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Fast Forward 9 Israelis Busted for Price-Fixing of Death Camp Trips
Israeli investigators have busted a ring of travel agency officials they say are suspected of price fixing for school trips to Nazi death camp sites in Poland, police said. Nine people were arrested, spokeswoman Luba Samri said in Tuesday, from various travel agencies suspected of colluding during a government tender to fix prices to prevent…
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Fast Forward Facebook Launches Europe-Wide Campaign Against Extremist Posts
BERLIN – Facebook began a Europe-wide campaign on Monday to thwart extremist posts on social media, after German politicians in particular raised concerns about a rise in xenophobic comments linked to an influx of refugees. The “Initiative for Civil Courage Online” was announced in Berlin and the company is pledging over a million dollars to…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Guard Will Stand Trial for 3,681 Murders
A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will go on trial in Germany next month on charges of being an accessory to the murder of at least 3,681 people a German court announced on Monday. Hubert Z., whose last name is being withheld because of Germany’s privacy laws, was a sergeant in…
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Fast Forward Veteran PLO Peace Negotiator Busted by PA as Spy for Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian officials said on Sunday they had arrested a member of their peace negotiating department for spying for Israel, a development likely to deepen distrust between the sides at a time of deadlocked diplomacy and simmering street violence. The man, whose name was not released, is part of the management staff…
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Fast Forward 7 Amazing Photos of the Pope’s Visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue
Pope Francis crossed the Tiber River to visit Rome’s Great Synagogue Sunday. His 1.5-mile journey to the towering Tempio Maggiore shows that what was once unthinkable is now the norm. “Our meeting,” Rome Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni said, “aims to convey a very topical, important and urgent message — that belonging to a faith,…
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Fast Forward Israel Probes Anti-Christian Graffiti at Jerusalem Monastery
JERUSALEM — Israel ordered a high-priority police investigation on Sunday into anti-Christian messages scrawled in Hebrew on the walls and doors of a Jerusalem monastery, saying they marked an assault on religious harmony. “Idols will be extirpated” – a line lifted from the Jewish prayer service – and “Christians Go to Hell” were among graffiti…
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Fast Forward Iran Prisoner Exchange Kept on Track by U.S. Patience on Nuclear Deal
The day before the Obama administration was due to slap new sanctions on Iran late last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the move could derail a prisoner deal the two sides had been negotiating in secret for months. Kerry and other top aides to President Barack Obama,…
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Fast Forward Iran Frees Americans in Swap as World Lifts Nuclear Sanctions
Iran freed four Americans including a Washington Post reporter on Saturday in a prisoner swap, as diplomats gathered to announce the lifting of international sanctions and bring the country of 80 million people back to the global economic stage. The International Atomic Energy Agency was expected to announce in Vienna that Tehran had complied with…
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