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Fast Forward Netanyahu Gets 14 More Days To Form New Israeli Government
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an additional 14 days to try to form a new government after he was unable to complete the task during an initial 28-day period. Talks with potential partners have been deadlocked since elections on Jan. 22 and if he is unable to form a…
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Fast Forward Kerry Calls Turkish PM’s Zionism Comments ‘Objectionable’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday criticised a comment by Turkey’s prime minister likening Zionism to crimes against humanity in a disagreement that cast a shadow over talks between the NATO allies. Kerry, on his first trip to a Muslim nation since taking office, met Turkish leaders for talks meant to focus on…
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Fast Forward Hagel To Meet Israeli Defense Minister Barak at Pentagon
New U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, whom Republican critics have sought to portray as anti-Israel, will meet Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Pentagon on Tuesday for his first face-to-face visit with a foreign counterpart. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the talks between the U.S. and Israeli defense chiefs would…
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Fast Forward Sentencing Postponed For California Boy Who Killed Neo-Nazi Dad
A judge on Friday delayed sentencing of a California boy convicted of murdering his neo-Nazi father, granting a defense request for a hearing at which more evidence will be presented about the mental state of the boy, who was 10 at the time. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard set a contested dispositional hearing…
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The Schmooze Actress Bonnie Franklin Dies at 69
Actress Bonnie Franklin, best known as a single working mother in the hit CBS comedy “One Day at a Time” in an era when U.S. television was redefining families in pop culture, died March 1 at age 69. She died at her Los Angeles home of complications from pancreatic cancer, surrounded by relatives and friends,…
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Fast Forward Three Gazans Wounded by Israeli Gunfire
Israeli soldiers shot and wounded three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday as a number of violent incidents erupted along the border with Israel, Palestinian medics and an Israeli military source said. The new bout of violence came three days after Palestinian militants launched a rocket from Gaza into southern Israel for the first…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Road Cuts Village, Drives Arab Discontent
The mechanical diggers start work soon after dawn, cutting through a leafy village on the outskirts of Jerusalem to build a six-lane highway that has become the latest focal point of Arab-Israeli discontent. The road leads directly to Jewish settlements, built on occupied land around the foothills of Bethlehem. When finished, it will allow the…
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Fast Forward California Boy Who Killed Neo-Nazi Dad at Age 10 To Hear Fate
A California boy found guilty of murdering his neo-Nazi father at age 10 is expected to learn on Friday whether he will spend the rest of his youth in a juvenile jail or be allowed to be incarcerated in a private facility or group home. Joseph Hall, 12, was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting…
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