January 2017 – Page 13 – odiaspora.org

Secret Service Faces Unprecedented Level of Threats at Trump Inauguration

18 January 2017

As the upcoming US Presidential inauguration approaches, the Secret Service is preparing itself for a new kind of violent attack, as concerns over the event are said to be “different” than usual. “I think people today are willing to do things they may not have […]

Anarchist Groups Plan to Attack Pro-Trump ‘Deploraball’ Attendees With Acid

18 January 2017

A group operating under the guise of ‘Disrupt J-20’ is planning violent protests to ruin the ‘Deploraball’ to be held on Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Event organizers insist that any attempts to wreak havoc will be subdued. Project Veritas’ James […]

UN Ambassador Power warns against ‘historical amnesia’ in future Russian relations

18 January 2017

JUDY WOODRUFF: President-elect Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the U.N., South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, plans to question why the U.S. contributes 22 percent of the U.N.’s budget. In prepared remarks for her confirmation hearing tomorrow, we also learned that she will criticize […]

Thank You, President Obama

18 January 2017

It’s almost Inauguration Day and the whole world is turning its attention to Washington as it gets ready to swear in the 45th president of the United States of America. As we welcome one president, we bid farewell another who has, in so many ways, […]

Réunion du Changement et de la Réforme, Bassil: Non à la prorogation du mandat du Parlement

17 January 2017

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères et chef du CPL, Gebran Bassil, a refusé, ce mardi, “la prorogation du mandat du Parlement et la loi de 1960”. “Nous sommes d’accord avec les Forces Libanais pour mener la bataille électorale ensemble”, a-t-il expliqué, au terme de la […]

Aoun : Tenir les législatives sur la base d’une nouvelle loi est une priorité

17 January 2017

“Celui qui pense qu’un État peut toujours, quelle que soit sa taille, rester en dehors des crises mondiales se trompe”, avertit le président libanais. Le président libanais Michel Aoun a affirmé mardi devant le corps diplomatique au Liban que les prochaines élections législatives auront lieu […]

Aoun: La religión cristiana no sucumbe ante los tanques y aviones sino ante el dinero y el miedo a estas armas

17 January 2017

El presidente de la República, General Michel Aoun, destacó este lunes que “la religión cristiana no sucumbe ante los tanques, cañones y aviones, sino ante el poder del dinero y el miedo a esas armas”. “la disminución en el número de los cristianos en los […]

Un drone israelí se estrella en el sur de Líbano por un fallo técnico

17 January 2017

Un ‘drone’ israelí se ha estrellado este lunes en el sur de Líbano debido, aparentemente, a un fallo técnico, tras lo que Israel ha notificado lo ocurrido a la Fuerza Provisional de Naciones Unidas para Líbano (FINUL). El Ejército de Israel está investigando las circunstancias […]

Carta del General Michel Aoun a los gobernantes del mundo fechada en 1995

17 January 2017

“…me dirijo a ustedes, garantes del orden internacional, para detener este crimen. En los albores del siglo 21, el Líbano, por su razón de ser, es una necesidad para la seguridad de un mundo acosado por el fanatismo de todo tipo… Los últimos acontecimientos en […]

Aoun bezeichnet “Geldgier”als Ursache für das Schwinden christlicher Gemeinden im Nahe Osten

17 January 2017

Die Zahl der Christen im Nahen Osten schwinde nicht nur infolge von Konflikten und Gewalt, sondern wegen der geringen Bereitschaft der christlichen Gemeinden politische Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Die Hauptgefahr für Christen im Nahen Osten seien nicht die Bomben, sondern eine gewissen Geldgier, die sich auch […]

William Peter Blatty, Author of ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 89

17 January 2017

William Peter Blatty in 1971, the year “The Exorcist” was published. Credit Jill Krementz, All Rights Reserved William Peter Blatty, the author whose best-selling book “The Exorcist” was both a milestone in horror fiction and a turning point in his own career, died on Thursday […]

An Ice Shelf Is Cracking In Antarctica, But Not For The Reason You Think

17 January 2017

A group of scientists is gathering today in the U.K. to discuss a slab of ice that’s cracking in Antarctica. The crack could soon split off a frozen chunk the size of Delaware. One glacier scientist, Heidi Sevestre, spent six weeks last year living on […]