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Fast Forward Brooklyn Jews Gunned Down by Same Killer
New York police released a security video of a potential suspect in the killings of three Brooklyn shopkeepers, two of whom were Jews. The video depicts a ‘person of interest’ in the murders, which investigators believe were carried out with the same .22-caliber weapon. Police have dubbed the man ‘John Doe Duffle Bag.’ The FBI…
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Fast Forward Seeing Little Choice, Arabs Back Obama
Many in the Middle East believe Barack Obama failed to deliver on promises of a new U.S. approach in the region but still prefer him to presidential rival Mitt Romney, who they see as too close to Israel and too keen to project U.S. military might. Whoever wins the Nov. 6 election faces a knot…
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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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Opinion Moving on From Two-State Solution
The current Israeli-Palestinian stalemate is as comprehensive as it is unprecedented. All relevant parties — Israelis, Palestinians (both Fatah and Hamas), the United States, the European Union, the Arab world — are preoccupied with their own internal or regional political or economic issues, not to mention the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb and Israeli…
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Culture Exhibit Focuses On Middle Eastern Women Artists
Although the Middle East seems to be forever in the news, for many of us, its reality remains distant. And the media cycle, with its focus on violence and turmoil, can make the region feel even more foreign. So it’s welcome when anyone finds a way to bring the Middle East closer to home. This…
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Fast Forward ‘Mini-Flame’ Computer Virus Hits Middle East
The security company that has discovered some of the most sophisticated spying software unearthed to date says it found a related program, dubbed “miniFlame,” which can carry out more precise attacks on targets in the Middle East. While the original Flame virus swept in data from perhaps 5,000 computers, largely in Iran and Sudan, the…
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Opinion Dennis Ross on Mitt’s ‘Kick the Ball’ Policy
The U.S.’s most experienced Mideast negotiator said Mitt Romney’s caught-on-camera admission that he sees little chance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could lead to a dangerous sense of “hopelessness.” Dennis Ross, a former advisor to President Obama and a top mediator between the Israelis and the Palestinians for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton,…
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Fast Forward Anti-Islam Film Sparks New Round of Protests
Protesters enraged by a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad battled with police in several Asian cities on Monday and vented their fury against the United States, blaming it for what they see as an attack on the Muslim religion. Police fired in the air to break up a crowd marching on the U.S. consulate in…
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