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Fast Forward Embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Faces Bipartisan Recall Push
San Diego’s embattled mayor, facing sexual harassment allegations from a string of women, was dealt a setback on Friday when a liberal Democrat and a Republican businessman joined forces in a campaign to force a recall election. Bob Filner, the 70-year-old Democratic mayor of California’s second-largest city, has faced mounting pressure to resign over a…
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Fast Forward Ellen DeGeneres Replaces Seth MacFarlane at Oscars — After Anti-Semitism Debacle
LOS ANGELES – Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen to host the annual Oscars telecast in March, after last year’s host and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane got into hot water over jokes about Jews in Hollywood and provocative dance routines. This would be her second stint as master of ceremonies for the Oscars. DeGeneres,…
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Fast Forward Leo Leiderman Withdraws From Bank of Israel Race
In a major embarrassment for Israel, Leo Leiderman announced on Friday he was withdrawing his candidacy to become the next governor of the Bank of Israel, the second nominee to pull out within less than a week. Leiderman, chief economist at Bank Hapoalim, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he did not want the glare…
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Fast Forward Iran Leader’s ‘Wound’ Remark Shows Threat to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu Insists
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani had shown his true face after he was quoted as saying Israel was a “wound” that must be removed. Netanyahu said Rouhani, due to take office on Sunday, was no less anti-Israel than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and said the world must not…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Calls Netanyahu and Abbas To Push Talks
President Barack Obama spoke separately by phone on Thursday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said, as the United States seeks to keep up the momentum for peace negotiations. The calls came days after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators broke a three-year lull in talks and met in…
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Fast Forward Could Jack Hidary Win From Mayor Race Chaos?
In a New York City mayoral race marked by scandal and the clear absence of a front runner, wealthy tech entrepreneur Jack Hidary sees an opening for another candidate – one with a sweeping vision for the city’s future. “The message across the board is, thank God someone else is in the race,” Hidary said…
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Fast Forward Was Polish Catholic Priest Wojciech Lemanski Fired Over Ties to Jews?
When the outspoken Polish priest Wojciech Lemanski returned with his parishioners to his church near Warsaw after holding a prayer vigil at the Treblinka Nazi death camp in early July, a dismissal notice awaited him. The Warsaw diocese of the Roman Catholic Church sacked Lemanski as parish priest in the small village of Jasienica for…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Bomb Suspect Jetted In From Lebanon
A man suspected of organising a bus bombing in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas last year flew to Lebanon two days before the attack that killed five Israelis and their driver, Polish news website tvn24.pl reported. Bulgaria said last month it believed the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah was behind the July 18, 2012,…
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