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         Beirut – AsiaNews — The committee of Maronite politicians ended their meetings without any agreement on possible candidates to the presidency, a key issue for the future of the country, at least on the medium term. The four parties represented (two from the majority and two from …

         Baghdad – AFP — The Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad — recently named Iraq’s first cardinal — said Tuesday that rising violence has made life worse for Iraqi Christians since the U.S.-led invasion, but he was optimistic that “peace will prevail.” Emmanuel III Delly, who will go to …

  Neal Haldane   Detroit – The Detroit News — Martin Manna expects the November release of an economic report to measure the economic contributions Chaldean Americans make in the Detroit area. “We’ve been trying to have more of a voice,” said Manna, executive director of the Chaldean American Chamber …

  Fred Aprim   USA – AINA — The Assyrian Academic Society’s website was hacked by a Turk today. The front page of the website was replaced with the picture shown below. The Turkish phrase says “this website was confiscated by Krutre in the name of the Turkish Nation.” An …

  Fred Aprim   North Iraq – AINA — I sent an e-mail few weeks back to the web site in question when the article of Dr. Sharpe was brought to my attention. I did not receive any response. Yesterday, October 26, 2007, I addressed a letter to the Chairman …

  By Nora Vosbigian   London – armeniancommunity — The two major Armenian political action groups in the United Kingdom have agreed to formally recognise the Assyrian Genocide. They will henceforth work for the common recognition of the Assyrian and Armenian genocides of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey. These declarations were …

        Mosul(Iraq) – AINA — According to Baghdad’s radio SAWA, two kidnapped priests were released Sunday morning in the middle of the city, where they took a taxi back to the church. The ransom had been initially set at one million US dollars each. Father Mazin Esho and Father …

        Finland – AINA — The Finland Assyria Association (Soumi-Assyria Yhdistys) was founded on 16th October 2007. Its purpose is to defend the national rights of the Assyrian people, also called Chaldeans and Syriacs. The association will be headed by Dr. Simo Parpola, professor of Assyriology at the University …

  His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI ܒܪܟܡܪܝ Vatican – ADO — On behalf of the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac people living in their Homeland (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran) and Diaspora, we are writing to you to express our deep concern and growing alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation of …

   Sweden – ACSA — Sveriges konsul i Istanbul, Ingmar Karlsson, har haft stort genomslag hos svenska beslutsfattare när det gäller olika frågor, såsom speciellt Sveriges syn på Turkiets EU-medlemskap. Karlsson ger ett tydligt besked om var han själv står, genom sin under 2007 utgivna bok, ”Europa och turken, betraktelser …