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Fast Forward Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Oscar Winner, Dies at 85
Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of “Heat and Dust” and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York City, a spokesman for Hollywood agency Paradigm told Reuters. The spokesman did not give the…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Causes Ruckus in $328M Suit Over Macau Casino
Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson said on Thursday a Hong Kong businessman claiming in a lawsuit that he is owed $328 million didn’t help the gaming company get permission from the Macau government to operate a casino there. Richard Suen alleges the Las Vegas company stiffed him on an agreed upon “success…
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Fast Forward Jon Corzine Slammed in Report on Collapse of MF Global
The “negligent conduct” of Jon Corzine and other officers of the MF Global Holdings Ltd brokerage contributed to the firm’s dramatic collapse in 2011, according to a report by the bankruptcy trustee. The report by former FBI director Louis Freeh said the failure of MF Global’s officers contributed to losses of as much as $2.1…
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Fast Forward Will Boxer Jack Johnson Win Pardon for Jim Crow Era Crime?
Civil rights activists in Texas are seeking a pardon from President Barack Obama for the late boxer Jack Johnson, an African-American convicted a century ago for the crime of taking a woman across state lines. “Here in 2013, this man shouldn’t still be carrying the stigma of being convicted,” said Leon Phillips of the Galveston…
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Fast Forward Thousands Mourn 2 Palestinian Teens Killed by Israeli Troops on West Bank
Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire in some of the worst violence in the occupied West Bank in years. The upsurge in unrest was triggered on Tuesday by the death of Maysara Abu Hamdeya, a 64-year-old prisoner serving a life…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Troops as West Bank Boils
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian youth in the West Bank, a Palestinian medic said, as confrontations went into a third day after the death of a prisoner held by Israel provoked street clashes and rocket fire. Medical staff said troops brought the body of 17-year-old Amer Nassar from the village of Anabta to a…
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Fast Forward Henrique Capriles Blasts Hugo Chavez Protege as ‘Skin-Deep Socialist’ in Venezuela
Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate tore into government leaders on Wednesday as false revolutionaries lining their pockets while professing faith to the late Hugo Chavez’s radical socialism. Trailing in opinion polls ahead of the April 14 vote, Henrique Capriles is attacking acting President Nicolas Maduro and other senior officials as a corrupt and incompetent coterie unable…
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Fast Forward Flare-Up in Gaza Fighting Jangles Nerves in Israel
Israel pressed Hamas on Wednesday to rein in rocket-firing militants in the Gaza Strip after the most serious outbreak of cross-border hostilities since the ceasefire that ended an eight-day war in November. The flare-up, sparked by anger in Gaza over Tuesday’s death from cancer of a Palestinian prisoner held by Israel, included the first Israeli…
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