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Fast Forward Israel Nervous About Possible U.S. Cooperation With Iran
Israel voiced concern on Monday at the prospect of its closest ally, Washington, cooperating with its what it considers its deadliest foe, Iran, to stave off a sectarian break-up of Iraq. But, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz told Reuters, the United States and other major powers have pledged that any such cooperation would not…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Warns of Drawn-Out Crisis Over Kidnapped Teens
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared Israel for a long drawn-out operation to find three missing teenagers as troops expanded the search into a crackdown on the Islamist group accused of abducting them and arrested dozens of its officials. Israel says members of Hamas, which signed a unity deal with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in April,…
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Fast Forward Moise Safra, Brazilian Sephardic Billionaire, Dies at 79
Moise Y. Safra, a billionaire member of the Safra family of financiers, who for over half a century have catered to an affluent clientele spanning from São Paulo to New York and Monte Carlo, died on Sunday, two sources with knowledge of the situation said. He was 79. One of the sources said Moise, the…
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Fast Forward U.S. May Talk to Iran as Sectarian Onslaught Continues in Iraq
The United States is contemplating talks with its arch enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad’s army and seized the north of the country in the past week. The stunning onslaught by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to dismember…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Calls Mahmoud Abbas To Demand Help on Kidnapped Teens
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday and said he expected him to help in efforts to find three Israeli teenagers abducted in the occupied West Bank. “I expect you to help in the return of the kidnapped youngsters and in catching the abductors,” a statement issued by the prime…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian in Push To Find Kidnapped Teens
Israeli armed forces swept through half a dozen Palestinian towns on Monday and arrested more Hamas officials, expanding a search for three teenagers into a crackdown on the Islamist group accused of abducting them. In al-Jalazoun refugee camp, near the de facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah, Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli troops and army gunfire…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Seeking Kidnapped Teens Blast into Hebron Home
Israeli troops scouring a West Bank city for three Israeli teenagers who are believed to have been abducted by Palestinian militants blew down the door of a home with explosives on Sunday after residents did not admit them, Palestinian witnesses said. They said there were no casualties in the incident in Hebron, in which gunfire…
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Fast Forward Swiss Town Unveils Memorial for ‘Witch’ It Executed — 232 Years Later
The Swiss town that ordered Europe’s last execution for witchcraft will unveil a memorial for the woman beheaded more than 200 years ago, accused of bewitching a child. Servant Anna Goeldi was denounced as a witch after her employer’s eight-year-old daughter fell ill and began spitting up pins during fits of coughing, according to documents…
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