Monthly Archives: January 2008

Iraqis adjust to life in N.H.

Refugees face challenges, uncertainty in new home By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff | January 22, 2008 MANCHESTER, N.H. – It has been two months since the new refugees from Iraq arrived in this former mill city – alone,…

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Paul Batou: My Art, My People.

Paul Batou My journey as an artist started during my academic study in pharmacy school. At that time, religion, the gypsy culture, writing poems, painting, and playing classical guitar become my passions and my escape from the radical society. Those hobbies provided…

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Suspect admits stabbing lecturer

A 42-year-old man has been remanded in custody on suspicion of murdering Örebro University lecturer Fuat Deniz. The suspect, who police say is related to Deniz, has admitted stabbing the 40-year-old academic.…

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Iraqi Christians opt for Lebanon

By Ferry Biedermann in Beirut The Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Beirut suburb of Sid el-Bouchrieh used to be nearly empty on Sundays less than a decade ago, belonging as it does to the tiny Chaldean Christian denomination.…

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IRAQ: SERIAL ATTACKS ON CHURCHES CONTINUE

LOS ANGELES, January 18 (Compass Direct News) – A car-bomb exploded outside a Chaldean church in northern Iraq yesterday, injuring two people, a Baghdad bishop said. The blast is the 10th reported attack on Iraqi churches in two weeks.…

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School’s comeback

THE Assyrian Diqlat School is set to return to Fairfield in February after a 15-year absence. The school, which was established in 1974 in Edensor Park, has run at various locations, including its current classes at St Johns Park High School.…

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Save Iraqi Christians

Nine Iraqi Christian Churches and Monasteries Bombed Last Week Religious persecution continues in Iraq as nine Christian houses of worship were bombed this week, says a release from Christian Solidarity International (CSI). The…

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