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Fast Forward Robert Durst Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge
Robert Durst, a real estate scion accused of murder in Los Angeles, may be poised to plead guilty to a federal gun charge in New Orleans, potentially speeding his return to California to face charges in the death 15 years ago of a longtime friend, according to court documents. Durst, 72, will enter a new…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Plans First Visit to Rome Synagogue
Pope Francis will make his first pontifical visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue next year, the Vatican and the city’s Jewish community said in statements on Tuesday. Francis, who had a good relationship with the Jewish community in his native Argentina, will go to the synagogue on the bank of the Tiber River on Jan. 17…
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Fast Forward Israel Gives Green Light to 454 Settlement Homes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the marketing of land for the construction of 454 homes in two settlements in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Tuesday. The building of 436 of the housing units, in the settlement of Ramat Shlomo on land Israel occupied in a 1967 war, was approved in 2012….
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Fast Forward Israel Bans Islamic Movement Over Temple Mount ‘Propaganda’
Israel on Tuesday outlawed an Islamist group it says has played a central role in stirring up violence over a Jerusalem holy site in a wave of bloodshed that began seven weeks ago. The decision by Israel’s security cabinet, accompanied by police raids on the offices of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, were some of…
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Fast Forward Barbra Streisand Gets Presidential Medal — 4 Jews on List
Singer and actress Barbra Streisand, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim and award-winning conductor Itzhak Perlman are among 17 Americans who this year will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House said on Monday. President Barack Obama will award the medals to a star-studded list of Americans…
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Fast Forward Mastermind of Paris Attack Identified — French Round Up Suspects
A Belgian national currently in Syria and believed to be one of Islamic State’s most active operators is suspected of being behind Friday’s attacks in Paris, acccording to a source close to the French investigation. “He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe,” the source told Reuters of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, adding…
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Fast Forward 2 Palestinians Killed Defending Militant’s Home From Demolition
Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday that was sparked by an army incursion to demolish a jailed militant’s family home, Palestinian medical sources and residents said. At least three other Palestinians in Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, were wounded in…
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Fast Forward French Police Identify Two More Suspects in Paris Attacks
Police have identified two more French nationals who blew themselves up in the coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday, the prosecutor said, and also put out a request for a Belgian-born man they warned was dangerous. “Two more terrorists killed in the night of Nov. 13 were today formally identified through finger prints,” the prosector…
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