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Fast Forward Connecticut Town Rocked by School Shooting
The peace and security of the suburban Connecticut community of Newtown lay shattered on Friday after a gunman attacked a primary school in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. Tearful parents and children gathered around Sandy Hook Elementary School by midday on Friday, surrounded by police vehicles, as young and old alike…
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Fast Forward Kevin Youkilis Officially Joins Yankees
Former Red Sox rival Kevin Youkilis officially joined the New York Yankees on Friday when he signed a one-year contract to fill a void left by the absence of Alex Rodriguez, the American League team said. The three-time All-Star, 33, will serve as the starting third baseman with slugger Rodriguez expected to be sidelined until…
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Fast Forward As Many as 27 Dead in Connecticut School Shooting
A heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children, in the latest in a series of shooting rampages across the United States this year, U.S. media reported. The gunman was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance told…
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Fast Forward Confident Hamas Stages Rallies in West Bank
Supporters of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took to the streets of Hebron on Friday for the first time in five years, in a sign of improving relations with their secular Fatah rivals. Fatah and Hamas have been at loggerheads since the latter pulled off a surprise win in 2006 parliamentary polls. A brief civil…
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Fast Forward Avigdor Lieberman Quits Amid Corruption Charge
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned on Friday after being charged with fraud and breach of trust, a move that could impact on January’s election which his party, merged with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, was tipped to win. Israel’s Justice Ministry said on Thursday it would charge Lieberman over alleged irregularities tied to the…
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Fast Forward Despite Bluster, Hamas Cowed by Gaza Defeat
Israel’s offensive on Gaza has deterred Hamas from new hostilities despite its claims of victory and the front is now at its quietest in 20 years, a senior Israeli military officer said. Vastly lopsided shelling exchanges over eight days killed 170 Palestinians and 6 Israelis before the Nov. 21 truce brokered by Egypt. The Islamist…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Beat Reuters Photographers
Israeli soldiers punched two Reuters cameramen and forced them to strip in the street, before letting off a tear gas canister in front of them, leaving one of them needing hospital treatment. Israel’s military said on Thursday it took the allegations seriously, but offered no explanation for the assault that occurred on Wednesday evening in…
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Fast Forward Carole King Wins Gershwin Pop Prize
American singer-songwriter Carole King will be awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the U.S. national library said on Thursday. The multiple Grammy Award winner co-wrote her first No. 1 hit at age 17 with then-husband Gerry Goffin and was the first female solo artist to sell more than 10 million copies…
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