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Fast Forward Debate Offers Opening to Romney With Jews
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the Monday foreign policy debate, should play to the Jewish TV audience like he was the star of a Borscht Belt revue. Romney has a tempting assortment of issues he can tap to frame President Barack Obama as a leader whose policies are perilous for Israel. He can use…
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Fast Forward Crucial Debate May Focus on Libya and Iran
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in front of the cameras for a third and final time on Monday near the end of a presidential campaign season marked by a high number of memorable debates. With 15 days to go until Americans vote on Nov. 6, the two candidates turn to…
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Fast Forward Lebanon Unrest Marks Worst Crisis in Years
The Beirut car bomb that killed a top Lebanese security official will probably prove to be the most destabilising attack in Lebanon since the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. What is less clear – and this is something that instils fear in a society still scarred by its 1975-90 civil war –…
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Fast Forward Bibi: I Know Nothing About Iran Talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he didn’t know about any U.S. plans to talk bilaterally with Iran, saying tougher sanctions and a “credible military option” were the best ways to peacefully halt Tehran’s nuclear programme. The White House had earlier denied a New York Times report that Washington and Tehran had agreed in…
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Fast Forward Middle East May Loom Large in Final Debate
When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off on Monday in their third and final debate, it will be the Republican challenger’s last best chance to recover from his botched “Libya moment” and exploit vulnerabilities in his opponent’s foreign policy record. But Romney has an uphill struggle to make his case against Obama, who…
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Fast Forward Fatah Suffers Setback in Palestinian Vote
Gains by rebels and a low turnout have dealt a blow to Fatah, the dominant party in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which had hoped to paper over internal squabbles and a lack of cash with a strong election showing. The long-delayed elections for control of 94 West Bank towns and villages took place on Saturday…
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Fast Forward George McGovern Dies at 90
Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, a liberal Democrat and fierce opponent of the Vietnam War whose 1972 presidential race against Richard Nixon led to one of the worst electoral defeats in U.S. history, died on Sunday at the age of 90, his family said. The McGovern family said he died Sunday morning at Dougherty Hospice…
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Fast Forward Israel Welcomes Report of Direct Talks With Iran
Israel’s vice prime minister said on Sunday he would welcome direct talks between the United States and Iran if they were aimed at halting what Israel sees as plans by the Islamic Republic to build a nuclear weapon. But Moshe Yaalon also said that he believed a denial by the White House of a New…
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