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Fast Forward Little Hope of Recovery for Ariel Sharon Despite Hopeful Signs From Israeli Leader
The state-of-the-art brain scans that allowed doctors to look inside the head of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon show how advances in neuroscience are forcing a rethink of what it means to be in a long-term coma. Neurologists who performed the tests said they hinted that Sharon, who has been in a coma since…
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Fast Forward Israeli Finance Minister Expects Defense Cuts
Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, fresh from a record-setting sale of Israeli bonds to investors in Florida, said on Monday that balancing the government budget will require “moderate but still significant” cuts to the defense sector. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Steinitz, a leading member of the weakened Likud party of hawkish Prime Minister…
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Fast Forward Rupert Murdoch Says Sorry for Netanyahu Cartoon
Rupert Murdoch apologised on Monday for a “grotesque” cartoon in his London-based Sunday Times newspaper depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a bloody wall trapping the bodies of Palestinians, after complaints from Jewish groups. The image, which shows Netanyahu holding a trowel dripping blood, was published on Holocaust Memorial Day and carried the caption…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Calls To Congratulate Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel Vote Win
President Barack Obama on Monday congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his party’s victory in last week’s Israeli elections and pledged to work closely with the country’s new government on Middle East peace, the White House said. “The president indicated that the United States looks forward to working with the next government,” the White…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Slam New Argentina Bombing Panel
World Jewish groups denounced plans by Argentina and Iran to form a truth commission to investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that Argentine courts say was sponsored by Iran. The commission, announced during the weekend, was seen as a minor diplomatic victory for Iran as it fights a U.S.-led…
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Fast Forward Israel Orders Review of Controversial Birth Control Program for Ethiopian Women
Israel’s Health Ministry has ordered doctors to review how they prescribe a birth control drug, after accusations it was being used to control the population of Ethiopian immigrants. Suspicions that Ethiopian women had been coerced into receiving Depo-Provera arose in Israeli media a few years ago and most recently in a TV documentary linking the…
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Fast Forward Iran Sends Monkey to Space, Spurring New Fears
Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile delivery systems that are alarming to the West given Tehran’s parallel advances in nuclear technology. The defence ministry announced the launch as world powers sought to agree a date and venue with Iran for resuming talks to resolve…
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Fast Forward Mali Islamists Torch 20,000 Timbuktu Books
Islamist fighters fleeing Mali’s ancient Saharan city of Timbuktu as French and Malian troops closed in set fire to a South African-funded library there containing thousands of priceless manuscripts, the city’s mayor said on Monday. “The rebels sit fire to the newly-constructed Ahmed Baba Institute built by the South Africans … this happened four days…
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