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Fast Forward Even LeBron James Is State Secret at Gitmo
U.S. security restrictions governing the statements of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 plot are so stringent that one defendant’s assessment of basketball star LeBron James was treated as a top national secret for two months, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Yemeni defendant Ramzi Binalshibh, who is accused of helping the Sept. 11…
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Fast Forward Jordan Holds Vote on Day After Israel
Jordan’s electoral commission set Jan. 23 as the date for early parliamentary elections on Tuesday after King Abdullah dissolved parliament halfway through its term, reacting to pressure to accelerate political reforms. But Jordan’s only effective political opposition, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), which is the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, have already said they…
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Fast Forward Sweden Complains Over ‘False’ Iran Sanctions Report
Sweden has complained to Israel over a newspaper report which said the Nordic state had tried to block EU sanctions against Iran to protect powerhouse telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The report on Sunday, in daily Haaretz, quoted an Israeli Foreign Ministry official as saying Sweden wanted to prevent a…
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Fast Forward Arab Dictators’ $1B Secret Stash
Switzerland has blocked nearly one billion Swiss francs ($1.07 billion) in stolen assets linked to dictators in four countries at the centre of the Arab spring – Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia – the Swiss foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Swiss authorities are cooperating with judicial authorities in Tunisia and Egypt to speed restoration of…
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Fast Forward Despite Ryan’s Heritage, Ireland Sticks With Obama
In the land of his ancestors, Paul Ryan’s Irish charm is failing him. Despite his name, Roman Catholic faith and immigrant-made-good family history, the Irish half of the Republican ticket is failing to win the allegiance of the old country from Barack Obama, a skilled hand at playing the Irish card. Obama struck public relations…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Praises Europe for Iran Sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the European Union on Tuesday for ramping up sanctions against Iran, saying such measures were having a strong impact on the Iranian economy. “I want to commend the EU for the tough sanctions that were adopted yesterday against the greatest threat to peace in our time,” Netanyahu said in…
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Fast Forward George Soros Calls on Germany To Save Euro
The European Union could be destroyed by the “nightmare” euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George Soros said on Monday. Soros, who made his mark as an investor on a big bet against the British pound in 1992, said the other alternative is for…
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Fast Forward Alvin Roth Transformed Kidney Donation System
For Alvin Roth, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel prize for economics, studying the economy is about finding real-life solutions for real-life questions and never more so than in a revolutionary new system to match kidney donors with patients. Roth and fellow laureate, the mathematician, Lloyd Shapley, have seen their groundbreaking work used in such…
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