials said, and the Israeli military said he had been about to throw a petrol bomb. More than four months of intensified violence in the region have raised concern of wider escalation, a decade after the last Palestinian uprising…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Guard Faces Trial in April for 1.075 Murders
A 93-year-old former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will go on trial in Germany in April on charges of being an accessory to the murder of at least 1,075 people, a German court announced on Friday. The accused was a member of the Nazi SS guard team at Auschwitz in occupied Poland from…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Choreographer Hubby Steps Down From Paris Opera
French choreographer Benjamin Millepied said on Thursday he was stepping down as director of dance at the Paris Opera after little more than a year in the role, citing personal reasons. In a statement posted on Twitter, the 38-year old – who is married to Hollywood actress Natalie Portman and collaborated with her on the…
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Fast Forward Israel Tax Man Wants Slice of Mohels’ Tips
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Tax Authority says it wants a cut of gratuities traditionally offered to Jewish ritual circumcisors and a slice of the payments that private kosher inspectors usually pocket. A recent state comptroller’s report said unreported payments for such religious services could account for tens of millions of dollars of income kept off the…
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Fast Forward Sumner Redstone Resigns as CBS Exec. Chairman, Les Moonves Now Boss
Media mogul Sumner Redstone had resigned as CBS executive chairman, a move that comes amid heightened questions about the 92-year-old billionaire’s physical and mental health. CBS shares were up 3.6 percent in after-market trading, while those of Viacom Inc, where Redstone is also chairman, rose 6.3 percent. Viacom did not issue a statement on Redstone…
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Fast Forward Bon Appetit! Prehistoric Man Enjoyed Roasted Tortoise Appetizers — Israeli Archaeologist
JERUSALEM – Prehistoric cave-dwellers enjoyed munching on tortoises roasted in their shells as an appetizer or side dish, Ran Barkai, an archaeologist at Tel Aviv University, said on Tuesday. Barkai helped lead a research team who found 400,000-year-old tortoise shells and bones in a cave in Israel that showed hunter-gatherers butchered and cooked tortoises as…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Shoot and Kill Palestinian Attacker in West Bank — Army
JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the military said, the latest in a months-long wave of Palestinian attacks that shows little sign of abating. The Palestinian had infiltrated a security fence near the Israeli settlement Salit, the military said. When soldiers…
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Fast Forward France May Soon Recognize Palestinian State, Foreign Minister Says
France will recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts in coming weeks to try to break the deadlock between Israelis and Palestinians fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday. “France will engage in the coming weeks in the preparation of an international conference bringing together the parties and their main partners, American, European, Arab,…
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