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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Serial Killer Executed — Murdered Jewish Man at Synagogue After Bar Mitzvah
Missouri serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, who killed one Jewish man as he left a synagogue after a bar mitzvah, was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for him to be put to death, a corrections spokesman said. Franklin, 63, was pronounced dead at 6:17 a.m. CST…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Pleads With Vladimir Putin for Tougher Stand on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Russia on Wednesday to insist world powers set tough terms for Iran in any deal reached in the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program. After failing to convince Washington that global powers are pursuing a bad deal, Netanyahu flew to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin as envoys from Russia,…
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Fast Forward John F. Kennedy’s Cold War Bunker Sits Off Florida’s Jewish Gold Coast
The dingy, cavernous steel fallout shelter hastily built on a man-made island off Florida’s heavily Jewish ‘gold coast’ is a stark reminder of the harsh realities President John F. Kennedy faced from the first days of his presidency at the height of the Cold War. As the Kennedy family vacationed minutes away at the Palm…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Town Proponent Charged With Pulling Gun on Neighbors in North Dakota
A neo-Nazi white supremacist was charged on Monday with terrorizing residents of the small North Dakota town where he had sought to create a white enclave, authorities said. Craig Cobb was arrested on Saturday along with Kynan Dutton over accusations they were brandishing firearms and sticks and threatening residents in the town of Leith, said…
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Fast Forward 94-Year-Old Nazi From Minnesota May Face Murder Trial for 1944 Killings
A German prosecutor investigating Nazi war crimes is recommending murder charges be brought against a 94-year-old who lives in the United States on suspicion he ordered his unit to attack a Polish village in 1944, killing about 40 civilians. Ukrainian-born Michael Karkoc, who emigrated to the United States in the late 1940s, is suspected of…
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Fast Forward French President Francois Hollande Calls for End to West Bank Settlements
French President Francois Hollande called on Israel on Monday to halt settlement building on occupied territory, saying it hampers chances for a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Israel has announced plans for thousands of new settler homes since U.S.-brokered peace negotiations with the Palestinians began in July after a three-year break. “For the sake of…
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Fast Forward Novelist Doris Lessing Who Wrote on Race and Gender Dies at 94
The novelist Doris Lessing, who tackled race, ideology, gender politics and the workings of the psyche in a prolific and often iconoclastic career, died in London on Sunday at the age of 94, her publisher HarperCollins said. The British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie hailed the “warmth, sharp mind and ferocity” of a writer who continually reinvented…
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Fast Forward France Pledges Its Support of Israel on Iran Nuclear Deal
President Francois Hollande assured Israel on Sunday that France would continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against Iran until it was convinced Tehran had ended a pursuit of nuclear weapons. Hollande’s pledge could help underpin an intensive campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convince Israel’s main ally, the United States, and other…
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