Monthly Archives: February 2009

What do you do if there is a tornado? How can you enjoy better health and happiness as you age? What’s the best way to keep food fresh? These are the topics to be discussed during the next Detroit Metro Area Refugee Workshop, scheduled for 6-8 p.m. on Monday, February 16. Each family in attendance…

Helping Those In Need Worldwide is the adage upon which the Assyrian Medical Society has been founded. The Assyrian Medical Society is a direct response to today’s global dispersion of the Iraqi Assyrians, as flocks by the thousands continue to migrate to neighboring…

Four Iraqi policemen died in a car bombing in the centre of the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, a police official said. Major Alaa Monaf al-Jubouri said the attack killed four policemen and wounded three other people, including a civilian.…

Is the visit to Iraq by the President of the Republic coordinated with the Americans? What is the current state of trade between France and Iraq? Which French companies operate on Iraqi soil? The President’s visit was coordinated with the Iraqi authorities. A new phase of return to Iraqi sovereignty has begun, with the end…

By Michelle A. Vu Christian Post Reporter An international body of Assyrians has written letters to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden asking them to support the creation of an autonomous region for Assyrian Christians and other religious minorities suffering from severe persecution because of their faith.…

The Assyrian Universal Alliance wrote the following letters to President Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden to appeal for an Assyrian autonomous state in Iraq. The Assyrian Christians of Iraq continue to struggle for their indigenous rights in their ancestral homeland, Iraq. As Christians, Assyrians are the most persecuted nation in Iraq and the UN…

Bishop Affirms Positive Outcome in Separating Politics and Religion BAGHDAD, (Zenit.org).- Results of the recent local Iraqi elections include the defeat of extremist religious groups, and the possible return home of Christian exiles, said an auxiliary bishop of Baghdad.…

Posted by Press release ACN News, – IRAQ Is this the long-awaited breakthrough? Iraqi bishop’s upbeat response to Iraqi election result By John Pontifex DISASTER for hard-line religious parties in Iraq’s local elections may prompt exiled Christians to start returning home according to a senior bishop who said the results could help put the country…

Modena is an Iranian citizen .She was born in Oromeyeh and is 18 years old. Modena as a Tennis Player within the numerous past years was a flourishing sport woman and stimulated to the highest level of Assyrian Club of Oromeyeh –Iran, and her name was recorded on the top list of the West Azerbaijan…

by John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need A leading Iraqi bishop has described the country’s provincial elections as “a step forward” for beleaguered Christians, despite a number of recent setbacks.…

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BY CHRISTY ARBOSCELLO Farmington Hills resident Rosemary Antone, an instrumental force in metro Detroit’s Chaldean community, died of cancer Friday at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. She was 67.…

 POLICE in the north appear to have uncovered a ring of antiquities smugglers following new reports yesterday of three more arrests on top of another nine earlier in the week. Quoting Turkish Cypriot press reports, state television CyBC yesterday said three people had been arrested after being found with a 145-year-old church bell.…

By The Daily Star Iraq’s provincial election results come as a welcome sign that a spirit of nationalism is alive and well in the war-battered nation. By voting for the bloc of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi people who went to the polls last week rejected the paradigm of ethnic and sectarian identity politics…

Cyprus (ChattahBox) – A raid on a den of antique smugglers has brought to light what appears to be a bible written in Syriac, the native language thought to have been spoken by Jesus of Nazareth.…

“I’m not only apologizing; I am also returning all my estates!” In December last year one of the hot topics which was present amongst the public and prominent in Turkish media headlines was the ‘Sorry’ campaign directed in recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Contrary to this came the chauvinist wave that escalated from the Prime…

Murdered Chaldean prelate Archbishop Rahho of MosulVATICAN CITY (Zenit.org): Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging Chaldean prelates to continue giving “courageous testimony” in the midst of difficulties, especially in Iraq. The Pope said this in an extensive discourse on January 24 to Chaldean bishops in Rome for their five-yearly visit.…

By Sarah Ktisti and Simon Bahceli NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) – Authorities in northern Cyprus believe they have found an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus. The manuscript was found in a police raid on suspected antiquity smugglers. Turkish Cypriot police testified in a court hearing…

By Stephen Farrell Logo for Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission.These are the results of the main parties with 90% of the votes counted in the 14 provinces taking part in Iraq’s 2009 provincial elections, as announced by Faraj al-Haidary, the head of Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission.…

Archbishop Sako Hopes for Mideast Synod By Edward Pentin ROME, (Zenit.org).- Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk is a refreshing figure to hear speak about his troubled country.…