Monthly Archives: March 2009

William M. Warda California The article titled “High, wild and beautiful Hakkari” by Terry Richardson published in Turkey’s www.todayszaman.com provides valuable information about the region and history of the Assyrians of the Church of the East who lived there for centuries.…

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Armenians have long been one of its smallest communities with little political influence, even with the wealthiest woman in Iraq and associates of “Mr Five Percent” of Iraqi oil once among its ranks.…

BERLIN: More than 100 Iraqi Christians in search of a safer life will arrive this week in Hannover, a spokesman for Germany’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The group of nearly 120 refugees will arrive Thursday, a day before the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, on a chartered plane from Syria. And many…

by Jenna Lyle Nearly six years since the beginning of the war in Iraq, Iraqi’s are increasingly saying that their country is becoming a safe place to live, according to a recent survey. For Christians, however, the daily threat of violent attacks means these are still uncertain times.…

By Patricia DeGennaro – I, for one, welcome Cole’s book. It talks about engaging people and understanding them for who they are not who we believe them to be. There are plenty of people that feel Americans are not the principled people we think ourselves to be mostly because our government is implementing policy in…

CBNNews.com CBNNews.com – The Iraq war enters its sixth year this week and a recent ABC News poll found that most residents in the country are optimistic. About 84 percent of Iraqis said they now feel safe in their country –nearly double the number who felt that way in 2007– and another 59 percent said…

 ISTANBUL – The government should take action against the difficulties minorities face in education, says a new report released by the Turkish branch of the London-based Minority Rights Group International. Education in mother tongue, access to education and mandatory religion courses are a problem for both recognized minorities and others…

Given its remote location amid Turkey’s wildest, highest and most alpine mountain range, a whopping 1,818 kilometers southeast of Ä°stanbul but just 75 kilometers north of the border with troubled Iraq, it’s hardly surprising that few travelers venture as far as Hakkari.…

ISTANBUL – After years of barely making their presence known, a record number of candidates in the upcoming local elections hail from minority communities across Turkey. Many are running for seats on municipal assemblies and some are running for mayorships, but all of them are hitting the campaign trail to raise awareness and give voice…

ISTANBUL, March 16 (Reuters) – Nearly half of the children of internally displaced ethnic Kurds in Turkey are unable to attend school and other minorities face institutional discrimination in education, a report said on Monday…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 090316-02 Mar. 16, 2009 MOSUL, Iraq — Coalition Forces reported today that a 12-year-old girl in Hurriyah, Ninewah Province died as a result of wounds suffered when she was shot during an escalation of force incident that occurred during a joint Coalition Forces and Iraqi Police security operation.…

Violence and lack of security are not the main cause of concern. 85% of Iraqis call the current situation “very good or quite good.” Sources for AsiaNews confirm the reopening of shops and businesses. The country must promote economic alternatives to oil, like tourism and agriculture.…

Ninos’s parents Mr. Anwar Khoshaba and Mrs. Atour Khoshaba emigrated to Australia from Iraq in 1970, when Ninos was only 4 months old. In 1988 he joined the Australian Labor Party. For the first 16 years of his working career he worked for ANZ Bank, Aussie Home Loans and St George bank and held a…

Member: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) PRESS RELEASE Sydney – 16 March 2009 On Saturday 14 March 2009, a delegation represented by Mr. Hermiz Shahen; Deputy Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and regional secretary of Australia & New Zealand, Mr. David M. David; President of the Assyrian Australian…

 By Nick Gier, As we approach the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, there are a few positive signs. At the end of January, provincial elections were held with comparatively little violence and fraud. The best news is that Iraqis voters, contrary to some predictions,…

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(13 March 09-RV) Iraqi Christians have today been marking the first anniversary of the death of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Faraj Rahho. Archbishop Rahho’s body was discovered in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul two weeks after he was kidnapped following a celebration of the Via Crucis. Monsignor Phillip Najeem, Apostolic…

Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis March 13, 2009 In an earlier article entitled “Turkey´s Ongoing Colonization, the Aramaeans, the Kurds, the Armenians, Pan-Arabism and Islamism” (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94343), I called the secular establishment of Turkey to make a great political opening toward the…

Muslims joined Catholics on March 13 to pray for Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulo Faraj Rahho, who died on this date one year ago after being kidnapped outside a church in Mosul. Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, who celebrated the Divine Liturgy for his fallen colleague, also remembered over 700 other Christians– including many children– who…

6759/2009 The Assyrian Australian National Federation (“AANF”) together with the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) will be hosting this year’s Assyrian New Year Festival on Sunday, 29th March 2009, at Fairfield Showground – Sydney. The Festival will start at 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.…