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Fast Forward Ted Cruz Hopes for Boost by Sharing Anti-Iran Deal Stage With Trump
Ted Cruz is languishing in the Republican primary race and hoping an unusual move will give him a boost: embracing Donald Trump instead of bashing him to get his message in front of more Republican voters. The two White House rivals will share a rally stage Wednesday afternoon in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s Visit to Britain
Some 300 demonstrators waving flags and “Free Palestine” banners staged a noisy protest in central London on Wednesday against the two-day visit to Britain this week of Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu. Minor scuffles with police broke out as they surged into the main road outside the Downing Street residence of British Prime Minister David…
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Fast Forward Iran Leader Says Israel Won’t Exist in 25 Years
Iran’s Supreme Leader has said Tehran will not negotiate with the United States on any issue after the landmark nuclear deal with world powers in July — and expects that Israel will be destroyed soon, according to his official website on Wednesday. The comments appeared to contradict more moderate president Hassan Rouhani, who said on…
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Fast Forward 42 Senators Now Back Iran Deal in Victory for White House
President Barack Obama secured 42 votes in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday for the international nuclear deal with Iran, enough to block a measure of disapproval in the 100-seat chamber. Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal, Gary Peters and Ron Wyden all said they would support the agreement. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington also announced her support…
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Fast Forward Defiant White Supremacist Gets Death for Kansas Jewish Center Killings
A Kansas jury on Tuesday said a white supremacist who shot three people to death outside two Jewish centers last year should be put to death for the crimes. Frazier Glenn Cross, 74, a former senior member of the Ku Klux Klan who has been representing himself in court, was found guilty last month of…
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Fast Forward Polish Soldiers Mount Hunt for Lost Nazi Treasure Train
Polish military personnel on Friday began inspecting and photographing the site where authorities suspect a Nazi-era train, possibly carrying guns and looted jewels, may be buried. Soldiers in uniforms identifying them as members of a de-mining unit walked around the area, talked to local officials and took pictures, a Reuters photographer said. There was no…
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Fast Forward Mall Mogul’s $500M Picasso and Modigliani Trove Goes on Block
Works by Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock and Amedeo Modigliani are going up for auction from the late U.S. mall developer A. Alfred Taubman’s collection, which is valued at more than $500 million, Sotheby’s said on Friday. The auction house said the more than 500 works stretching from antiquity to contemporary art make up the most…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Pushes Iran Deal to South Florida Jews
Vice President Joe Biden tried to reassure Jewish leaders in south Florida on Thursday that President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran would be a vital step toward making the world a safer place. Biden, on a two-day trip to the political swing state of Florida as he explores a potential 2016 White House run,…
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