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Fast Forward Iran Digs in Heels in Nuclear Talks
Iran has stuck to “unworkable and inadequate” positions in nuclear talks with six world powers despite a looming deadline for a deal to end sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic program, a U.S. official said on Saturday. “We are still very far apart on some issues and obviously on enrichment capacity,”…
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Fast Forward Israel Rushes New Iron Dome — Mosque Bombed as Gaza Death Toll Soars to 125
Israel rushed an eighth missile interceptor battery into service on Saturday to counter stronger-than-expected rocket fire from Gaza as the military pounded positions in the Palestinian enclave for a fifth day, killing 19 people, medics said. The Jewish state kept options open for a possible ground offensive into densely populated Gaza despite international pressure to…
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Fast Forward Crumbs, Kosher Cupcake Chain, May Be Rescued
Crumbs Bake Shop Inc may get a second chance if a bankruptcy judge approves a deal for the owner of Dippin’ Dots ice cream and the star of a reality television show to buy and reopen the U.S. cupcake chain, according to a court document. Crumbs, which specialized in oversized cupcakes and went public in…
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Fast Forward Defiant Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Press Gaza Attack as Toll Reaches 121
Israel said on Friday it would not bow to international pressure to end air strikes in Gaza that officials there said had killed almost 100 Palestinians, despite an offer by U.S. President Barack Obama to help negotiate a ceasefire with militants. Asked if Israel might move from the mostly aerial attacks of the past four…
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Fast Forward Hamas Threatens Tel Aviv Airport as Death Toll From Israel Strikes Rises to 96
A fourth day of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 11 more Palestinians on Friday, raising the death toll in the coastal enclave to at least 96, most of them civilians, Palestinian officials said. Facing a possible Israeli ground invasion, militants warned international airlines they would fire rockets at Tel Aviv’s main airport….
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Fast Forward U.N. Rights Chief Slams Israel Gaza Attack
The United Nations human rights chief on Friday voiced serious doubts that Israeli’s military operation against Gaza complied with international law banning the targeting of civilians, and called on both sides to respect the rules of war. International law requires Israel to take all measures to ensure that its attacks are proportional, distinguish between military…
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Fast Forward Hamas Threatens to Target Tel Aviv’s Airport
Islamist Hamas’s armed wing has warned airlines that it intends to target Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport with its rockets from Gaza and has told them not to fly there, a statement by the group said on Friday. “In the light of Israel’s … attacks on the residents of Gaza Strip … The armed wing…
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Fast Forward Gaza Toll Rises to 78 as Israel Masses for Possible Invasion
At least 78 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. As Israeli officials seemed to hint at a possible invasion by ground forces, eight members of one family, including…
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