Monthly Archives: May 2008

On 13 May 2008, a delegation representing the Assyrian Universal Alliance – Australia Chapter and the Assyrian Australian National Federation went on an official visit to Canberra to meet with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon. Stephen Smith…

Since the war in Iraq turned into a disaster, one common argument has been that President Bush’s misadventure bears many similarities with US imperialism in South Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s.…

Rayan Negara – Ankawa.com /Ninevah plain The issue of collecting signatures of clerics and notables was frequently repeated during the last time, demanding in the name of Chaldeans Syrians Assyrians public , to join Telkef district to Kurdistan territory and to settle an autonomy region for…

The West must welcome and make room for Iraqi Christians who have left their country, but at the same time it must apply political pressure on United States and the government of Baghdad to allow those who decide to remain in their country to do so in…

Rayan Nekara /Ankawa.com On Thursday 8/5/2008 ,the drama of (Begmenta) The Regret was presented on the hall of Alkosh youth theater ,considering the first fruitful artistic cooperation between the artistic activity in Alkosh sport club and Shera theater team.…

ankawa.com Karakosh sport club held the forth championship for popular teams, where the Guard team scored the title of avant-grade in the final match with Keremles team .The third and forth position match scored for Al-Nahrain team. Syrian cultural and Art center…

Shamsha play team in Ankawa terminated the illustration of the forth short film (Express mail) ankawa.com/ Shamsha play team terminated the illustration of its forth short film entitled (Express…

Conclusion of photograph exhibition by Ankawa social youth club The photograph exhibition held by Ankawa social youth club was rounded off.…

ankawa.com/ Kurdistan Federation for badminton organized the championship for Kurdistan clubs for the period 17/4/2008-19/4/2008 ,with the participation of eight teams from the territory (Akad Ankawa,…

Ankawa.com / Ninevah plain A curfew was announced in Mosul city and all surrounding districts and communes in preparation for starting the security operation in Mosul following the period of unsecured situation in the city.…

Helen Talia / Chicago Clichéd choruses about Kamareh, and Pousheyeh are sounding a little bit redundant these days. Songwriters should pick a new topic to write about, and I say this with all sincerity. As for singers…

By Doreen Abi Raad /Catholic News Service BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) — Last September, Sondrine and Raymond Khamo lived with their parents in a two-floor house in Mosul, Iraq. Their uncle had been shot in the head when he was driving, and their mother, Haifa Khamo, was afraid to let her…

Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA) – This week I got a chance to meet a Christian Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Nadia Hilou (Hilo). She is a member of the labor Party, and is the only Christian Arab woman, one of 17 total women, and one of two Arab Christians in the Israeli…

Latif Numaan / ankawa.com Iraqi theater media was stricken by the death of the famous theatrical artist Adel Georgis on 4/ May /2008 due to heart attack.…

By George Pell THE death of another Australian soldier in Afghanistan last week reminds us of the deadly struggle that continues there and in Iraq. Neither theatre of war gives any sign of a quick victory.…

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US watchdog on religious freedom on Friday expressed serious concern over violations in strife-torn Iraq and was considering whether to place the ally of Washington on a blacklist with countries such as North Korea and Iran.…

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (BosNewsLife)– Christian Iraqi refugee has pleaded to the United States to be reunited with her disabled husband whom she was forced to leave behind when she was granted asylum in the United States, BosNewsLife learned Friday, May 2.…

 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is split along party lines over whether to designate Iraq as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom.A recommendation to designate Iraq as a “country of particular concern” would be a…

Rome Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of the northern Iraq city of Mosul, who was kidnapped in February by armed attackers, was found dead on March 13, church officials in…