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Fast Forward Iran Parliament Approves Nuclear Deal in Win for Moderates
Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament passed a bill on Tuesday approving its nuclear deal with world powers, signaling victory for the government over hardline opponents who worry the accord opens a door to wider rapprochement with the West. Many conservative lawmakers opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that President Hassan Rouhani’s government agreed with the…
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Fast Forward Israel Police Kill Palestinian in Jerusalem’s Old City
Israeli paramilitary police shot dead a Palestinian at an entrance to Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Monday, saying he had tried to stab an officer on patrol during the worst spell of street violence for several years. A Palestinian passerby disputed the police account, saying he had seen police shout at the man, then shoot…
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Fast Forward Arab Israeli Rams and Stabs 4 Israelis
An Arab Israeli stabbed four people near a bus stop in northern Israel on Sunday, as security forces confronted a spate of attacks against Israelis, mainly by Palestinians, in the Jewish state and the West Bank. Four Israelis and 24 Palestinians, including eight children, have died in 12 days of bloodshed, fueled in part by…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Stabs Four Arabs in Israel Town
Four Arabs were stabbed in a town in southern Israel on Friday and a Jewish suspect was arrested, police said. The attacks follow a surge in knife violence by Palestinians against Israelis. The stabbings took place in the town of Dimona and were all were believed to have been carried out by the same suspect,…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says No Quick Fix for Outbreak of Violence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday there was no quick fix for the latest wave of Palestinian lone-wolf attacks the Jewish state has faced in recent days and that strong steps would be taken against those inciting to violence. “We are in the midst of a wave of terror … the actions (we…
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Fast Forward Israel Unrest Spreads to Tel Aviv With New Stabbings
Four people, including an Israeli soldier, were stabbed and wounded near a military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, police and ambulance sources said, as a rash of such Palestinian attacks spread to Israel’s commercial capital. The assailant was shot and killed by another soldier as he fled, a police spokeswoman said. The spate of…
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Fast Forward Did Argentina Spy Chief Tied to Alberto Nisman Death Flee to U.S.?
A fugitive former spy chief accused by the Argentine government of involvement in the murky death of a federal prosecutor in January flew from Brazil to the United States a month later, Argentina’s security ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said Interpol in Brazil provided the information on Antonio Stiuso, one-time operations chief of the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Surges in California Poll
Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has seen a dramatic drop in support among likely California primary voters since May as rival Bernie Sanders has surged, a Field Poll released on Wednesday shows. Less than half of likely Democratic voters in the June 2016 presidential primary in California, 47 percent, now say…
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