 be an ideal of a Noetherian ring
 be an ideal of a Noetherian ring  and M be a finitely generated
 and M be a finitely generated
 -module. We introduce  the class of extension modules of finitely generated
modules by the class of all modules
-module. We introduce  the class of extension modules of finitely generated
modules by the class of all modules  with
 with  and we denote it
by
 and we denote it
by 
 where
 where  is an integer. We prove that for any
 is an integer. We prove that for any
 (or minimax) submodule
(or minimax) submodule  of
 of  the
 the  -modules
-modules
 and
 and 
 are finitely generated, whenever the modules
are finitely generated, whenever the modules  ,
,  , ...,
, ...,
 are
 are 
 ( or weakly Laskerian).  As a
consequence, it follows that the set of associated primes of
 ( or weakly Laskerian).  As a
consequence, it follows that the set of associated primes of  is
finite. This generalizes  the main results of Bahmanpour and Naghipour [4]
and [5], Brodmann and Lashgari  [6], Khashyarmanesh and
Salarian [21] and Hong Quy [18]. We also show that the category
 is
finite. This generalizes  the main results of Bahmanpour and Naghipour [4]
and [5], Brodmann and Lashgari  [6], Khashyarmanesh and
Salarian [21] and Hong Quy [18]. We also show that the category
 of
 of  -cofinite
-cofinite 
 
   -modules
forms an Abelian subcategory of the category of all
-modules
forms an Abelian subcategory of the category of all  -modules.
-modules.
Key Words: Local cohomology module, cofinite module, Weakly Laskerian modules.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 13D45;
Secondary: 14B15, 13E05.
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