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Fast Forward Police Kill ‘Allah Akhbar!’ Terror Suspects Holed Up in French Factory
Two brothers suspected of a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages. The violent end to the simultaneous stand-offs followed a police operation of unprecedented scale as France tackled one of…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Top General Says No Worries on War Crimes After Palestinians Join ICC
Israel’s top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court, calling it unnecessary because Israel could investigate complaints itself. Lieutenant General Benjamin Gantz, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces general staff, also said he was convinced the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…
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Fast Forward Sen. Barbara Boxer Won’t Seek Reelection
Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who is one of the most forceful liberal voices in the Senate, said on Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2016. Boxer, 74, said in a video posted on her website that she will focus on making sure a Democrat is elected to replace her, and on the…
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Fast Forward George Soros Suggests $50 Billion Aid Plan for Ukraine
Billionaire financier George Soros has urged the West to step up aid to Ukraine, outlining steps towards a $50 billion financing package that he said should be viewed as a bulwark against an increasingly aggressive Russia. Writing in the New York Review of Books, Soros said Europe and the United States needed to balance sanctions…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Blasts ‘Cowardly’ Terror Attack on Paris Magazine
President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned what he called the “cowardly, evil” attack against a satirical newspaper in Paris and offered U.S. assistance to the French government. “We will stand with the people of France, through this very, very difficult time,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office during an appearance with Vice President Joe…
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Fast Forward Appeals Court Upholds New York Child Vaccination Law
New York state’s requirement that children be vaccinated in order to attend public school does not violate parents’ religious rights under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan also ruled that students who receive religious exemptions from the vaccination law…
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Fast Forward Targeted Magazine Charlie Hebdo Fearlessly Took Aim at All Faiths
Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper that was victim of a bloody attack on Wednesday claiming at least 12 lives, has never pulled its punches when it came to lambasting religion, especially radical Islam. From publishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammad that sparked Middle East riots in 2005 to renaming an edition “Sharia Hebdo” and…
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Fast Forward Lawyers Hit Back at Alan Dershowitz in Sex-With-Teen Case
Two lawyers representing a woman who claims to have had sex while a minor with prominent U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz filed a defamation lawsuit against him on Tuesday. Former federal judge Paul Cassell and Florida plaintiffs attorney Bradley Edwards filed the lawsuit in a Florida circuit court, accusing Dershowitz of initiating a public…
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