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     Central Valley Chapter – AAS ++ The Assyrian Aid Society of America (AAS) Central Valley Chapter will present the third annual Mesopotamian Night concert on Saturday, August 15 in the Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, California. The concert is part of AAS-A’s continuing …

Dohuk, North Iraq – AINA ++ Iraqi Assyrian soccer legend Emmanuel Baba David, born November 27, 1934 in Baghdad Iraq, died yesterday in Duhok, Iraq. Better known as "Ammo Baba" (uncle Baba), he was coach of the Iraqi National Football Team. He scored the first international goal for Iraq in …

Telkepe, North Iraq – AINA ++ An Assyrian political activist, Hazim Zori, member of the Telkepe district council, ranking member of the Assyrian Democratic Organization and member of the Hammurabi Human Rights Group, was detained by Kurdish security forces, known as Asayesh, on may 14, 2009. According to Mr. Zori, …

 Enschede, Holland – Assyrie ++ On May 17th, 2009, Esther de Lange spoke about her activities with the Assyrian Association in Enschede (Netherlands). These were not the usual words of a politician, campaigning for the upcoming EU Parliamentary elections.. She spoke, rather, about the "Assyrians in Iraq" conference which she …

WASHINGTON – Fresnobee Abraham Odisho has hobbled several steps closer to home. But the grievously wounded Iraq War veteran still is several hundred miles away from the Modesto neighborhood where he grew up. He still hasn’t received his new prosthetic leg, for which he was recently fitted. Over the Memorial …

By Nuri Kino Stockholm – aina ++ His father was one of the perpetrators; he is the first to ask for forgiveness through action Four Kurdish men gathered a group of Christian female survivors in the cathedral’s yard. They pointed their weapons at the women while forcing them to carry …

ISTANBUL – Reuters ++ One of the world’s oldest functioning Christian monasteries has won a legal battle to have land it had owned for centuries restored to it, after a Turkish court ruled on Friday it could not be claimed by the state. The dispute over the boundaries of Mor …

Reporting by Nuri Kino Tur Abdin, Turkey – AINA ++ The St. Gabriel Assyrian monastery, in Mardin, Turkey, won the first of three court cases today. The dispute centered over land owned by the monastery and three surrounding villages. The Turkish state brought the case against the monastery on behalf …

By Jennie Miller Southfield, Michigan – AINA ++ The Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce is set to host its fourth annual Chaldean Festival outside the Southfield Civic Center June 5-7. But this year will be unlike any other, as changes have been made. A full carnival will join the cultural …

South Australia – Greekreporter ++ The Turkish ambassador to Australia said that relations between the two countries will be affected following the decision by the South Australia State Parliament to recognize the Genocide of the Pontians, Armenians and Assyrians. He also expressed regret at the decision by South Australian Attorney …