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Ensched(Holland)- Seyfo Center++ The 41st edition of the Enschedese Marathon took place on Sunday the 26th of April. At least 70.000 people enjoyed the event. Amongst the 8000 runners, many had an Assyrian background. The Assyrian Youth Federation (AJF) and the Assyrian Genocide Centre ”Seyfo Centre” organized the participation for …

By Stacy Milbouer MERRIMACK – Nashuatelegraph ++ After saying Mass to a group of 100 at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts on Sunday, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Iraq spoke of the persecution of Christians in his country, including kidnappings, which he said go underreported and underinvestigated. During the …

     Ankawa, North Iraq – AINA — An Assyrian church security guard was severely beaten on Sunday, April 26 by four people claiming to be Kurds. While guarding the St. Joseph Church and the parishioners during Sunday morning mass, the guard observed a Land Cruiser with three occupants circling the …

     Toronto, Canada – ado — After a long battle with illness, on the evening of Monday April 27, 2009, the Assyrian historian Dr. Hirmis Aboona passed away at the age of 69, in the city of Toronto, Canada. Hirmis Aboona is the author of several books on the ancient …

By Rudi Stettner Baghdad – Rantrave. — Among the side effects of the war in Iraq is the deteriorating safety condition of the Christians in that country. The overthrow of Sadaam Husein unfortunately created a power vacuum has been filled by Muslims whose interpretation of Islam is dangerous to both …

By Ayse Gunaysu ISTANBUL, Turkey – Hairenik — On April 24, the Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Organization of Turkey organized an event in Istanbul commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The commemoration was held in what was formerly the “tobacco warehouse,” now renovated and being used for exhibitions, events and …

By Mustafa Mahmoud BAGHDAD – Reuters — Christians in Kirkuk were urged to stand firm by the city’s Chaldean archbishop Monday after three members of the religious minority were gunned down in their homes. Louis Sako told mourners at a cathedral in the ethnically mixed city that the attacks Sunday …

By Michelle A. Vu BAGHDAD – Christian Post — Four Iraqi Christians were murdered within two days by unknown assailants, according to a Christian persecution watchdog group. Shabah Aziz Suliman was reportedly killed in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Apr. 1, and Nimrud Khuder Moshi, Glawiz Nissan and …

     Kirkuk, Irak – AFP — Gunmen killed two Christians, including a woman, after breaking into their homes in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday, police said. They shot dead Yussef Shaba, an employee of Iraq’s Northern Oil Company, and wounded his two sons, Bassel and Samer, …

     ANKARA – Hurriyet — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan has intervened in a land dispute over an ancient Syriac monastery in the southeastern city of Mardin, instructing his ministers to resolve the problem through a peaceful settlement. Erdogan steps into monastery dispute “Our prime minister is closely following the …