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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Clash With Palestinians in Jerusalem as Temple Mount Feud Flares
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem’s Old City, the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Friday, reflecting growing tensions over an increase in Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound. Palestinian militants and youth groups have called for a general uprising in response to the entry by Jewish groups under police escort to…
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Fast Forward John Kerry’s ‘Shall We Talk’ Sparked Iran Thaw
First there was a handshake, then an invitation to talk and finally a 30-minute tete-a-tete that made for the highest-level official meeting between the United States and Iran in more than three decades. The opportunity for a rare meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, came after…
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Fast Forward Janet Yellen Faces Hopeful Senate Math in Possible Federal Reserve Chair Bid
There is no such thing as an easy vote in the current U.S. Senate, but Janet Yellen should have a relatively smooth path to confirmation if she is nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Federal Reserve. Obama is expected to announce his decision in coming weeks and a White House official has said…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Demands Final Peace Deal With Israel in Speech at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that “time is running out” for Middle East peace efforts and urged world powers to rein in Israeli settlement construction that he said could undermine U.S.-sponsored negotiations. In an address to an annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly, Abbas committed to…
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Fast Forward Bud Selig Will Retire as Baseball Commissioner in 2015
Bud Selig, credited with ushering in a new era of growth and change in the game of baseball, will retire as commissioner of Major League Baseball at the end of his current term in January 2015, the league said on Thursday. Selig, 79, who is Jewish and a Milwaukee native, took over the rose from…
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Fast Forward 93-Year-Old Auschwitz Guard Charged as No. 4 Nazi Killer
Video: Nate Lavey German prosecutors on Thursday charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz death camp as an accessory to murder, part of a renewed drive to bring lower-level Nazi collaborators to justice before they die. The prosecution service in the city of Stuttgart said the accused worked as a guard at Auschwitz…
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The Schmooze Amanda Bynes Case Moved to Mental Health Court
LOS ANGELES – The drunk driving case against troubled actress and former teenage star Amanda Bynes has been moved to the mental health court at the request of her attorney, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Tuesday. Attorney Richard Hutton argued that the 27-year-old former Nickelodeon star was unable to stand trial in the case…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Looks Forward to ‘Good’ Nuclear Meeting With Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry said he looked forward to a “good meeting” with Iran and major powers on Thursday but would not address what Iran needed to do to show a genuine desire to address its nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif meets his counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the…
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