Monthly Archives: April 2008

Saddam’s deputy due to go on trial in Iraq

Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, is due to stand trial for crimes against humanity. The 72-year-old has not been seen in public since giving himself up to US troops two weeks after the fall of Baghdad in 2003.…

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Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter

Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday to witness what they believe is the miraculous appearance of “holy fire” on the eve of Orthodox Easter. Around 150,000 Pilgrims from the Eastern Orthodox…

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Kurds Provide Safe Haven for Christians

By Kenneth R. Timmerman/Newsmax.com | 4/24/2008 The Kurdish regional government in Northern Iraq is providing a safe haven to several thousand Iraqi Christians who have fled persecution in other parts of the country, government officials and local pastors told Newsmax.…

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