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Fast Forward Alan Gross, Jailed Jewish Contractor, Gets New Hope as Lawmakers Arrive in Cuba
A seven-member delegation of U.S. lawmakers arrived in Cuba on Monday in the latest effort to move forward political relations that have been at a standstill since U.S. government contractor Alan Gross was imprisoned there in 2009. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, who saw Gross and met with Cuban President Raul Castro and other high-ranking officials…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Thanks Pope Benedict for Improving Ties With Jews and Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked outgoing Pope Benedict on Monday for his efforts to shore up often troubled relations between the Roman Catholic Church and Jews, including with his 2009 visit to the Holy Land. That trip, in which the German-born Benedict paid respects at Israel’s main Holocaust memorial, was seen by many Jews…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Netanyahu Sees Cautionary Tale About Iran in North Korea Nuclear Test
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed on Monday to North Korea’s latest nuclear test as proof the world must keep up pressure on Iran to prevent it acquiring atomic weapons. In a speech to a gathering of international Jewish leaders, Netanyahu said sanctions alone could not stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb, and held out…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Prisoner X Suspected of Passing Mossad Spy Secrets to Australia
A suspected Mossad agent who died in an Israeli jail in 2010 was arrested by his spymasters who believed he may have told Australian intelligence about his work with the Israeli spy agency, Australian media reported on Monday. The Australian Broadcasting Corp said dual Australian-Israeli citizen Ben Zygier, 34, had met officers from Australia’s domestic…
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Fast Forward Egypt’s Gaza Tunnel Flooding Campaign Throws Many Out of Work
Egypt’s campaign to shut down smuggling tunnels running under its border into the Gaza Strip threatens to throw thousands of Palestinians out of work in the Hamas-run enclave. The network of tunnels has been a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 percent of all goods that reach the enclave and circumventing a…
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Fast Forward Liz Taylor’s Baubles Go on Display for Hollywood Oscars Week Display
Famed jeweler Bulgari said on Sunday it would put eight pieces of the late actress Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels on display at its Beverly Hills boutique, more than a year after the Hollywood star’s world-class collection fetched record prices at auction. The exhibition of pieces from that sale will include jewels Taylor obtained and wore during…
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Fast Forward Israel Parliament Plans Prisoner X Probe, Shrugging Off Netanyahu Plea for Quiet
Israeli lawmakers announced plans on Sunday to investigate the 2010 jailhouse death of a reported Australian immigrant recruit to the Mossad spy agency. The statement by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee followed calls by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting to dim a growing media spotlight on the affair he saw as…
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Fast Forward Next Pope Could Be African or Latino, Cardinal Who Deals With Jews Says
Cardinal Kurt Koch, a close aide of Pope Benedict who will cast his vote for the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, says there is no reason why the new pontiff cannot be African or Latin American. Koch, head of the Vatican department that deals with Christian unity and relations with Jews, also said…
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