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Fast Forward George Soros Pledges $1M to Pro-Obama Group
Billionaire financier George Soros has committed $1 million to the “Super PAC” group that is helping fund President Barack Obama’s re-election bid, a person familiar with the pledge said on Thursday. The move by Soros could trigger more big checks from liberal donors who have previously avoided giving to Super PACs due to their concern…
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News Seven Years Later, Rookie Gets Second Chance
A Chicago Cubs rookie who was hit in the head by a pitch seven years ago and never played another Major League Baseball game will receive a second chance. Adam Greenberg will sign a one-day contract with the Miami Marlins and be guaranteed one at-bat in Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets, Marlins president…
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News Netanyahu Calls for ‘Clear Red Line’ on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his “red line” for Iran’s nuclear program on Thursday – the point at which Iran has amassed nearly enough highly enriched uranium for a single atomic bomb – and voiced confidence that the United States shares his view. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu appeared to pull back from…
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Fast Forward Abbas Tells U.N. To Give Palestinians Statehood
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he would seek to have the Palestinians’ U.N. status upgraded to a sovereign country and cautioned that Israeli settlement expansion meant time was running out for a two-state solution. “Despite all the complexities of the prevailing reality and all the frustrations that abound, we say before the international…
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Fast Forward Peres Offers Jewish History Lesson to Iran
Israeli President Shimon Peres offered his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a history lesson on Thursday, saying his lack of knowledge about the region was an embarrassment. The outspoken Iranian leader raised hackles in Israel on Monday when he said Israelis had been occupying their territory for no more than 70 years. “They have no roots…
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Fast Forward Spanish Magazine Prints Anti-Islam Cartoon
Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad on its cover, soon after violent protests rocked the Muslim world over a U.S. film and French caricatures deemed insulting to Islam. El Jueves’ latest edition, which hit Spanish newsstands on Wednesday, shows several Muslims in a police lineup under the…
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Fast Forward Bibi Plans To Detail ‘Red Line’ at U.N.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will set out a “clear red line” for Iran’s disputed nuclear drive in his U.N. speech on Thursday, an Israeli official said, adding that the plan could be pursued together with the United States. Netanyahu faces the world body a day after U.S. President Barack Obama disappointed some Israelis by…
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News Iran Pushes Ahead With Nuclear Reactor
Iran appears to be making headway in building a research reactor that could yield potential nuclear weapon material, adding to Western concerns about Tehran’s atomic aims, experts and diplomats say. The West’s worries about Iran are focused largely on underground uranium enrichment plants at Natanz and Fordow, but it is also pressing ahead with construction…
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