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Fast Forward Obama Budget Dramatically Shifts Food Aid Policy for First Time in Decades
Preident Obama has asked for $47.8 billion for the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development, a six percent decrease from 2012 levels, because of the lower requests for Iraq and Afghanistan. The budget proposes the most sweeping change in U.S. food aid in decades, with a plan intended to feed more people…
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News Anthony Weiner, Sext-Happy Lawmaker, Considers Comeback New York Mayor Bid
Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned after tweeting lewd pictures of himself, is considering a run for New York City mayor, in what many see as wide open race for one of the highest-profile offices in the United States. In a lengthy interview with The New York Times magazine, posted online on Wednesday, Weiner…
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Fast Forward Germans Bust Neo-Nazi Gang That Used Codes
erman authorities said on Wednesday they had uncovered a network of far-right activists in prisons communicating by secret code. Among the names on the network’s address list was that of a woman who goes on trial next week accused of a series of racially motivated murders. Wednesday’s revelations are embarrassing for Germany, which has been…
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Fast Forward Henrique Capriles, Venezuelan With Jewish Roots, Must Make Up Ground in Vote
After beating Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles in last year’s presidential election, Hugo Chavez telephoned him and courteously quipped: “You made me get out and work hard!” Now in his second campaign for the OPEC nation’s top job, the tireless Capriles has again pushed himself to the limit to ensure his new rival and election…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Political Risks With Plan for Western Wall
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to consider liberalising access to Judaism’s Western Wall, officials said on Wednesday, citing concern that police-enforced Orthodox controls on women worshippers alienate Jews abroad. A compromise proposed by a Netanyahu envoy would expand the Jerusalem prayer site’s plaza, where worshippers are segregated by sex in accordance with Orthodox ritual…
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Food Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass Faces Furlough
Assistant White House chef Sam Kass, who cooks weekly for President Barack Obama and helps run a program to battle childhood obesity, said on Tuesday he will be furloughed because of federal budget cuts. Kass mentioned the furlough while talking to reporters about Let’s Move, a childhood obesity initiative of first lady Michelle Obama. The…
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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Won’t Quit Over Plagiarism
Gilles Bernheim, the chief rabbi of France, refused to quit on Tuesday despite admitting to several counts of plagiarism and deception about his academic credentials. The revelations have shocked France’s 600,000-strong Jewish community and Bernheim has come under pressure to quit, but he said resigning would be a “desertion” as he came clean on one…
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Fast Forward Leonard Lauder Donates $1B Collection of Cubist Art to Metropolitan
Cosmetics heir and art collector Leonard A. Lauder donated his collection of 78 Cubist works valued at more than a $1 billion to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Arts, its director said on Tuesday. The collection, which consists of 33 works by Picasso, 17 by Braque, 14 by Gris and 14 by Leger, was amassed…
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