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Fast Forward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wants Fresh Peace Talks With Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he hoped peace talks with Israel would restart this year although the chances of a resumption seemed slim. Abbas made his comments during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said Russia would do all it could to promote peace in the region. “We… hope…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Returns to Hotel — To Pay Bill
Pope Francis returned on Thursday to the Church-run residence where he was staying before becoming pontiff, and insisted on paying the bill, despite now effectively being in charge of the business, the Vatican said. The morning after his election, Francis asked a driver to take him to the clerics’ hotel, the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI,…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Plans To Launch Charm Offensive Aimed at Israeli Public
After nearly four years of often testy relations with Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama is about to try a different tack – going over the head of Israel’s prime minister and appealing directly to the Israeli people. Obama’s first presidential visit to Israel next week, while certainly including meetings with Netanyahu, will focus heavily on…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Clinches 68-Seat Israel Coalition Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched deals for a coalition government on Thursday reflecting a shift to the centre in Israel and a domestic agenda that has shunted peacemaking with Palestinians to the sidelines. In control of 68 of parliament’s 120 seats, the right-wing leader’s new administration is expected to take office next week, just days…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis I Wins Praise From Jewish Leader
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder congratulated Cardinal Jorge María Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, on his election as Pope Francis I on Wednesday. “Pope Francis I is no stranger to us. In recent years he attended many inter-faith events co-organized by the WJC and our regional affiliate, the Latin American Jewish Congress,” he…
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Fast Forward The Pope Who Rides the Bus
The first Latin American pope, Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio is a moderate known for his strong negotiating skills as well as a readiness to challenge powerful interests. He is a modest man from a middle class family who is content to travel by bus. Described by his biographer as a balancing force, Bergoglio, 76, has monk-like…
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Fast Forward Newly Minted Pope Francis I Asks Crowd to ‘Pray for Me’
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years, and said he would take the name Francis I. Pope Francis, 76, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica just over…
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Fast Forward Actor Ed Asner Rushed to Hospital
Veteran actor Ed Asner was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday night while performing in a one-man show in Gary, Indiana and was being treated for exhaustion, his publicist said on Wednesday. Asner, 83, “had to be taken off stage due to exhaustion and is resting comfortably at a Chicago-area hospital,” Charles Sherman told Reuters….
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