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Fast Forward Ronan Farrow, Woody Allen’s ‘Son,’ Scores New MSNBC Talk Show
Ronan Farrow, the 25-year-old son of actress Mia Farrow, will host a one-hour weekday show starting early next year on MSNBC, the U.S. television channel said on Wednesday. The writer and human rights lawyer, who has been in talks with MSNBC about the show for months, will also contribute to the channel’s website and NBC…
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Fast Forward Snoop-Gate Journalist Glenn Greenwald Quits Guardian for Big Bucks Start-Up
Glenn Greenwald, who has made headlines around the world with his reporting on U.S. electronic surveillance programs, is leaving the Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, according to people familiar with the matter. Greenwald, who is based in Brazil and was among the first to report information…
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Fast Forward Rome Jewish Leader Cheers Protests Against Funeral of Nazi Killer
A leading rabbi praised Italian protesters who blocked the funeral of a convicted Nazi war criminal as Italy marked on Wednesday the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the Rome ghetto. Erich Priebke’s final resting place is now unclear after the protesters forced a suspension of his funeral on Tuesday in the Italian…
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Fast Forward Nazi Erich Priebke’s Body Taken to Rome Military Airport After Funeral Halted
The body of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke lay at a military airport near Rome and its final destination remained unclear on Wednesday, a day after rival groups of protesters forced a suspension of his funeral. Priebke, a former German SS officer, died aged 100 last week in Rome, where he had been serving…
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Fast Forward Gay Candidate Nitzan Horowitz Trails in Tel Aviv Mayor Polls
As a candidate to become the Middle East’s first openly gay mayor, Nitzan Horowitz is hoping his bid to run Israel’s famously liberal city of Tel Aviv will help homosexuals across a region where they are widely frowned upon. The left-wing legislator is not predicted to defeat the incumbent, the well-established ex-fighter pilot Ron Huldai,…
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Fast Forward Nazi War Criminal’s Funeral Met by Angry Protests in Italy
Enraged Italians shouted abuse and kicked the hearse of a Nazi war criminal at his funeral ceremony on Tuesday, which went ahead near Rome despite attempts by the local mayor to prevent it. German former SS officer Erich Priebke died last week aged 100. He had been serving a life sentence under house arrest in…
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Fast Forward Disgraced San Diego Ex-Mayor Bob Filner Pleads Guilty to Felony Abuse Charges
Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, who resigned from the helm of California’s second-largest city following a string of sexual harassment allegations, has been charged with false imprisonment and battery, the San Diego Superior court said on Tuesday. A former Democratic congressman who served only a brief mayoral tenure after being elected last year, Filner…
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Fast Forward Radioactive Poisoning Ruled Out in Death of Yasser Arafat by Russian Forensics Team
The head of a Russian forensics agency said on Tuesday that samples from the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had revealed no traces of radioactive polonium, a Russian news agency reported. However, the government scientific body later denied that it had made any official statement about the research, saying only that it had handed…
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