Monthly Archives: December 2009

newsLocal by Carleen Frost  Turkish community members are rallying against the Assyrian genocide memorial, proposed for Bonnyrigg. (composite image) ERECTING a monument to honour Assyrian victims of genocide could spark a violent racial feud in Fairfield, according to the city’s Turkish community.…

Assyrian International News Agency 7 December 2009 Fairfield, Australia – A proposed Assyrian genocide monument has drawn the Turkish government into the debate. The monument, proposed to the NSW Parliament by MP Ninos Khoshaba, would honor the Assyrian victims of genocide in the 20th century,…

Dear Friends & Art Lovers, Under the patronage of princess Rym Ali, you are cordially invited to join us in a colorful and diverse exhibition of Miniature Art works by 32 Artists from the Arab world & Canada. A Sculptures exhibition by Mashal Atheer and the Winter Jewelry Collection 2010 by LAMA HOURANI.…

By DAVID RUNK Associated Press Writer DETROIT – A former police officer on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and implicated two former officials in ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s administration in a kickback scheme tied to the $3.5 million sale of a city camp.…

Ulu Cami I first visited Diyarbakır, in southeastern Turkey, in 1992. In those days it was a brooding place barely clinging to a small tourist trade in the face of its political problems. Visitors were advised to stick to the main streets and not to ask too many questions;…

By Christopher Behnan A former Detroit police officer pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a $50,000 bribery scheme to secure the $3.5 million sale of the Detroit Recreation Camp in Genoa Township to the Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Metro Detroit. The camp was purchased by the diocese in 2007, and is now known as Camp…

According to the news from SBS- radio last Friday on the Assyrian program, that arguments over a proposed monument in Sydney suburb of Fairfield has mounted to diplomatic level. The regional Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA), Mr. Hermiz Shahen…

  Chaldoassyrian Students and Youth Union The 5th of December 2009 is the rising of the 18th anniversary of the foundation of our union, the Chaldoassyrian Students and youth, the union which started on that date of the year 1991 as a necessity of the developments which took place after March…

Christian political powers call to deal equally with all sects in the election law and refuse to treat Christians as second degree citizens. In a statement by a number of parties including Chaldean Democratic Forum, Democratic Beit Nahrain Party and Assyrian National Party, the parties argued that…

Ex-cop set to plead guilty to bribery conspiracy charge BY BEN SCHMITT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER A federal corruption probe is now branching into the city of Detroit’s sale of real estate properties and several more city officials may be ensnared in the scandal.…

CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — It houses some of ancient Mesopotamia’s rarest artifacts, but what is even harder to find at Iraq’s National Museum are visitors. So the museum has teamed up with Google and the U.S. government to create a “virtual museum” that will allow anyone with access to a computer to view its…

American Mesopotamian Organization (A.M.O.), a Political Action Committee Los Angeles, California-December 2, 2009 was recently formed to help elect candidates, regardless of their political party affiliation, to all levels of government (Local, State and Federal) that will support…

Refugee Marion Youhanaei works at his uncle’s Shell gas station on Monte Vista Avenue. His uncle offered him a place to work and a place to live when he first arrived in the United States two years ago. By Maegan Martens Staff Writer mmartens@turlockjournal.com…

Council has received a proposal from the Assyrian Universal Alliance for a new memorial sculpture in Bonnyrigg. This paper provides an overview of the proposal, so that stakeholders can provide comment to Council. Council officers will collate the…

. THE Assyrian Universal Alliance has launched a scathing attack on Fowler Federal Labor MP Julia Irwin after she refused to support their plans to turn a Bonnyrigg park into a cultural shrine. In last week’s Fairfield Advance Ms Irwin said the plans to rename the public park the…

BY STACEY VANOSKA The emotional debate for and against the Assyrian Genocide Memorial monument has continued this week. Fairfield Council has called for community feedback on the monument proposed for Edensor Park.…

BEIRUT: Assyrians Without Borders (AWB) announced on Monday its education scholarship program for Assyrians residing in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. “The importance of education among the Assyrian people in the native country is large,” said Thomas Aydin of AWB. “Unfortunately, this is often not possible because…

LONDON (CNS) – A Chaldean Catholic church, rectory and convent in the northern Iraq city of Mosul were bombed in two separate incidents in late November, but no one was injured. Explosives were detonated inside St. Ephrem’s Church Nov. 26, and the building was…

Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov 30, 2009 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- On Thursday Nov. 26, St. Ephrem’s Chaldean Church and the nearby presbytery in the Northern City of Mosul were destroyed when attackers walked in and detonated high explosives. Both buildings were empty at the time and no one was injured.…