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Khzeerun = June
8 Christian students and teachers are kidnapped in the Nineveh Plain June 20, 07
Iraqi refugees in Syria face poverty trap June 20, 07
The newest kurdish fibs,fairy tales and lies June 19, 07
Demonstration in Sweden in behalf Assyrians of Iraq June 18, 07
Chaldean Priest Abducted in Baghdad is Free and in Good Health
June 17, 07
AUA and AANF of Australia lobby in behalf of Iraq's Assyrians
June 17, 07
U.S.: 60 pct of Baghdad not controlled June 16, 07
Iraqi Christians’ most urgent needs according to a Chaldean priest June 16, 07
Welcome to New Assyria, Sweden June 16, 07
More than a thousand Christian families forced to flee home
June15, 07
Imploring the EU Parliament discuss the Ethnic Cleansing of the Assyrians in Iraq June15, 07
Who will protect us? June14, 07
US Congress Takes a Step to Help Iraq's Persecuted Religious Minorities June13, 07
Far From War, a Town With a Well-Used Welcome Mat June13, 07
Congresswoman Eshoo Urges Bush, Congressional Members to Protect Iraq's Christian Population June12, 07
U.S. House Subcommittee on State Approves $10 Million for Religious Minorities in the Nineveh Plains of Iraq June12, 07
Report Outlines Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against Iraq's Assyrians June12, 07
U.S. Worth an Arduous Journey for Iraqi Assyrian Family
June11, 07
Killers of Fr. Ragheed and the three deacons wanted their conversion to Islam June10, 07
They slaughter us because we are not muslims June10, 07
German Society for Threatened People Intensifies
Human Rights Campaign for ChaldoAssyrians June 9, 07
Update of the Ashur TV program June 8, 07
Iraq War Hurting Local Assyrians June 8, 07
UN Refugee Agency Spotlights Plight of Iraqi Christian Couple
June 8, 07
A Safe Haven for Iraq's Christians Would Not Be an 'Assyrian Ghetto' June 7, 07
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Assyrian Priest in North Iraq
June 4, 07
600 Assyrian families have fled their homes in Dora Iraq June 4, 07
The Chaldean Church mourns Fr. Ragheed Ganni and his martyrs
June 4, 07
Chaldean Priest and three Deacons Murdered in Mosul June 4, 07
Terrorists sack and occupy a Christian convent in Baghdad June 2, 07
Call the White House June 2, 07
A Message of Solidarity from Rosie Malek-Yonan June 2, 07
Christian Minorities in the Islamic Middle East:
Rosie Malek-Yonan on the Assyrians June 1, 07
Plight of the Assyrians a UNA Report
June 1, 07
Yaar = May
Christian Population Dwindling Due To
Threats, Attacks May 31, 07
Ashur T.V.Interview with President of the
Assyrian Aid Society May 31, 07
SAFE ASYLUM FOR ASSYRIANS May 31, 07
Demonstration in Stockholm Against Ethnic
Cleansing of Christians in Iraq May 31, 07
Christian Minorities in the Islamic Middle East
May 30, 07
A Final Appeal: to Save Christian Iraq
May 30, 07
Mehdy Army imposes the veil on
Christian women May 30, 07
In North Iraq, Sunni Arabs Drive Out Kurds
May 30, 07
Russia Supports the Rights of Iraq's Christians
May 27, 07
Out of Iraq, a flight of Chaldean Assyrians May 27, 07
Meetings with The Asutralian MP, Minister for
Foreign Affairs May 25, 07
Blood of Iraqi Martyrs May 25, 07
Assyrian craftsman prefers life in the saddle May 24, 07
Iraq's Legal Commission Statement about Persecution
of Assyrians in Baghdad May 24, 07
Attempts to Ethnic Cleanse Assyrians in Northern Iraq
May 24, 07
Areas in Iraq Are Being Emptied of Christian
Assyrians May 24, 07
Iraqi government offers its “full support” to the persecuted
Christians of Baghdad May 24, 07
Armed Muslims Begin 'Ethnic Cleansing' in Baghdad
May 23, 07
Protect Us, Say Egyptians Christians May 23, 07
Iraqi Government Issues Statement concerning the
Persecution of Assyrians in Baghdad May 21, 07
Freed Chaldean Priest May Have Been Beaten
May 21, 07
Baghdad: three lives under duress May 21, 07
Baghdad Assyrian District Emptied; Churches, Monasteries
Abandoned May 21, 07
High” ransom demanded for Priest kidnapped in
Baghdad May 21, 07
The Swedes have bad knowledge about the
situation of the Iraqi Christians May 21, 07
A Chaldean priest is kidnapped in Baghdad May 19, 07
Muslim Riots Over Church Construction in Egypt Were
Preplanned May 19, 07
The Situation of Christians in Iraq is Dire May18, 07
Muslims Burn Assyrian Church in Baghdad May18, 07
Ashur T.V. Interview Satruday may 19, 07
May18, 07
Told to Convert or Die, 21 Assyrian Families Seek
Shelter in Baghdad Churches May18, 07
‘Islamic’ prince collects taxes in Baghdad’s Christian
neighbourhood May18, 07
Sectarian cleansing spreads to Christians in Iraq
May17, 07
Sesame Oil and Baklava date back to the Assyrian period
May16, 07
Egyptian Muslim Intellectual Criticizes Egypt's Treatment
of Christians May16, 07
What is going on in the Syriac Orthodox church?
May16, 07
Christianity in Turkey May16, 07
Iraq: A New Age Of Genocide? May14, 07
The Church in Iraq is in Great Danger: Bishop
of North Iraq May14, 07
Iraqi Leaders Indifferent to Endangered
Christians May 14, 07
Iraqi Christians facing persecution May 11, 07
Defenseless in Baghdad: Anti-Christian Violence in Iraq
May 10, 07
Iraqi Christians Fleeing Persecution May 10, 07
Christian leaders join in Patriach Delly’s Iraq appeal
May 10, 07
IRAQ: ARMED GROUPS TARGET CHRISTIANS IN
BAGHDAD May 10, 07
Iraqi Christians Flee Baghdad May 9, 07
Christians fleeing Iraq after death threats May 9, 07
Christians of Iraq Persecuted
By Iraqi Government and Foreign Troops May 7, 07
The Assault on Assyrian Christians in Iraq May 5, 07
Iraq's Christian Minority Flees Violence;
50 Percent May Have Left Country May 5, 07
The Plight Of The Iraqi Assyrian Christians in Jordan
May 5, 07
Iraq's Chaldean Bishop's Appeal to the
Sharm El-Sheikh Summit May 4, 07
Invitation to Sakai Community conference May 4, 07
Anniversary Party of the Assyrian Democratic
Movement in Ankawa, Iraq May 4, 07
Assyrian/Syriac Genocide might be taught in Swedish
schools May 4, 07
Iraqi leaders indifferent to 'endangered' Christians
May 2, 07
Lectures by Dr. David Gaunt in California May 2, 07
Banquet to honor rev. John Koury May 1, 07
Iraqi Priest Recalls Kidnapping Ordeal May 1, 07
Neesan = April
Iraqi Christians forced to pay 'protection tax' Muslims April 29, 07
enforcing Islamic law requiring tribute or conversion
Turkey destroys evidence of the Assyrian Genocide April 28, 07
A Memorial Monument in Armenia for the Assyrian
'Seyfo Genocide,' April 27, 07
IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING THREATS, MP SAYS
April 27, 07
Bishop of Northern Iraq: “ Church in Iraq is in great danger”
April 24, 07
Iraqi Prime Minister Supports Assyrian Christians in Iraq April 23, 07
IRAQ Bishops appeal: Save Iraq’s Christians! April 23, 07
Forbidden Love Ends With Multiple Deaths in North Iraq April 23, 07
Gunmen kill 23 members of Yazidi religious minority April 22, 07
Assyrian community speaks Aramaic, provides a warm
welcome to Israelis April 22, 07
Assyrian Mass Grave Investigation in Turkey April 22, 07
Protestant Pastor: “secular” Turkey; enough mockery!
April 17, 07
92 Years of Denying the Massacre of the
Assyrians, Armenians and the Greeks April 17, 07
A Swedish 'Valhalla' for Iraqi Refugees April 15, 07
More on Muslims Forcing Christian Assyrians in Baghdad
to Pay 'Protection Tax' April 15, 07
Arab American Institute is Deliberately Misrepresenting the
Assyrians Identity April 15, 07
The Plight of the Christian refugees in Turkey April 13, 07
“The Assyrians of Northern Iraq” April 13, 07
We Say No to a Medieval Kurdish Constitution April 13, 07
Assyrian Case Presented At Washington's Iraq Conference
April 12, 07
IRAQ: KURDISH PRESIDENT DID NOT OFFER KIRKUK BRIBE,
SAYS SENIOR OFFICIAL April 11, 07
Assyrian Village in North Iraq Terrorized By Kurd April 11, 07
Kurdish Attack on Assyrians Leaves Two Dead in Syria April 10, 07
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki Supports Assyrian Province!
April 10, 07
THE ASSYRIAN NEW YEAR 6757 CELEBRATION IN SYDNEY- AUSTRALIA
April 8, 07
A New Assyrian Blog April 8, 07
Forget 2007 - for Iraqi Assyrians this is 6757 April 8, 07
Assyrians along with other Christians celebrated Easter in Jerusalem
April 8, 07
Iraq's Christians celebrate Easter and hope peace will prevail April 8, 07
Easter Message From Rev. Ken Joseph Jr. April 7, 07
Graffiti Mars Church: Worship Places to Get More Patrols April 7, 07
An Evening of Poetry April 7, 07
Turkey's Ancient Assyrian Christian Community Looks to the Future April 7, 07
Easter Greetings April 6, 07
Assyrian Engineer Kidnapped by Armed Militia April 6, 07
Interview with Yonadam Kanna April 6, 07
Iraq's Christians Plan Easter Liturgies Despite Violence April 4, 07
Church Attendance Steady in Mosul Despite Bombs and Gunfire
April 4, 07
Assyrian New Year celebration in Australia April 4, 07
EU Conference Calls on Turkey to Recognize
Assyrian Genocide April 3, 07
Iraq's Christians Flock to Lebanon April 3, 07
The Christian victims of Iraq April 1, 07
Assyrian New Year Greeting April 1, 07
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Mosul (AsiaNews) – Yet again Christians are being kidnapped and murdered in Iraq. This morning 8 Christian students and teachers from the village of Qaraqosh – in the Niniveh Plain – were kidnapped on the road between Mosul and their village. The group of 50 people was on the way home from Mosul, where earlier this morning they had sustained entrance exams for University. The minibus onboard which they were travelling was stopped and surrounded by a caravan of cars ; the terrorists read a list of names of those who were to follow them, when no one responded to their orders they demanded to see identity cards. They took 3 teachers and 5 students away with them. The police witnessed the kidnapping without intervening. As of yet there is still no news of the authors of the kidnapping, nor of the health and conditions of the hostages.