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Fast Forward Angela Merkel Visits Dachau in Midst of Election Campaign
Angela Merkel laid a wreath at Dachau concentration camp on Tuesday, making her the first German chancellor to visit the death camp where Nazis killed more than 41,000 people in the Holocaust. Taking a pause in her campaign for a third term in office, the chancellor met survivors, including Abba Naor, an 85-year-old Jew whose…
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Fast Forward Tzipi Livni Vows Israel Will Make Dramatic Concessions for Peace
U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will result in dramatic Israeli decisions, the chief Israeli negotiator predicted on Tuesday. Tzipi Livni coupled her forecast with acknowledgement that at least one partner in Israel’s right-wing coalition opposed the goal set by the United States, which is brokering the talks, to create a Palestinian state…
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Fast Forward Turkey Accuses Israel of Being Behind Egypt Coup
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Tuesday of having a hand in the Egyptian military’s overthrow of president Mohamed Mursi, making comments likely to further undermine efforts to restore Ankara’s strained ties with Israel. Erdogan, who has become one of the fiercest critics of the Islamist leader’s removal last month, also said he…
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Fast Forward Growing Number of U.S. Lawmakers Call for Suspension of Aid to Egypt
A growing bipartisan chorus of U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday that the United States should suspend its $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to Egypt following a violent crackdown on protesters that has left nearly 800 dead. Senator John McCain, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he now supported suspending…
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Fast Forward Israel Remains Silent but Worried About Situation in Eygpt
Israel has looked on at upheaval in Egypt largely in silence, keen to avoid disrupting strategic security cooperation with a military it sees as critical to curbing attacks by Islamist militants in neighbouring Sinai, officials and analysts said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had aides instruct cabinet ministers to avoid public comment about Egypt, according to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Autonomous Zone on Russian-Chinese Border Evacuated
As many as 100,000 people may be evacuated from their homes near Russia’s border with China if the region’s biggest floods for 120 years get worse, Russian media reported on Saturday. The floods, caused by a month of unusually heavy rain, are not expected to start receding until early September, the head of Russia’s hydrometeorology…
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Fast Forward Broker Who Tangled With ‘Seinfeld’ Actress Faces Probe
A financial broker who was sued six years ago by “Seinfeld” actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is under investigation for lying on registration forms submitted to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, according to a regulatory disclosure. Bambi Holzer, a Beverly Hills, California-based broker known both for her frequent television appearances and the dozens of complaints against her…
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Fast Forward Amid Mideast Chaos, Peace Talks Could Open Door to Historic Israel Push for Allies
Israel’s top peace negotiator said on Friday newly resumed talks with the Palestinians also held a wider opportunity for Israel to seek alliances with Arab world moderates against militants in the Middle East. The U.S.-brokered talks were renewed last month after a three-year stand off, the latest session on Wednesday coming amid a row over…
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