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Fast Forward Vatican Hails U.N Vote, Wants Special Status for Jerusalem
The Vatican hailed the United Nations’ implicit recognition of a Palestinian state on Thursday and called for an internationally guaranteed special status for Jerusalem, something bound to irritate Israel. The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution to upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s observer status at the United Nations from “entity” to “non-member state,” the…
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Fast Forward Hamas: Gaza and U.N. Recognition Go Together
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state won by his rival Mahmoud Abbas should be seen alongside Gaza’s latest conflict with Israel as a single, bold strategy that could empower all Palestinians. Meshaal said the short war which claimed 162 Palestinian lives and five Israelis was concluded on…
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Fast Forward Hackers Claim To Have ‘Confidential’ IAEA Information
Anti-Israel hackers, who the U.N. nuclear agency this week said had posted data online stolen from one of its servers, claimed in a new statement they had published confidential material obtained from the watchdog. The statement – in the name of a group with an Iranian-sounding name – was put on a website hours after…
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Fast Forward Next Stop for Palestinians Could Be Global Courts
The U.N. General Assembly’s overwhelming vote to recognize Palestine as a non-member state offers little prospect for greater clout in world politics but it could make a difference in the international courts. The formal recognition of statehood, even without full U.N. membership, could be enough for the Palestinians to achieve membership at the Hague-based International…
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News Strauss-Kahn Will Settle With Sex-Charge Maid
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle the civil lawsuit brought by the hotel maid who accused him of sexually assaulting her last year, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo will appear before a judge in New York next…
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Fast Forward Blasting Statehood Bid, U.S. Calls for Peace Talks
The United States called on the Palestinians and Israelis on Thursday to resume peace talks after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution that implicitly recognized a Palestinian state. “The United States calls upon both the parties to resume direct talks, without preconditions, on all the issues that divide them and we pledge that…
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Fast Forward Fired Penn State ‘Cover Up’ President Gets $2.4M
Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier, who was accused of covering up the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal and fired a year ago, will be paid more than $2.4 million in severance and compensation, the university said on Thursday. Spanier, 64, who served as Penn State president for 16 years, has pleaded not guilty…
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Fast Forward Bibi Slams ‘Meaningless’ Statehood Bid
A U.N. General Assembly vote on Thursday recognising a Palestinian state will do nothing to make it a reality, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Israel had fiercely opposed the Palestinian bid to become a “non-member state” at the United Nations, but had been unable to prevent wide international support for the initiative, notably among…
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