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Fast Forward Henrique Capriles, Venezuelan Leader With Jewish Roots, Slams Foe for Nazi Jibe
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles expressed outrage on Monday at the description of his supporters as “heirs of Hitler” by election rival and acting President Nicolas Maduro. The buildup to the South American OPEC nation’s April 14 vote has been characterized by highly personalized attacks between both candidates hoping to replace the late Hugo Chavez….
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Fast Forward Damage at 2,000-Year-Old Syrian Synaogogue Not as Bad as Reported
Theft and shelling have damaged a 2,000 year-old synagogue in Damascus, one of the oldest in the world, Syrian government and opposition activist sources said on Monday. Syria’s historic monuments have increasingly become a casualty of the civil war has killed more than 70,000 people. Parts of Aleppo’s medieval stone-vaulted souk have been reduced to…
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Fast Forward Hamas Pushes Segregation by Gender in Gaza Schools
New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip will bar men from teaching at girls’ schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age of nine. The law, published on Monday, would go into effect next school year and applies throughout the coastal enclave, including…
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Fast Forward White Supremacists Eyed in Texas Prosecutor Slay
Authorities have launched a massive investigation into the weekend killings of a Texas district attorney and his wife, which occurred months after an assistant prosecutor was shot dead in the same county. Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were discovered with fatal gunshot wounds at their home near Forney, Texas, on…
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Fast Forward Tough To Prove Hedge Fund Titan Michael Steinberg Broke Insider Trading Law
To win a guilty verdict against one of hedge fund titan Steven A Cohen’s most senior portfolio managers, U.S. prosecutors face a tough task: convincing a jury that a man who already admitted to breaking the law is telling the truth on the witness stand. On Friday, U.S. authorities arrested and charged Michael Steinberg, a…
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Fast Forward ‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’ Quizzed Over Dissent From Mohammed Morsi Islamist Regime
Egyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt’s most prominent television satirist on Sunday over allegations he insulted the president and Islam, a case that has increased opposition fears of a crackdown on dissent. Bassem Youssef rose to fame after the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011, with a satirical online show. His programme, that has…
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Fast Forward Natural Gas Starts Flowing From New Israel Tamar Field off Mediterranean Coast
Natural gas from the Tamar field off Israel’s Mediterranean shores began flowing on Saturday, the partners in the field said. Israel, once energy poor, is expected to become a gas exporter by the end of the decade, with the Tamar field holding enough reserves to meet the country’s gas needs for decades. The discovery in…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Stage Protests To Mark ‘Land Day’
Palestinians protested in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Saturday and a few were lightly hurt in clashes with Israeli soldiers on the 37th anniversary of a landmark event for Israel’s Arab minority. The Palestinians and Israeli Arabs each commemorated the killing of six Arab citizens of the Jewish state by Israeli security…
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