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US House Approves $10 Million in Aid for Iraq’s Christians

      Washington- CASCA — The House of Representatives has shown its support for the plight of the Chaldean/Assyrian/Syriac people of Iraq by including $10 million in the House version of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2008. This funding is in addition to the $10 million included in the Fiscal …

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Patriarch Sfeir from New York Calls for Efforts to Help Lebanon

      New York- Neharnet — Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir has told the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council that Lebanon is in dire need of a president and stressed the necessity of non-interference in the country’s internal affairs. “All our constitutional institutions should be active and efficient. The …

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Assyrian Man Hit Daughter for Dating a Muslim

      Wellington(New Zealand)- AINA — Ishak Ishak, 59, who came to New Zealand as a refugee from Iraq, had pleaded guilty to assaulting his daughter in April. In Wellington District Court yesterday Judge Susan Thomas sentenced him to come up for sentence if called upon within nine months. Judge …

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Sunnis, Shiites Clash for a Second Day in Lebanon

      BEIRUT- AP — Shiite supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Sunni supporters of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government have clashed for a second straight day as the sectarian confrontations in Beirut spread to other parts of the country. The rival sides exchanged gunfire in the village of Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon’s …

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Assyrian Genocide Scholar Addresses British House of Commons

      London – AINA — Assyrian genocide scholar Sabri Atman addressed the British House of Commons on the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks in World War One. The genocide claimed 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1.5 million Assyrians and 400,000 Greeks. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am an Assyrian! I …

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