March 2017 – Page 25 – odiaspora.org

France signs agreements on welcoming refugees living in Lebanon camps

15 March 2017

The French government and Christian charities launched on Tuesday (March 14) an effort to bring 500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to France to prevent them from turning to taking dangerous sea crossings into Europe through traffickers. An agreement signed in Paris at the Elysee […]

Riachi meets Audi: For media that respects listeners, viewers and readers

15 March 2017

Minister of Information, Melhem Riachi, said on Tuesday that “the efforts exerted to protect freedom and ethics of the media aims at maintaining this profession and its respect for listeners, viewers and readers.” Riachi made these remarks at the end of his meeting with the […]

Scientists predict crime knowledge states in the human brain

15 March 2017

Scientists and lawyers speak different languages, but there is common ground. Scientists working in a multi-institutional team with legal authorities have discovered that brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of knowledge about a crime. LL STORY In a brain imaging […]

Israeli enemy warplanes hover over South

15 March 2017

Israeli enemy warplanes hovered on Tuesday night at 8:15 p.m. over the middle and western sectors and over Bint Jbeil on low altitude, NNA field reporter said. The reporter added that the Israeli warplanes are currently hovering over Margeyoun region.

Change and Reform Asks Opponents of Bassil Proposal for ‘Alternatives’, Vows to ‘Resist’ 1960 Law, Extension

15 March 2017

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc announced Tuesday that it is “awaiting answers” regarding the latest electoral law format that was proposed by Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil, as it vowed to “resist” any attempt to impose the 1960 electoral law or another extension […]

Trump Reportedly Gives CIA Power to Conduct Drone Strikes

15 March 2017

President Donald Trump’s administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist targets in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The move would represent a change from Obama-era policies that limited the spy agency’s role in conducting […]

El divorcio no es un derecho para las mujeres libanesas

14 March 2017

Los tribunales religiosos de las 18 confesiones del país dictan las leyes del estatuto personal de la mujer El Líbano es un ejemplo de convivencia religiosa donde 18 confesiones comparten historia, lengua y economía. Sin embargo, las mujeres viven en mundos paralelos en lo que […]

Aoun visitara mañana miercoles el Vaticano

14 March 2017

El Presidente de la República, general Michel Aoun, partirá mañana en la tarde a Roma al Vaticano en una visita oficial donde será recibido por el Santo Padre Papa Francisco. También se reunirá con el secretario de Estado del Vaticano, el cardenal Pietro Parolin. El […]

Consejo Derechos Humanos de ONU: Siria en su conjunto se convirtió en una “Cámara de Tortura”

14 March 2017

El alto comisionado para los Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, Ziad Raad al-Hussein, consideró este martes que Siria en su conjunto se ha convertido en una “Cámara de Tortura”, señalando que el conflicto que en marzo entró en su séptimo año, es “el peor […]

Parties React to Bassil’s Latest Electoral Law Proposal

14 March 2017

Progressive Socialist Party sources on Monday lashed out at the latest electoral law format that was proposed by Free Patriotic Movement chief Gebran Bassil earlier in the day. “It does not lead to correct and fair representation and it rather meets the FPM’s ambitions, […]

Francia acepta recibir a 500 refugiados sirios procedentes del Líbano

14 March 2017

Este martes, se llevó a cabo en el Palacio del Elíseo la firma de un protocolo para implementar el proceso de la recepción solidaria de los refugiados procedentes de Líbano, en presencia del presidente de la República Francesa Francois Hollande, el ministro francés del Interior […]

El Líbano prepara informe a la ONU sobre reiteradas violaciones de Israel

14 March 2017

Beirut, 14 mar (PL) El primer ministro del Líbano, Saad Hariri, instruyó al canciller, Gebran Bassil, preparar un informe detallado a la ONU sobre las repetidas amenazas y violaciones de Israel, destacaron hoy medios periodísticos en esta capital. Al reseñar la reunión del Consejo de […]