Monthly Archives: September 2010

By Barbara Surk – The Associated Press BAGHDAD — Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country — including a 4,400-year-old statue of an ancient king stolen during the U.S.-led invasion — have been returned to Iraq and were displayed Tuesday.…

By Augin Kurt ACSA — Those of us, who have seen the movie Braveheart, with Mel Gibson, or Gladiator with Russell Crowe, have reason to long for an Assyrian counterpart dealing with our several thousand years old rich history and our struggle for survival.…

Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz testifies for the defence during Saddam’s trial in Baghdad in 2006. The Iraqi government wants jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz to die in prison and has shown no compassion for his…

After the Allied victory of 1918…the victors divided up the lands of their former enemies. In the space of just seventeen months, they created the borders of…and most of the Middle East. And I have spent my entire career…watching the people within those borders burn”.…

Ankawa.com – Ankawa – Exclusive Nearly 80 persons were affected by different food poisoning last Thursday, 2nd of September 2010, after eating at the restaurant “Lafa” in Ankawa city.   According to the sources reported to Ankawa site in the region, the states of the…

Ankawa.com – Exclusive Ankawa.com site posted two days ago, quoting a Press story, that three employees were killed in Erbil branch of Mosul bank after breaking fight between them. The incident included the deacon martyr Behnam Khathory Matloob.…

He’s known for keeping peace, solving problems BY SYLVIA RECTOR As a youngster in the 1940s, Ed Deeb learned some valuable lessons while selling penny candy and sorting bottles in his parents’ Detroit grocery stores.…

Vatican City, (CNA/EWTN News).- Benedict XVI appointed Monsignor Giorgio Lingua as the Holy See’s representative to Iraq and Jordan on Saturday. The new apostolic nuncio will begin the position at a time in which the Iraqi Church struggles to find peace.…

By Tracie Austin-Peters, Host of Let’s Talk…Paranormal Show Let’s Talk…Paranormal discusses topics from A-Z of the strange but true! That’s exactly what this radio talk show is all about—conversation and exploration of other…

You may recall Ronald Reagan asking in the presidential debate a week before the 1980 election if Americans were better off than they were four years prior. Voters apparently didn’t think so. They sent Jimmy Carter packing to Plains, Georgia.…

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom applauds the U.S. Senate’s adoption of S. Res. 322 which focuses on the perilous status of religious minorities in Iraq including Christians who have experienced “targeted violence, have no militia or…

Assyrian Nineveh hosted the Assyrian Activist Sabri Atman the director of Seyfo Centre who was presented in the Assyrian monument unveiling on Australia – Sydney which was invited by the Assyrian Universal Alliance, at the Assyrian Nineveh hall on…

Posted by David Martin Now that the proverbial page has been turned in Iraq, what’s next? On paper, it’s the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops by the end of 2011. Many experts think that will be harder than getting to 50,000.…

President Obama spoke to the nation about the end of formal combat operations in Iraq on Monday. It is clear the U.S. role in the country is changing. Among that change, though, remains the cloudy fate of Christians in the country, tens…

By The Rev’d Canon Dr. Andrew P B White The withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq is a significant event for the religious communities and those, who like me, serve those communities in Iraq. Even as U.S.…

It couldn’t be any more exciting in the closing weeks of the 2010 season in Division 3. Rivals Mälarhöjden and LÃ¥ngholmen are both locked on 16 points and chasing that all important play-off place. The club in second bottom place Enhörna are only 3 points…

By Denise Etheridge Army commanders say Iraqis are ready for Operation New Dawn, a mission of support and sustainment that begins today. The U.S. military has officially ended combat operations and handed the reins over to the Iraqis.…

The monument commemorating victims of Assyrian Genocide was vandalized in Australia. It was painted with a Turkish crescent and star, Asbarez reported. The vandals also sprayed curses on a pedestal. The plaque at the front of the…

Caregivers tell horror stories, but officials say fraud must stop Share By Garth Stapley Backed by several dozen anxious supporters, some on crutches or in wheelchairs, 23 passionate speakers on Tuesday railed against “Gestapo” tactics of home care fraud investigators.…

ASSYRIAN Universal Alliance secretary-general Hermiz Shahen said many in the Assyrian community were expecting the new monument to be vandalised but they still feel disappointed and hurt.…