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Fast Forward Silvio Berlusconi Sparks Outrage by Comparing His Legal Woes to Persecution of Jews
Silvio Berlusconi caused outrage in Italy’s Jewish community on Wednesday after the former prime minister said he and his children felt persecuted like Jews in Nazi Germany because of hounding by leftist magistrates. The comments came from an advance excerpt released on Wednesday of an interview by television journalist Bruno Vespa for his latest book….
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Fast Forward German Recluse May Have Owned Nazi Looted Art Trove Legally
The German recluse who hoarded his late father’s trove of Nazi-looted art may be its legal owner but the Berlin government has the authority – and moral obligation, some argue – to return the art works to their original Jewish owners or their heirs. The status of the haul is ambiguous nearly 70 years after…
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Fast Forward Yasser Arafat Poisoned With Polonium, Widow Charges
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha said on Wednesday after receiving the results of Swiss forensic tests of her husband’s corpse. “We are revealing a real crime, a political assassination,” she told Reuters in Paris. A team of experts, including from Lausanne University Hospital’s Institute…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court Split on ‘Jewish’ Town Prayer Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared deeply conflicted over what kind of public prayers should be acceptable at a town meeting as the justices confronted the delicate constitutional issue of church-and-state separation. The court is weighing whether the practice of allowing mainly Christian prayers before public meetings in the town of Greece, New York,…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Sees Little Progress at Peace Talks as John Kerry Jets In
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday peace talks with the Palestinians had failed to make real progress and he hoped visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry could get them back on track. The grim picture painted by the right-wing leader was similar to the one sketched by senior Palestinians, who have said…
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Fast Forward Avigdor Lieberman Cleared of Corruption — Will Rejoin Israel Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, back to government on Wednesday after the ultra-nationalist politician was acquitted of corruption charges. Lieberman’s return to office could further complicate already troubled U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. A settler living on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, Lieberman has…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Admits Peace Talks ‘Difficulties’
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Israeli- Palestinian peace talks had run into difficulties but thought it still possible some agreement could be reached. Israeli and Palestinian officials painted a grim picture of the talks resumed under Kerry’s tutelage in July after a long stalemate, saying they were going nowhere. “I come here…
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The Schmooze Lou Reed Leaves $15M to Wife and Sister
Rocker Lou Reed, the frontman of the 1960s band The Velvet Underground who died last week, left his estate to his wife and his sister, according to a will filled in a New York court. The performer, whose solo songs include “Walk on the Wild Side” and “Perfect Day,” died of liver disease at the…
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