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  By Anders Gustafsson US – AINA — Tomorrow the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, and Pope Benedict XVI are expected to discuss the issue. The American President, George W. Bush, and Pope Benedict XVI, today will discuss the issue of an own area for …

  By Waleeta Canon Baghdad – AINA — An AsiaNews article published on June 6 attacked the idea of establishing a self administered area in north Iraq for Iraq’s besieged Christians, half of whom have left the country since 2003 because of violence, murder and Islamic fundamentalism. The article is …

  By Nuri Kino Sweden – AINA — Behind me, you can hear the Swedish National Anthem, Du gamla, du fria (you old, you free), it is the church bells of St Ragnhild that are playing our national anthem. Earlier today, I was on the premises of Samira Herdo Gharib. …

        Baghdad – AsiaNews — Four of five Christian boys abducted yesterday with Chaldean priest Fr Hani Abdel Ahad were released today in good physical conditions. Sources told AsiaNews that the 33-year-old priest and the fifth boy are still in the hands of the kidnappers. All six were on …

        Baghdad – UN — The United Nations refugee agency is calling attention to the plight of an Iraqi Christian couple that has been bounced back and forth between European countries while trying to reconnect with their son and other relatives. While not releasing names in order to protect …

       Baghdad – AsiaNews — Another Chaldean priest was abducted in Baghdad today. Fr Hani Abdel Ahad, in his early 30s, was taken in a north-eastern section of the capital called Suleikh along with five boys who were going with him to visit the city’s minor seminar. The incident …

  By Emmanuel George Brikha  Fairfield(Australia) – fairfieldchampion — — Fairfield Assyrians met last week to discuss ways to raise general awareness of the plight of Assyrian Christians in Iraq and the Middle East. More than 40 attended the meeting, at the Assyrian Sports and Cultural Club at Fairfield Heights, …

      Den Haag – SAN — Geen woorden maar daden voor de Assyrische Christenen in Irak. Met dit motto is op woensdag 30 mei een Assyrische delegatie uit Twente naar Den Haag gegaan om aandacht te vragen voor de benarde situatie van hun christelijke volksgenoten in Irak. ‘Wij willen vanuit …

      Lurzen(Switzerland) – AINA —  More than 30 Assyrian youth gathered for a candlelight vigil in support of the Assyrians of Iraq. The vigil was part of a youth education camp organized by the Assyrian Youth Federation of Germany. Ms. Attiya Gamri, a member of the Dutch Parliament, lead a …

By Shamiram Demir Lurzen(Switzerland) – AINA — Freelance journalist Nuri Kino has recently written the report “By God: Six Days in Amman.” During six days in April, he met several Iraqi refugees in the capital of Jordan, and was able to hear why they had fled. He has almost daily …