The Assyrian Democratic Organization
RAMALLAH- West Bank -AFP The Palestinian leadership election moved into overtime with PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas poised for a victory that world leaders predicted could lead to a revival of the moribund Middle East peace process.Voting had been due to end Sunday at 7:00 pm (1700 GMT) but election organisers …
Read More »Iraq’s Shiite front-runner pledges power to Sunnis in new government
U.S. sends retired army general to assess military operations ? Compiled by Daily Star staffIraq‘s Shiite political front-runner Abdel-Aziz Hakim said Friday that the country’s Sunni minority would be guaranteed posts in the next government, regardless of the outcome of the elections. Meanwhile, the Pentagon, concerned over a bold and …
Read More »Minority Christian groups want more parliamentary clout
Interview BEIRUT- Daily StarMinority Christian groups are hoping for a new electoral law that leaves them less dependent in the Parliamentary elections on the country’s major sects, as several Christian minorities – the Copts, Assyrians, Syriacs and others – are now represented collectively by a single deputy in Parliament. The …
Read More »Chirac warns French journalists after reporter disappears in Iraq
Paris – AFP French President Jacques Chirac on Friday warned journalists to stay out of Iraq, two days after a reporter went missing in Baghdad and two weeks after the release of two correspondents held hostage for months. Chirac said he was “worried” about the fate of Florence Aubenas, 43, …
Read More »Program Scrambles to Prepare Overseas Iraqis for Upcoming Elections
VOA – Aina An estimated one million Iraqis living outside Iraq are expected to take part in the country’s elections for a transitional national assembly at the end of this month. The International Organization for Migration’s Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program is working to inform and register Iraqi expatriates who are …
Read More »Bush Says Four Iraqi Areas Pose Voting Challenges
WASHINGTON – ReutersPresident Bush said on Friday the U.S. military will do its best to give every Iraqi citizen the chance to vote on Jan. 30 but acknowledged that guerrilla action could disrupt voting in four provinces. “Four of the 18 provinces are places where the terrorists are trying to …
Read More »UN chief visits tsunami devastation as death toll leaps to 165,000
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-AFPUnited Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan Friday toured the devastation from Asia‘s tsunamis as the world body took charge of the relief operation for the disaster which left over 165,000 dead.A day after making an impassioned plea for almost a billion dollars in immediate aid, Annan flew into …
Read More »Seven U.S. Soldiers Killed in Attack Near Baghdad
BAGHDAD- Reuters Seven U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday when their Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an explosive device on a road in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement. The group was on a routine security patrol when the attack occurred at 6 p.m. local time, said Captain Patricia …
Read More »A Franco-German Anti-Turkey Pact
? Deutsche-Welle -Aina The head of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Edmund Stoiber and new Chairman of the ruling French Conservatives, Nicolas Sarkozy have made a mutual display of their opposition to Turkey joining the European Union Joining Stoiber at a CSU meeting in the Alpine location of Wildbad Kreuth, …
Read More »SYRIA: Iraqis Able to Vote in Upcoming Poll
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Syrian authorities, allowing Iraqis living there to be able to vote in their country’s upcoming election on 30 January. At a press conference in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday it was announced that a …
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