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Assyrian Revival Stirs in Turkey
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
Midyat, south-eastern Turkey (BBC) -- In a corner of 21st Century Turkey, a congregation still worships in the language of Christ.
At an early morning Sunday church service, chanting in Aramaic fills the air together with the sweet scent of incense.
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When Civilization Went Global
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
New York -- The curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's current show about ancient Mesopotamia, Joan Aruz, is adamant that she intended no political comment, explicit or implicit, on present-day Iraq.
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Iraqi Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly Visits Mich.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (AP) -- Iraqi Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly is touring the United States as part of an effort to call attention to the plight of those in his country since the U.
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Member of Iraq President Party Killed in Drive-by
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk.
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The West's Cultural Continuity: Aristotle At Mont Saint-Michel
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
Sylvain Gouguenheim's "Aristote au Mont Saint-Michel: Les racines grecques de l'Europe Chrétienne" reviewed by Thomas F. Bertonneau
Long before the late Eduard Said invented "Orientalism" to exalt Arab culture and Islamic society at the expense of the West, bien-pensants like Voltaire inclined to express their rebellion against the dwindling vestige
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Iraq's Mosul Remains a Dangerous Place
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
MOSUL, Iraq -- I first went to Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, in the summer of 1996, when I was 15 years old.
MOSUL, Iraq - I remember how excited I was to be visiting what was then Iraq's third-largest city.
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Iran and Bahrain Officials Call for Oil As Weapon
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander is calling on Islamic countries to use oil as a weapon to end the fighting in Gaza, echoing a similar call days earlier by lawmakers in Bahrain.
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Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) -- Turkish warplanes bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday in Ankara's latest offensive against suspected Kurdish guerrilla positions, an Iraqi local official said.
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Jump in Number of Iraqi Refugees Coming to Germany
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
(DPA) -- The growing persecution of religious minorities in Iraq has led to a steep rise in the number of Iraqis seeking refuge in Germany, official figures showed Friday.
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Lebanon Parliamentary Elections Set for June 7
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0300
BEIRUT (AFP) -- Lebanon will hold parliamentary elections on June 7, the interior ministry announced on Monday.
"The ministry of interior announces the promulgation of a decree calling on voters to elect legislators," a statement said.
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