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Special Envoy for Syria to Join US-Russian Crisis Talks

14 October 2016

GENEVA — The United Nations says its Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan di Mistura, has been invited to join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for crisis talks on Syria Saturday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Di Mistura’s deputy, Ramzy Ezzeldin […]

At least 5 children dead as rebels shell govt-controlled area in Aleppo

14 October 2016

A government-controlled area in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo has been hit by rebel mortar shells. At least seven children came under fire, five of them were killed. An RT crew has been reporting from the local hospital. A school and adjacent bus stop […]

World Health Organization Warns Tuberculosis Is Not Under Control

14 October 2016

The World Health Organization says global governments are not on track to meet their goals for reducing tuberculosis deaths and infections. At the World Health Assembly in 2014, leaders from around the world agreed to the twin goals of reducing deaths from the respiratory infection […]

Lashing back, Trump calls accusers ‘horrible horrible liars’

14 October 2016

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lashing back, Donald Trump heatedly rejected the growing list of sexual assault allegations against him as “pure fiction” on Thursday, hammering his female accusers as “horrible, horrible liars” as the already-nasty presidential campaign sank further into charges of attacks […]

13 ottobre 1990 o il tradimento di un popolo

13 October 2016

13 Ottobre 2016 Prigionieri e martiri del 13 ottobre 1990. In occasione della commemorazione del 13 ottobre 1990 Odiaspora.org offre dei racconti di questa epoca per immergervi nell’atmosfera dei momenti più tristi del Libano. Poco prima dell’invasione siriana del 13 ottobre, il governo, formato dopo […]

La embajada de Rusia en Damasco, capital de Siria, fue bombardeada por dos horas seguidas este miércoles. Según reportes de prensa, los ataques no han dejado ninguna víctima mortal, pero fue dañada la edificación de la embajada y sus alrededores. Esta es la segunda ocasión, […]

Líbano: ni Dios hace el milagro de elegir presidente

13 October 2016

Beirut, 11 oct (PL) La conclusión de la visita a El Líbano de un alto cargo del Vaticano sin lograr desbloquear la elección del presidente del país ilustra cuán agrietado sigue hoy el panorama político interno, a pesar de recientes cabildeos. El cardenal Leonardo Sandri, […]

Crisis siria y yemenita acentúan rivalidad política en el Líbano

13 October 2016

Beirut, 12 oct (PL) El movimiento Mustaqbal culpó hoy a su rival Hizbulah y a Irán de exacerbar divisiones, destrucción y derramamiento de sangre en Siria y Yemen, crisis regionales que inciden en la parálisis política de El Líbano. Saad Hariri, líder de Mustaqbal (Futuro, […]

China desea estabilidad y desarrollo sano en Líbano

13 October 2016

BEIRUT, 11 oct (Xinhua) — China espera que Líbano salga muy pronto de su crisis para que reanude su vida política, declaró hoy el embajador chino en Líbano. Wang Kejian hizo las declaraciones luego de reunirse con la directora de la Agencia Nacional de Noticias […]

Liban : L’ultime bataille des chrétiens

13 October 2016

Au Moyen-Orient, les chrétiens, à l’instar de plusieurs minorités, subissent de nos jours plusieurs formes de persécutions allant de l’exclusion politique, économique et sociale jusqu’aux attaques armées ainsi que d’autres formes de violences. Les libanais chrétiens ne font pas exception. Par sa diversité culturelle, ethnique […]