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Obama reaches out to battered nation after rage of ‘demented’ Dallas gunman

9 July 2016

In a sign of the tensions, SWAT teams and other teams mobilized around the city’s police headquarters after an unspecified threat. No suspect or dangerous item was located, police said, but the sweeping response showed the level of heightened alert. “As painful as this week […]

Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history

9 July 2016

Police’s lethal use of bomb-disposal robot in Thursday’s ambush worries legal experts who say it creates gray area in use of deadly force by law enforcement. For what experts are calling the first time in history, US police have used a robot in a show […]

Amstutz pfeift Glarner zurück

9 July 2016

BLICK: Andreas Glarner zeigt sich offen, zügig 600 Syrer aus dem Lager Karamanlis als Kontingentsflüchtlinge aufzunehmen. Ist das eine gute Idee für einen neuen Weg in der SVP-Asylpolitik? Adrian Amstutz: Nein. Da die Aussengrenze des Schengen-Raums nicht wie von der EU versprochen gesichert wird, muss […]

US, Russia expel each other’s diplomats in flare-up over Moscow police attack

9 July 2016

Russia said Saturday that it had expelled two U.S. diplomats Moscow claimed were working undercover for the CIA in retaliation for Washington’s explusion of two Russians last month. The State Department announced Friday that it had expelled the two Russians on June 17, in response […]

FRASI SAGGE, E CITAZIONI DI KHALIL GIBRAN (FRASI SAGGE DELLA SETTIMANA)

8 July 2016

Khalil Gibran (nato a Bsharri il 6 gennaio 1883, morto a New York il 10 aprile 1931) è stato un poeta, pittore e filosofo libanese. Di religione cristiano-maronita si trasferì negli Stati Uniti nel giugno del 1895. L’Associazione della Penna, fondata insieme a Mikha’il Nu’ayma divenne […]

Il Libano lasciato solo sotto il peso dell’immigrazione siriana

8 July 2016

La crisi siriana si è abbattuta anche sul Libano. Nel paese una persona su tre è un rifugiato, oltre un milione sono i richiedenti asilo in un territorio grande solo quanto il Kosovo. Salari bassi, affitti crescenti e aumento della vita affliggono già i palestinesi […]

Libido im Libanon

8 July 2016

Awatef (Mirna Moukarzel) und ihr Mann Salim (Ali Sammoury) in einer Szene von “Liebe Halal” (Neue Visionen Filmverleih) Drei Paare in Beirut kämpfen mit Verboten: In “Liebe Halal” erzählt der Regisseur Assad Fouladkar von den Komplikationen, die die Regeln des Koran für Zwischenmenschliches, Erotik und […]

What’s Behind US Air Force Abandoning New Syrian Army on the Battlefield

8 July 2016

The New Syrian Army opposition group failed an operation against Daesh after planes of a US-led coalition had been diverted from the offensive, according to media reports. The operation started on June 28 with the goal of taking the town of Al Bukamal in Syria’s […]

Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers killed, suspect identified

8 July 2016

The ambush began with gunshots that killed five officers and sent screaming crowds scrambling for cover. It ended when a Dallas police bomb squad robot killed a gunman after negotiations failed. Investigators have identified the dead suspect: 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas. But […]

Exército sírio rechaça ofensiva terrorista na fronteira com o Líbano

8 July 2016

As forças armadas sírias responderam o avanço do grupo jihadista Frente Nusra na fronteira com o Líbano, informou à RIA Novosti uma fonte militar síria. “O Exército sírio repeliu um grande ataque da Frente Nusra contra suas posições [nas montanhas de Qalamoun]. Não há mortos […]

Novo filme libanes tem aclamacao mundial

8 July 2016

O amor nem sempre vence a guerra, mas a sátira da diretora Nadine Labaki é uma trégua e já representa um milagre. A cineasta libanesa de “Caramelo” lança o filme “E agora, onde vamos?”, que é uma adaptação de um clássico grego, sobre um problema […]

EUA reabrirão investigação sobre e-mails de Hillary Clinton

8 July 2016

Departamento de Estado anunciou decisão nesta quinta-feira. Na terça-feira o FBI tinha decidido arquivar o caso. O Departamento de Estado dos EUA anunciou nesta quinta-feira (7) que reabrirá a investigação interna sobre o uso indevido de e-mails envolvendo a ex-secretária de Estado e atual candidata […]