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Fast Forward Bloomberg Wants Action as Pro-Gun Lawmakers Waver
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined loved ones of victims of shootings from Colorado to Virginia to blast lawmakers on Monday for being too cowed by the firearms lobby to pass gun control laws that could save lives. At a City Hall press conference, Bloomberg described Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school as…
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Fast Forward U.N. Sees Risk of Escalation in Golan
A U.S. and Russian-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution to extend a peacekeeping mission in a demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel warns that tensions between the neighbors could escalate as Syria’s civil war spills into the area. The draft resolution, which is due to be adopted by the 15-member council on Wednesday, expresses concern at…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves 1,500 More Settlement Homes in East Jerusalem
Israel approved plans to build 1,500 more Jewish settler homes in east Jerusalem on Monday, an official said, days after provoking international protests against a project for another 3,000 such homes on land it captured in the 1967 Six-Day War. Washington had condemned the latest plans, for ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood Ramat Shlomo, when they were published…
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Fast Forward Schools in Towns Near Newtown in Lockdown
Schools in two Connecticut towns were in lockdown on Monday, the first day children returned to class since Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. All schools in Ridgefield, Connecticut, were in lockdown because of a suspicious person who might be armed, police said. In nearby Redding, schools were locked down as a…
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Fast Forward Pope Benedict Hopes Statehood Will Spur Peace
Pope Benedict told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday the Vatican hoped the recent de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations would spur the international community to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Abbas, who is on a tour of Europe to thank countries that supported the Nov. 29 resolution by…
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Fast Forward Jewish Boy’s Funeral Is First After Newtown Rampage
A Jewish boy will be one of the first victims laid to rest after the shocking killing spree in Newtown, Conn. Noah Pozner, who at 6 was the youngest of the 20 children slain, will be remembered at a serivice Monday afternoon. A funeral for Jack Pinto, another victim, will also be held. Noah was…
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Fast Forward Obama Mourns With Families at Connecticut Vigil
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday demanded changes in the way the country dealt with gun violence, though he avoided the use of the word “gun” itself in consoling the Connecticut town shattered by the massacre of 20 young schoolchildren. Obama said the world would judge the nation by the way it cared for its…
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Fast Forward Obama Consoles Victims as Rampage Details Emerge
The gunman who slaughtered 20 young children in Connecticut stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School armed with hundreds of bullets for a military-style assault rifle and handguns, and shot himself when police closed in, officials said on Sunday. A more detailed picture of Adam Lanza’s stunning attack on the school in Newtown emerged as worshippers filled…
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