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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Summoned by Iranian Court for Facebook ‘Privacy’ Violation
A conservative Iranian court opened a case against instant messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram while also summoning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over complaints of privacy violation, state news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday. The case underscores the growing struggle between moderate Iranian president Hassan Rouhani’s drive to increase Internet freedoms and demands by the conservative…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Agree on Unity Government Make-Up
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on the make-up of a national unity government on Tuesday in the most significant step yet toward healing their seven-year rift. The two groups said they had decided on a list of independent, technocrat ministers who will run the government pending elections in at least six months –…
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Fast Forward Turkey Court Orders Arrest of Israeli Commandos in 2010 Gaza Flotilla Killings
A Turkish court issued arrest warrants on Monday for four former Israeli military commanders on trial in absentia over the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Turkish media reports said. The move came after months of negotiations between Turkey and Israel to end a diplomatic crisis over the Israeli commando raid…
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Fast Forward Ukraine President-Elect Petro Poroshenko Demands End to Conflict Even as Violence Erupts
Ukraine’s next president, Petro Poroshenko, said on Monday he would not negotiate with armed separatists in the Russian-speaking east of his country but was open to dialog with people there with grievances, provided they rejected violence. Armed pro-Russian separatists have taken control of some towns and cities in eastern Ukraine, which includes the Donbass coalfield,…
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Fast Forward French Far Right Scores ‘Earthquake’ Europe Win
Marine Le Pen’s far right National Front scored a stunning first victory in European Parliament elections in France on Sunday as critics of the European Union registered a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and mass unemployment. Without waiting for the final result, a somber French Prime Minister Manuel Valls went on television to call the…
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Fast Forward Far Right National Front Wins French Elections
National Front leader Marine Le Pen called for the dissolution of the French national assembly on Sunday after exit polls showed her anti-immigrant, Eurosceptic party winning European Parliament elections in France. “What else can the president do after such a rejection?” Le Pen told reporters at National Front headquarters when asked if President Francois Hollande…
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Fast Forward ‘Chocolate King’ Petro Poroshenko Claims Win in Ukraine President Vote
Billionaire Petro Poroshenko claimed Ukraine’s presidency on Sunday after exit polls gave him an absolute majority in a first round of voting and, vowing to end a conflict with pro-Russian rebels, he pledged to align his country with Europe. Exit polls gave Poroshenko, a confectionery magnate with long experience in government, more than 55 percent…
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Fast Forward Police Hunt Lone Killer as Death Toll Rises to 4 in Brussels Museum Attack
Belgian police were hunting a gunman on Sunday who shot dead two Israelis and a French woman at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, in an attack French President Francois Hollande said was without doubt motivated by anti-Semitism. Security around all Jewish institutions in Belgium was raised to the highest level following Saturday’s shooting, while French…
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