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Fast Forward Israel Accuses Iran of New Nuclear ‘Deception’
Israel accused Iran on Wednesday of using “deception and concealment” to buy time for its nuclear programme, signalling scepticism about the new Iranian president’s move away from the hardline stance of his predecessor. Israel, believed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed power, also said an Arab push to single it out for criticism at…
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Fast Forward Jewish Underdog Shocks Putin in Race for Mayor of Russia’s No. 4 City
He has published poetry, sat in a Soviet prison, collected Russian religious icons and treated drug addicts with a tough programme that has drawn praise but also criminal prosecution. Now Yevgeny Roizman is about to begin his latest incarnation, as mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city – one of the highest posts to be held by…
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Fast Forward Dominique Strauss-Kahn Named Serbia Economic Czar
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn began work on Tuesday as economic adviser to the Serbian government, his latest incarnation since a sex scandal cost him his job and ruined his French presidential ambitions. Strauss-Kahn, who has been initially engaged for three months and will take no salary, told a news conference that he and his team…
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Fast Forward Israel Publicly Calls for Ouster of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad in First
Israel wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad toppled, its ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, in a shift from its non-committal public stance on its neighbour’s civil war. Even Assad’s defeat by al Qaeda-aligned rebels would be preferable to Damascus’s current alliance with Israel’s arch-foe Iran, Ambassador Michael Oren said in an…
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Fast Forward Zanzibar Suspects Quizzed in Acid Attacks
Fifteen people, including suspected Islamist militants and individuals linked to an acid attack on a clergyman and two Jewish teenagers from Britain, have been arrested in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar islands, a senior police officer said. The Indian Ocean islands are growing headache for the Tanzanian government as they struggle with religious tensions and deep social…
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Fast Forward Bill Thompson To Concede To Bill de Blasio in New York Mayoral Race
New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, who placed second in the Democratic primary, will concede to top vote-getter Bill de Blasio and avert a bruising runoff, local media reported on Monday. Thompson planned to make an announcement at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), according to sources cited by New York’s Daily News and NY1…
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Fast Forward Quebec Kippah Ban Stokes Controversy in Ethnic ‘Tapestry’ Canada
Quebec’s separatist government is betting on broad popular support with a proposal that prohibits public workers from wearing headscarves, skullcaps and other religious symbols, yet it is dividing the movement that advocates independence from Canada. The proposal, unveiled by the ruling Parti Quebecois last week, plays with the explosive issue of minority rights in a…
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Fast Forward Lawrence Summers, Former Obama Aid, Withdraws from Fed Chair Pool
Lawrence Summers, a former top economic aide to President Barack Obama and a Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, has withdrawn from consideration to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, the president said on Sunday. “Earlier today, I spoke with Larry Summers and accepted his decision to withdraw his name from consideration for Chairman…
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