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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as a day passed without any new escalation in the Middle East and Wall Street erased early losses to end in the black as tech stocks climbed.

A training programme for imams and others seeking instruction in the Islamic faith is to begin next year at KU Leuven. The aim of the programme, which is the first of its kind in Belgium, is to persuade people with an Islamic vocation to study at home rather than abroad. “We are building a Belgian training programme for ministers in the Islamic faith in order to reduce foreign influence,” said Koen Geens, the federal justice minister. “It’s important that we know what they are studying.” As well as imams, the programme is aimed at people preparing for other roles in...

Qassem Soleimani’s 28-year-old daughter spoke on Monday at her father’s funeral. Zeinab Soleimani is posting threats of suicide attacks following her father’s death. Qassem Soleimani suicide brigade was formed to avenge the killing of the Iranian terror leader. Zainab Soleimani is reportedly an American citizen. ‘Voice of America’ confirms that #Soleimani’s daughter is a #US citizen herself and sworn om American flag! pic.twitter.com/4jrc7Q5TR0 — Afshin Ismaeli (@afshin_ismaeli) January 6, 2020

The government closed down over 100 meeting venues in the Archdiocese of Fuzhou, which are run by priests who continue to resist joining the Patriotic Church.Aiming to indoctrinate and transform Catholic conscientious objectors, the United Front Work Department (UFWD) and the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau in Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, organized a 3-day training conference for the Fuzhou Archdiocese clergy at the end of August 2019. The fact that only five priests attended irritated the authorities. In retaliation, the government seized over 100 Catholic meeting venues in the archdiocese. In the Fuzhou-administered county-level city...

The time has come to truly make our nation great and it will not be great until we, as Americans, stop paying for abortions. The killing of babies is sinful and barbaric and somehow we've allowed 'late term' abortion to be different from any other abortion. Somehow, if it's after 6 months or so in gestation, it's bad, but otherwise, totally unspoken of. I love Donald J. Trump. I think he's a good leader. But, the time has come for his heart to burn with sorrow that our nation is providing record dollars (it's gone up since he came into...

As head of the Quds Force in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Suleimani is widely regarded as one of the world's leading terrorists. Now Barack Obama has effectively granted him an amnesty. Qassem Suleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, fully deserves his reputation as one of the world’s leading terrorist masterminds. For a decade a more he has been the driving force behind an array of Iranian-sponsored terrorist groups, from Hizbollah to Hamas, which have orchestrated a reign of terror throughout the Middle East. From a purely British perspective, he was responsible for training and...

PART ONE OF A TWO-PART OPERATION RESCUE SPECIAL REPORT A total of 36 abortion facilities closed nationwide in 2019, according to a survey of every abortion facility in the U.S. conducted by Operation Rescue. While the number of closures shows that in certain areas, abortion suppliers have outstripped the demand, as abortion numbers and rates continue to drop nationwide, according to the Center for Disease Control. Other noteworthy facts were revealed by Operation Rescue’s survey. * Since 2013, 367 surgical abortion facilities have permanently closed. * This year’s closures represent a staggering 79 percent drop in the number of surgical...

Westgate sportsbook vice president of risk Ed Salmons, for instance, believes the odds Brady will play with the Patriots next season currently sit around minus-500, or he’ll retire. “He’s not going to the Chargers. That whole talk is nonsense,” Salmons said, via the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey. “If he’s going to play, it’s going to be with the Patriots.” And Salmons isn’t the only one that feels that way, either. “There’s no chance (Brady plays for another team). I’d make him a big favorite to come back to the Patriots,” said Sunset Station sportsbook director Chuck Esposito. “I know...

Iran has threatened to expose Western Diplomats who took bribes during the creation of the Iran Deal. (SEE TWEETS) Anyone else beginning to understand why there is so much propaganda being spread surrounding these airstrikes. There are a lot of people in powerful places that the Iranians likely have dirt on. Of course, this is the chance that the Iranians are bluffing but I’m not sure why they would when it does nothing to hurt the Trump Administration.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) In a social media post Sunday, Santa Cruz Police Chief Andy Mills said, “Santa Cruz Police are in contact [with] our Fed partners re possible retaliation-Terror. If there are threats we will keep our community informed. We are mindful that our Muslim neighbors may suffer unjust retaliation.”

    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Pine Bluff Arsenal, ArkansasThe Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA) is a US Army installation located in Jefferson County, Arkansas, just northwest of the city of Pine Bluff. PBA is one of nine Army installations in the United States that stored chemical weapons. PBA supplies specialized production, storage, maintenance and distribution of readiness products, and delivers technical services to the Armed Forces and Homeland Security. PBA also designs, manufactures and refurbishes smoke, riot control, and incendiary munitions, as well as chemical/biological defense operations items. It serves as a technology center for illuminating and...

Supporters of an 11-month-old girl in Texas who has been hospitalized since her February birth celebrated an appeals court decision on Friday that delayed a judge’s previous ruling that granted the hospital permission to remove her from life support. The move is just the latest in a back-and-forth battle between medical staff at Cook Children’s Medical Center and the family of Tinslee Lewis, a baby who doctors say is in pain and “will never improve.” “This gives us so much hope for Tinslee,” Kimberlyn Schwarts, a spokeswoman for Texas Right to Life, which has been advocating for Tinslee and her...

[Catholic Caucus] Cdl Marx: Homosexual couples can receive ‘blessing’ from Church Marx said that homosexual couples can receive 'a blessing in the sense of a pastoral accompaniment.' January 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the head of the German Bishops' Conference, stated in a recent interview that homosexuals belong to the Church’s “sacramental community” and has defended “blessing” homosexual couples. On December 23, 2019, Cardinal Marx gave an interview to the German magazine Der Stern in which he said: “I insist: we welcome homosexuals, they belong to the Church, also to the sacramental community.” Marx said that homosexual...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) talks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about President Donald Trump's decision to kill Iranian general Qasem Soleimani

Comedian George Lopez drew harsh backlash online Monday after joking in a message on Instagram that he’d kill President Donald Trump. The “El Chicano” actor made the statement while responding to an erroneous Instagram post that said Iran had offered an $80 million bounty on Trump after a US drone strike killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani. “We’ll do it for half,” Lopez commented on the post. The quip touched off a flurry of criticism from conservatives on Twitter, who accused Lopez of making a death threat against the president. “George Lopez, lowlife,’ tweeted conservative radio host Mark Levin. “It’s time for...

I am in the process of selling my home and downsizing. As you have it I have possessed an old (50s?) Everett upright piano. Since it weighs at least 600lbs and I don't play I am not taking it with me. So I put it up on Craigslist "Free to good home". A woman from a nursing home called me and wondered if she could check it out as it helps seniors stay engaged in activities. She brought one of her employees with her who knew a little about pianos and "could play a little". This employee was a small...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote The Three Kings poem in 1877. Sir John Stainer arranged a late medieval melody as The Golden Carol of Melchior, Casper and Balthazar (YouTube). Longfellow's poem has not previously been arranged with this overall melody. The poem seems long to modern audience, but comes in only at a little more than 6 minutes.The poem has been recorded several times, but it is sufficiently difficult that it seems most of the readers find it hard to catch the rhythm. THE THREE KINGS by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — the classic Christmas poem The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth...

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Counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway blasted Democrats Monday for their "reflexively" negative reaction to the airstrike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. “This is a town now that is so incredibly partisan when it comes to President Trump. They are presumptively negative and reflexively critical, even when he’s taking out a terrorist who was caught in the act,” Conway told “Fox & Friends,” claiming that the killing of Soleimani prevented the deaths of Americans in the region. “This president put a stop to that,” Conway added. Conway's comments came after days of harsh criticism of Trump's decision, including...

Four days ago, the United States military executed a flawless precision strike that killed the worst remaining terrorist on Earth, Qasem Soleimani. The next day, President Donald J. Trump delivered a statement on the successful operation. “As President, my highest and most solemn duty is the defense of our nation and its citizens,” he said. “Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him.” “Under my leadership, America’s policy is unambiguous: To terrorists who harm or intend to harm any American, we will find you. We...