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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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Fast Forward Is Europe Moving Toward Global Consensus Recognizing State of Palestine?
A senior Palestinian official said on Thursday that European moves toward recognizing an independent Palestine would bring them in line with global public opinion, ahead of a symbolic British parliament debate on the issue set for Monday. The UK vote comes as Sweden’s new center-left government is set to officially recognize Palestine and a spokesman…
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Fast Forward Dutch Far Right Leader Geert Wilders Quizzed Over Anti-Moroccan Speech
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has been summoned for questioning by prosecutors over anti-Moroccan remarks he made at campaign rallies in the Netherlands earlier this year, prosecutors said on Thursday. Wilders will be questioned on suspicion of insulting a group of people on the basis of race and of inciting discrimination and hatred, prosecutors said…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Leader Arrives in Gaza for Unity Cabinet Meeting
Palestinian technocrat prime minister Rami Hamdallah arrived in the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip on Thursday to convene the first meeting of a unity government there since a brief civil war in 2007 between Hamas and forces loyal to the Fatah party. Dozens of Fatah security personnel loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and policemen of the Hamas-led…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Calls Border Attack ‘Message’ to Israel
An attack by Hezbollah on Lebanon’s border with Israel which wounded two Israeli soldiers was a message that the group remained ready to confront its old foe despite its engagement in Syria’s civil war, the group’s deputy leader said. The soldiers were wounded by a bomb planted by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in the Shebaa hills,…
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Fast Forward Vienna Philharmonic Will Digitize Archives Revealing Nazi Past
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which acknowledged decades after the fact that many of its players had been Nazi party members, will use a $1 million grant to digitalise and find a new home for its archives, it was announced on Wednesday. The announcement by the orchestra’s management was made in Stockholm where the orchestra was…
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The Schmooze JLaw Calls Nude Pics ‘Sex Crime’
Jennifer Lawrence at the Paris Fashion Week/Getty Images Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, one of dozens of actresses, models and celebrities whose intimate images have been posted online, spoke about the photo hacking scandal for the first time on Tuesday, saying it is a crime and sexual violation. In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Lawrence,…
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Fast Forward SodaStream Stock Plunges by 20%
SodaStream stock tumbled by more than a fifth of its market value on Tuesday, with earnings and a revenue warning to blame for the slide. SodaStream estimated third-quarter revenue below market expectations, citing weak demand in the United States, and its shares fell as much as 21.6 percent. They were last trading down 20.9 percent…
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