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Fast Forward Steven Spielberg’s ‘Obama’ Debuts at White House Roast
President Barack Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a star-filled event where journalists and celebrities mixed with the Washington elite. He capped the speech by playing a taped piece with Hollywood director Steven Spielberg who did a spoof claiming his new…
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Fast Forward Tamerlan Tsarnaev Caught on Wiretap Discussing Jihad Against Israel
The older suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings spoke to his mother about “jihad” in a 2011 phone call secretly recorded by Russian officials, CBS News reported on Saturday. U.S. authorities learned of the wiretapped discussion between Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two ethnic Chechen brothers suspected of carrying out the April 15 blasts in Boston,…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Credibility on Line Over Iran Threats
Israel risks a loss of credibility over both its “red line” for Iran’s nuclear programme and its threat of military action, and its room for unilateral manoeuvre is shrinking. After years of veiled warnings that Israel might strike the Islamic Republic, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out an ultimatum at the United Nations last September….
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Fast Forward Justice Stephen Breyer Has Shoulder Surgery After Bicycle Accident
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer had shoulder surgery Saturday to repair a broken bone after a fall from his bicycle, the top court said. Breyer, 74, injured his right shoulder in a fall from his bicycle on Friday afternoon near the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington. He was taken by ambulance to Georgetown University…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Jews Gather at Tunisia Synagogue
Africa’s oldest synagogue is playing host to that rarity in the Arab world – a religious gathering of hundreds of Jews drawn from Europe and Israel. Guarded by armed Tunisian police, Jewish revellers chant and dance in a three-day pilgrimage to the El Ghriba synagogue at an island resort 500 km south of Tunis. In…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Vows New Talks With Hamas for Palestinian Unity
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he would begin talks with rival factions including Islamist Hamas to form a unity government, a crucial step towards healing years of damaging internal divisions. But, underscoring the chasm between Abbas’s Fatah movement and Hamas, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Abbas had not consulted his group about…
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Fast Forward Penny Pritzker in Line for Commerce Job
President Barack Obama is close to choosing White House deputy national security adviser Mike Froman to be the next U.S. trade representative, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday. After a long vetting process, Chicago businesswoman and Obama fundraiser Penny Pritzker is still in line to be nominated as commerce secretary, the sources…
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Fast Forward Rare 1913 ‘Lost’ Nickel Sells for $3.17M
One of the rarest American coins has been sold at auction for $3.17 million after being thought of as a fake and stashed away in a closet in Virginia for decades. The 1913 Liberty Head Nickel, known as the “lost” nickel, was put up for auction by four siblings who inherited the heirloom, which was…
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