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Fast Forward ICC Opens Preliminary Israel ‘War Crimes’ Investigation
The International Criminal Court opened an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, thrusting it into one of the world’s most chronic, heated conflicts and opening a path to possible charges against Israelis or Palestinians. In a statement on Friday, prosecutors said they would examine “in full independence and impartiality” crimes that may…
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Fast Forward Sweden Pushes Back Against ‘Irritating’ Israel
Sweden’s foreign minister said on Friday Israel had irritated close allies by over-reacting to Stockholm recognizing the state of Palestine, saying its rhetoric over the issue had “crossed all limits.” “It is unacceptable how they have been talking about us and everybody else,” Margot Wallstrom said in an interview in daily Dagens Nyheter. “It has…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Ready Fresh Statehood Deadline Push at United Nations
Arab foreign ministers on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to resubmit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories by late 2017. The United States helped defeat a similar draft resolution in a Security Council vote on Dec. 30. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he hoped…
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Fast Forward Muslim Hero of Kosher Grocery Siege Gets French Citizenship
The Muslim hero who hid shoppers from an Islamist gunman during an attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris will be given French citizenship, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. After the gunman had already killed people during a hostage taking in the store on Friday, 24-year old shop attendant Lassana Bathily hid several people…
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Fast Forward John Kerry To Give (Belated) ‘Big Hug’ to Paris
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday his visit to France was to give a “big hug” to Paris after the deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. President Barack Obama’s administration drew criticism from Republican opponents at home for not sending a senior figure to a unity march in…
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Fast Forward Roman Polanski Hopes To Avoid Extradition From Poland for 1977 Sex Conviction
Filmmaker Roman Polanski said on Thursday he did not expect Poland would comply with a request to extradite him to the United States over a 1977 child sex-crime conviction. Polanski, who is preparing to shoot a film in Poland, was interviewed on Wednesday by Polish prosecutors responding to the U.S. extradition request. They will refer…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbi Martin Wolmark Pleads Guilty in Get Divorce Extortion Scheme
An Orthodox Jewish rabbi pleaded guilty on Wednesday to playing a role in a scheme to kidnap Jewish men and force them to grant divorces to their unhappy wives, said federal authorities in New Jersey. Martin Wolmark, 56, pleaded guilty to conspiring to travel to New Jersey to coerce a man to give his wife…
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Fast Forward Slap ‘JeSuisCharlie’ Tag on Beer? Not So Fast!
European authorities have rejected scores of attempts to secure a trademark on the phrase “Je suis Charlie” which became a worldwide slogan after last week’s attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. A spokeswoman for the French office for intellectual property INPI said on Wednesday more than 100 attempts to get a trademark on the…
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