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Fast Forward Alan Gross Appeal Denied by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor detained in Cuba for five years who had sued the U.S. government for negligence. Gross, who was released in December as part of the recent thaw in relations between the United States and Cuba, had sued in 2012. A…
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Fast Forward Abbas Rejects Israel’s Partial Transfer of Palestinian Tax Revenues
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday Israel had released frozen tax revenues to the Authority but that he had ordered the funds to be returned because money had been deducted to cover debts to Israeli utility companies. Israel started withholding around $130 million a month in tax and customs revenues in December. The…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Presses U.S. To Seek Better Iran Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States on Sunday to seek a better deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program and said he would press American lawmakers not give Tehran “a free path to the bomb.” Netanyahu, in the first of several appearances on U.S. Sunday news programs, said he has spoken with both…
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Fast Forward U.S. Senator: Iran Nuclear Deal Does Not Threaten Israel
A nuclear framework agreement reached between world powers and Iran does not threaten the survival of Israel, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Sunday. Feinstein, a leading Democratic voice on foreign affairs as vice chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence, was responding to comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticizing the deal….
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Fast Forward President Obama Calls Benjamin Netanyahu About Iran Deal
President Barack Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to discuss the agreement reached with Iran to limit its nuclear program, the White House said. Obama told Netanyahu that the deal represents significant progress toward a lasting solution that cuts off all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon, the statement said. Obama…
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Fast Forward Celebrations Erupt in Tehran After Nuclear Deal Announced
Celebrations broke out in Tehran on Thursday night as a landmark framework agreement for a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was announced. Videos posted on social media showed cars driving through the streets of Tehran with honking horns and passengers clapping. Twitter posts described people dancing in the streets of north Tehran and…
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Fast Forward President Obama Praises ‘Good Deal’ With Iran To Rein In Nuclear Program
Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran’s nuclear program for at least a decade, a step towards a comprehensive accord that could end 12 years of brinkmanship, threats and confrontation. The tentative agreement, after eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, clears the way for talks on the future…
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The Schmooze Lauren Bacall Mementoes Sell for $3.6M
Art and memorabilia that belonged to the late Hollywood film star Lauren Bacall sold for $3.6 million during a two-day sale, according to Bonhams auction house. Proceeds from the marathon auction which ended late Wednesday and two bronze sculptures by British artist Henry Moore that were sold earlier at an Impressionist and Modern Art sale…
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