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Fast Forward Palestinian Woman in Car Ramming Attack Shot Dead, Israel Says
JERUSALEM — Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian woman who tried to ram them with her car in the West Bank on Friday, the police said, as a 12-week surge in street violence showed no sign of abating. A police spokesman said the car accelerated in the direction of the border police officers, who…
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Fast Forward Pope Calls for United Front Against ISIS, Muslim Terror
Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries. Security was tight at the Vatican as Francis, marking the third Christmas since his election in 2013, read his traditional Christmas Day “Urbi et Orbi” (to…
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Fast Forward Robert Downey Jr. Pardoned for ’90s Drug Conviction
California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday pardoned actor Robert Downey Jr for drug and weapon offenses from the 1990s, following a request for clemency, according to a copy of the pardon on the governor’s website. The pardon signed by Brown said the 50-year-old Downey has obtained a court order “evidencing that since his release from…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Killed — One in Stabbing and One From Police Fire
Two Palestinians went on a stabbing spree along a popular walkway in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person, and were then shot dead by Israeli security forces in what police described as a terrorist attack. Another Israeli was killed, apparently by police gunfire aimed at the stabbers. A wave of violence which began almost three…
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Fast Forward Israeli Envoy Makes Political Point With Made-in-Settlements Holiday Gifts
Israel’s ambassador to the United States used the embassy’s annual holiday gift to make a political point this year, sending items made in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights to counter a divestiture movement aimed at Israel. “This holiday season, I decided to send a gift that would also help combat the latest effort…
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Fast Forward Texas Removes Mock Nativity From Capitol After Governor Calls it ‘Tasteless’
AUSTIN, Texas – A mock nativity scene at the Texas Capitol in which Baby Jesus was represented as the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights was removed on Tuesday after Governor Greg Abbott complained that it was “tasteless sarcasm,” Abbott’s office said. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation that was responsible for the display accused Abbott,…
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Fast Forward Amnesty Slams Russian Bombing for Syrian Civilian Deaths
A day after officials announced a deal between Russia and Israel to cooperate in the war on terror, Moscow was criticized for the civilian toll its bombing in Syria has caused. Russia’s bombing of Syria has killed many civilians and may amount to a war crime, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, presenting what it said…
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Fast Forward Putin, Netanyahu Agree in Call to Coordinate Efforts to Fight Terrorism
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed in a phone call on Tuesday to coordinate their two countries’ actions to fight terrorism in the Middle East, the Kremlin said in a statement. The two leaders discussed the Syrian crisis during their conversation. “Vladimir Putin stressed that there is no…
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