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Fast Forward Stars Mourn Debbie Reynolds — ’She Died of a Broken Heart’
Debbie Reynolds, a leading lady in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, including “Singin’ in the Rain,” died on Wednesday, at the age of 84, just one day after the death of her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher. Following are some notable reactions to her death: TODD FISHER, SON OF DEBBIE REYNOLDS AND…
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Fast Forward Palestinian President: Peace With Israel Still Achievable
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas responded to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Middle East speech in Washington on Wednesday by saying he was convinced peace with Israel was achievable, but continuing to demand that Israel halt settlement building before talks restarted. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat read out a statement saying Abbas had “reiterated his…
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Fast Forward Israel Attorney General Orders Criminal Probe of Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s attorney-general has ordered police to open a criminal investigation in two unspecified matters involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Channel 10 television said on Wednesday. When asked, a Justice Ministry spokeswoman declined to respond to the report. Netanyahu has in the past denied wrongdoing in the purchase of submarines from Germany, where media have…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Slams John Kerry Speech as ‘Skewed Against Israel’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Middle East speech on Wednesday was biased against Israel. In a statement in English issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu said: “Like the Security Council resolution that Secretary Kerry advanced in the U.N., his speech tonight was skewed against Israel.” The Israeli leader…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Makes Impassioned Plea To Keep Two-State Solution Alive
Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Wednesday that Israel’s building of settlements in occupied territory was endangering Middle East peace, expressing unusually frank frustration with the longtime American ally. In a swiftly issued statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Kerry of showing bias. He said Israel did not need to be lectured to…
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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt Pick Is Made Official by Trump
Republican President-elect Donald Trump has turned to his long-time company’s top lawyer to serve as a special negotiator for trade deals and other talks, Trump’s team said in a statement on Tuesday. Jason Greenblatt, chief legal officer for The Trump Organization who served as Trump’s adviser to the Middle East, will work as Trump’s special…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Tweets UN ‘So Sad!’
Donald Trump on Monday chided the United Nations as “sad,” just days after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements despite pressure by the U.S. president-elect for a veto by Washington. “The United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to…
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Fast Forward Vera Rubin, Trailblazing Astronomer Who Was Overlooked for Nobel, Dies at 88
Vera Rubin, a U.S. astronomer who pioneered work on invisible dark matter in the universe and who some colleagues felt was overlooked for a Nobel Prize, has died at 88, her son said on Monday. Rubin died on Sunday at an assisted living facility in Princeton, New Jersey, and had suffered from dementia for several…
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