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   Beirut – Naharnet — Ex-President Amin Gemayel said Monday results of the Metn by-elections show that he is the true representative of the Christians, stressing that the forthcoming head of state should be chosen from the March 14 alliance. Gemayel, who lost Sunday’s elections with a narrow margin, said …

  Strong Solidarity Commitment by the Austrian Ruling Party for the Recognition of the Assyrian Genocide By Abdulmesih BarAbraham(Translation from German text by Tuma Abraham, MD) Osterreichs – ADO — The Assyrians have received a strong commitment for support of their efforts for the recognition of the Assyrian Genocide. This …

  By Nadim Ladki By Nadim Ladki – Reuters — A Christian opposition candidate narrowly won a by-election to Lebanon’s parliament on Sunday in a result that seemed set to further complicate a 9-month-old political crisis. In the latest showdown between Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s Western-backed government and its opponents, …

  By Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta Baghdad – desicritics — I nearly fell out of my chair when I stumbled over a tiny piece of news about the fact that August 7th has been declared as the Memorial Day for Assyrian Martyrs. Assyrians? Surely somebody is pulling my leg or its …

  By Thea Halo US – ESNA — As some of you know, Genocide Scholar Adam Jones of Yale University decided to present a Resolution to the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), which would recognize the massacres and forced death marches between 1914-1923, of Assyrians and Pontian and Anatolian …

        Zweden – ESNA — Nuri Kino secures his position as one of Europes most important investigative journalists. The Swedish Queen and Nuri Kino are two of those chosen as winners of the Blatte De Luxe award. The award is given to individuls who has done something extra ordinary …

        Beirut – AFP — Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday welcomed Syria’s alleged support for efforts by Spain and France to resolve the eight-month-old political crisis in Lebanon. “I am pleased to have been informed of the very constructive position of the Syrian authorities,” Moratinos said …

        Egypt – Naharnet/AFP — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran of fuelling terrorism in Lebanon and destabilizing the whole region. “I think if there is a destabilization of the region, that can be laid at the feet of an Iranian regime,” she said. On her way …

  Translated by Cristina Chamoun Germany – ESNA — By a decision taken by the Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwaz, the Archbishop Mor Julius Hanna Aydin was stopped from his office in the end of May 2007. The Archbishop was stopped from practising his official duties as Archbishop because …

  By Michelle Vu WASHINGTON – CPR — The situation of Iraqi Christians is worse than being reported and nothing is being done to help, testified the pastor of one of the largest churches in Iraq Wednesday before the U.S. government’s special religious freedom commission. “The situation is more than …