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Fast Forward NYPD Sued Over Spying on Innocent Muslims
Civil rights attorneys on Monday asked a federal court in Manhattan to order the New York Police Department to halt its surveillance of Muslims not suspected of unlawful activity. Police surveillance of New York Muslims at restaurants, bookstores and mosques has been “widespread and intense,” the attorneys wrote in their motion. They sought an injunction…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: I’d Go Ape for Space Trip
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran’s fledgling space programme, Iranian media reported. Iran declared last week that it had successfully launched a monkey into space and retrieved it alive, which officials hailed as a major step towards their goal of sending humans…
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Fast Forward Fitting Epitaph? Ed Koch Movie Opens as Ex-Mayor’s Death Steals Spotlight
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch once joked that days on which his name did not appear in the newspaper were days without news. And so it seemed fitting that Koch’s death on Friday at age 88 came on the very day that “Koch,” a documentary that traces his three terms as mayor from 1978…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Urges Netanyahu and Abbas To Work for Peace
Secretary of State John Kerry stressed his commitment to promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace on Sunday in telephone calls to the leaders of both sides, the State Department said. In separate conversations, Kerry, who took over as the top U.S. diplomat from Hillary Clinton on Friday, spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to Palestinian President…
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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Wins Backing After Rocky Senate Confirmation Hearing
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the top Senate Democrat and the top U.S. military officer rallied behind Chuck Hagel on Sunday after President Barack Obama’s choice for Pentagon chief endured a rocky confirmation hearing, with Panetta faulting critics for wielding their “political knives.” “This was eight hours,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, referring to Thursday’s…
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Fast Forward Iran Threat Is Paramount For New Israeli Government, Says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday took on the job of forming a new government and said its most important task would be to ensure that Iran does not gain nuclear arms. President Shimon Peres formally called on Netanyahu to assemble a new coalition following the Jan. 22 general election in which Netanyahu’s rightist…
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Fast Forward Bibi Formally Asked To Form Israel Government
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday formally asked incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new governing coalition following the Jan. 22 general election. Netanyahu will initially have 28 days to form a coalition. His rightist Likud-Beitenu party took a battering at the ballot box and won 31 seats, 11 fewer than it had…
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Fast Forward Biden Raises Possibility of Direct U.S.-Iran Talks
The United States is ready to hold direct talks with Iran if it is serious about negotiations, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday, backing bilateral contacts that many see as crucial to easing an international dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Biden said Iran – which says it…
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