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Newyork Times ? QAMISHLI – Syria,The Iraqi election next month may be evoking skepticism in much of the world, but here in northeastern Syria, home to concentrations of several ethnic minorities, it is evoking a kind of earnest hope. “I believe democracy in Iraq must succeed,” Vahan Kirakos, a Syrian …

BANDA ACEH – Indonesia -AFP Confirmed deaths from Asia‘s tsunami catastrophe soared past 70,000 and experts predicted much worse to come as the world’s biggest ever relief operation stuttered into life against enormous odds.With 71,763 dead, rotting corpses, smashed sewers, contaminated water and a lack of food and shelter, along …

? JAKARTA – AFP Le bilan des raz-de-mar?e qui ont frapp? dimanche plusieurs milliers de kilom?tres de rivages de l’Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est n’a cess? de s’alourdir mercredi avec plus de 80.000 morts d?j? recens?s mais la Croix Rouge s’attend ? plus de 100.000 victimes.L’?v?nement Le nombre des …

Qamishli is experiencing a new restlessness and even protests.?QAMISHLI, Syria, Dec. 28 – The Iraqi election next month may be evoking skepticism in much of the world, but here in northeastern Syria, home to concentrations of several ethnic minorities, it is evoking a kind of earnest hope. “I believe democracy …

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Nestled off a bustling shopping avenue in central Baghdad, Babylon Farms offers all the retail trappings of Christmas. Baskets brim with glitterdusted ornaments. A 4-foot Santa Claus doll towers over the cash register. Rows of decorated trees and plastic red poinsettias line the shop. The only thing …

The United Nations has begun its largest ever relief operation in response to the Asian quake disaster. Disaster assessment teams have fanned out to the affected countries and local branches are distributing emergency aid, says the organisation. The UN says it faces an unprecedented challenge in co-ordinating distribution of aid …

Fewer Iraqi Christians than usual came to church for Christmas Day prayers on Saturday, but those that did came despite fears insurgents, who have attacked churches and mosques in the past year, would strike again. At Our Lady of Salvation, one of Baghdad’s largest churches, hundreds of Christians sang hymns, …

Rescuers in Baghdad lifted blackened corpses on Christmas Day from the ruins of a suicide truck bombing the previous evening that killed eight people, further unnerving Iraq’s embattled Christian community. A giant fireball ripped the wealthy Mansur district in Baghdad on Friday a few hours after Christmas Eve mass was …

BAGHDAD, Iraq, AP Security concerns kept many Iraqi Christians away from church Christmas Day, while U.S. troops in Baghdad celebrated the holiday as traditionally as possible feasting on turkey and then relaxing at the pool table or computer screen. At one Baghdad church, worshippers walked past armed security guards to …

Zinda MagazineOf the more than 3 million Iraqi expatriates living in 14 countries, there are an estimated 800,000 eligible voters.? Half a million of these are expected to join their countrymen(women) on 30 January to elect a 275-member assembly that will appoint a government and draft a constitution.?? The majority …