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Fast Forward Why Didn’t Pope Benedict Tweet Resignation News?
It could have been the tweet of the century. But Pope Benedict decided not to announce his resignation on Twitter, which he joined last year in a foray into social media that has reaped uncertain spiritual returns and could be curtailed by his successor. Obviously keen to avoid any leak of his resignation – which…
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Fast Forward Israel Treats 5 Syrians Wounded in Civil War
Israeli soldiers treated five Syrians who had been wounded in fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels near Israel’s security fence on the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said on Saturday. The victims were taken to a hospital in Israel. The military did not say if they were combatants or civilians, or in what circumstances…
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Fast Forward Egypt Seizes Two Tons of Explosives Bound for Sinai
Egypt seized two tons of explosives hidden in a truck carrying a shipment of fruits and vegetables bound for Sinai on Friday, security sources said. The country’s security forces are trying to reassert control over the Sinai, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip and has descended into lawlessness since the revolt that overthrew President…
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Fast Forward Was Prisoner X Part of Botched Israeli Assassination of Hamas Man in Dubai?
The suspected Israeli double agent dubbed Prisoner X is not the same man as a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai , a forensic report commissioned by Reuters has determined. Israel has released few details on the case of Melbourne-born Ben Zygier, reported to have been a Mossad recruit found dead…
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Fast Forward Photo Analysis Casts Doubt On Australian’s Reported Hit Squad Link
A forensic report commissioned by Reuters said on Friday that a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai and a deceased Australian immigrant, reported to have been an Israeli spy, were not the same man. Israel has released few details on the case of Melbourne-born Ben Zygier, reported to have been a…
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Fast Forward Picture of Two Dead Gaza Children Wins World Press Photo Prize
A photograph of two dead children (click here to see image), who were killed in an Israeli missile strike on Gaza City, won the top World Press Photo prize on Friday for Swedish photographer Paul Hansen of newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The photograph shows a group of men bearing the bodies of two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Signs Deal for ‘Dot Complicated’ Memoir
Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is writing a memoir about her years at the social network website where she was once director of marketing, publisher HarperCollins said on Thursday. Zuckerberg, 30, signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins that will include her memoir “Dot Complicated,” and a children’s picture book, scheduled to be…
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Fast Forward Frank Lautenberg Won’t Seek Reelection
Senator Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey Democrat who at 89 is the U.S. Senate’s oldest member, said on Thursday he will not seek re-election next year. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a fellow Democrat, is seen as a front-runner to replace Lautenberg, a self-made multimillionaire businessman who became a leading liberal voice in the Senate. In…
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