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Fast Forward Missing Berkeley Student Eloi Vasquez Killed in Car Crash
A University of California, Berkeley student reported missing over the weekend after a fraternity party at another campus was identified on Monday as the person struck and killed by a car in Los Angeles early on Saturday, police said on Monday. Eloi Vasquez, a 19-year old freshman on the men’s soccer team, was last seen…
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Fast Forward Harvey Weinstein Quizzed in Groping of 22-Year-Old
Police questioned Harvey Weinstein after the indie studio chief allegedly groped a 22-year old woman in Tribeca on Friday, a NYPD spokesman confirmed to Variety. The woman accused the Weinstein Company boss of touching her breasts and hips, police confirmed. The Daily News, which broke the story, reported that the incident took place at around…
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Fast Forward Missouri ‘Jewish Whisper’ Candidate’s Aide Also Commits Suicide
Less than a month after the suicide of Missouri’s state auditor, one of the official’s top aides has also been found dead in what appears to be a suicide, police said Monday. Robert “Spence” Jackson, 45, was found dead Sunday evening in the bedroom of his apartment in Jefferson City, apparently having killed himself with…
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Fast Forward ‘Yes or No’ Moment Looms at Iran Nuclear Talks
There are three major sticking points that must be resolved if Iran and major powers are to secure a framework deal before a self-imposed end-March deadline and it is unclear whether those differences will be bridged, a Western diplomat said on Monday. The diplomat said the most difficult issues were related to the duration of…
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Fast Forward As World Powers Intensify Iran Nuclear Talks, Israel Hopes for Failure
World powers intensified nuclear talks with Iran on Sunday, two days before a deadline for reaching a framework deal, but Israel expressed cautious hope the negotiations would collapse. The foreign ministers of the United States, France and Germany canceled their travel plans for the next few days so they can push for the accord that…
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Fast Forward Iran Inches Toward 2-Page Nuclear Deal
Iran and major powers are close to agreeing a two- or three-page accord with specific numbers as the basis of a resolution of a 12-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, officials have told Reuters. As the French and German foreign ministers arrived in Switzerland on Saturday to join talks between U.S. Secretary of State John…
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Fast Forward Israel Unfreezes Hundreds Of Millions in Palestinian Tax Revenues
Israel said on Friday it would release millions of dollars of tax income to the Palestinian Authority, three months after freezing the payments in protest at unilateral Palestinian moves towards statehood. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the funds would be sent for humanitarian reasons and “Israel’s interests,” without saying whether the transfer would be…
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News France To Push for United Nations Action in the Middle East
France plans to start discussions with partners in the “coming weeks” on a United Nations Security Council resolution to lay out the parameters for ending the Middle East conflict, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday. “I hope that the partners who were reluctant will not be reluctant anymore,” said Fabius, referring to the…
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