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Fast Forward Stop-and-Frisk Judge Shira Scheindlin Rebuked as Appeals Court Reverses Case
A U.S. appeals court froze court-ordered reforms to the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk program and removed the judge who found the police tactic unconstitutional because she “ran afoul” of the judicial code of conduct. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling was at least a temporary victory for Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
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Fast Forward Israel Green Lights 3,500 New Homes for Jewish Settlers on West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered officials on Wednesday to press ahead with plans to build 3,500 more homes for Jewish settlers, hours after Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S.-brokered peace efforts. Netanyahu’s step was seen as a way to placate hardliners who criticized him as the inmates, convicted of killing Israelis,…
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Fast Forward Is Israeli Red Tape Strangling Start-Up Nation?
High-tech entrepreneur Eyal Waldman decided he had had enough of Israeli investors when they told him to choose between his titles of chairman and chief executive at the company he co-founded, Mellanox Technologies. So in August, Waldman delisted the chip designer – Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s sixth-largest company, with a market value at the time…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves New Jewish Settlements After Freeing 26 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday as part of U.S.-brokered peace efforts, but said it was pressing on with plans to build more homes for Jewish settlers, in an apparent move to appease hardliners. The inmates, who were convicted of killing Israelis, basked in a heroes’ welcome from hundreds of relatives and well-wishers in…
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Fast Forward Israel Releases 26 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, the second stage of a limited amnesty designed to help U.S.-sponsored peace talks that have been dogged by divisions on both sides. The inmates, convicted of murder in the killing of Israelis before or just after interim accords were signed two decades ago, were bussed from jail at…
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Fast Forward Israel Ends 20-Month Boycott of U.N. Human Rights Group
Israel appeared before the main United Nations human rights body on Tuesday, ending a 20-month boycott of the Geneva forum which it accuses of bias against the Jewish state. Eviatar Manor, Israel’s ambassador in Geneva, led its delegation to the session, held as part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s examination of U.N. member states…
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Fast Forward Iran Holds ‘Very Productive’ Talks With Nuke Watchdog
The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran held “very productive” talks this week on how to advance a long-blocked investigation into Iranian atomic activities and will meet again in Tehran next month, they said in a rare joint statement on Tuesday. The relatively upbeat announcement by Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency may further buoy…
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Fast Forward Saudi Blogger Who Tweeted About Prophet Mohammed Freed After 20 Months
A Saudi blogger was freed on Tuesday, 20 months after he was detained for publishing an imaginary conversation with Islam’s Prophet Mohammad on Twitter, his friend and a lawyer said, though there was no confirmation from the government. Hamza Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia for Malaysia in February last year after his tweets enraged some conservative…
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