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Fast Forward Swiss Museum Will Take ‘Nazi’ Art Hoard
The Swiss art gallery named as the sole heir of reclusive German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt is to accept his bequest of masterpieces which include works looted by the Nazis from Jews, a Swiss paper reported on Sunday. Gurlitt, who died in May aged 81, had secretly stored hundreds of works by the likes of…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Makes Call for New Peace Talks as U.S. Vows $212M Gaza Aid
Secretary of State John Kerry called on Sunday for a renewed commitment to achieving Middle East peace, saying a lasting deal between Israel, the Palestinians and all their neighbors was possible. But prospects for a renewed peace process appeared dim as Kerry offered no specifics on how to restart negotiations in his speech to a…
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Fast Forward Gaza Aid Conference May Fall Short of $4B Goal
Senior U.S. officials voiced doubts on Friday that an international donors conference to be held in Cairo this weekend will meet the Palestinians’ full request for $4 billion in aid pledges to rebuild the Gaza Strip after it was devastated by a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas. Secretary of State John Kerry will join…
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Fast Forward Lauren Bacall’s Art Collection Goes on Block
An art collection amassed by the late movie star Lauren Bacall, including eight sculptures by Henry Moore, will go under the hammer next year in New York, Bonhams auction house said on Friday. Bacall, the husky voiced actress who was married to and appeared with Humphrey Bogart in films such as “The Big Sleep” and…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Gets Unexpected Job Offer at Gwyneth Paltrow Fundraiser
President Barack Obama got an unexpected job offer from a tech executive and a compliment from actress Gwyneth Paltrow to start a two-day West Coast swing aimed at raising money to blunt Republicans’ drive to win the Senate in Nov. 4 elections. Obama was the headliner at a Democratic fundraising event at the expansive Brentwood,…
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Fast Forward Hungary Far Right Set for Gains in Local Elections
Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party is on track to take over dozens of city halls in a municipal election on Sunday, handing it new powers that, critics say, it will use to persecute ethnic minorities. Already the second biggest force in parliament, Jobbik is one of Europe’s most influential far-right parties. Its rise has drawn international…
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Fast Forward Sandy Rubenstein Quits Chokehold Case Amid Rape Claim
A high-profile lawyer accused of raping a woman in his New York City apartment last week has said he will no longer handle a planned wrongful-death lawsuit against the city by the family of Eric Garner, who died after police put him in chokehold during his arrest. Sanford Rubenstein’s law partner will instead handle the…
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Fast Forward Nobel Winner Patrick Modiano Confesses ‘Been Writing Same Book for 45 Years’
French writer Patrick Modiano, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, said he felt like he had been writing versions of the same book for 45 years and was eager to understand why he had been chosen for the prize. “What I am keen to see are the reasons why they chose me…
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