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Berri re-elected as Lebanon speaker

Saturday, 06.27.2009, 02:00am

BEIRUT — Nabih Berri, the leader of the Shi'a Muslim Amal movement, has been re-elected for a fifth term as the speaker of Lebanon's parliament.

San Francisco Arab Americans allege police brutality
By Suzanne Manneh

Spike in violence as government offers referendum on withdrawal pact
By Mohammed A. Salih

Community News

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Mother of hit-and-run victim dies in Lebanon
By Khalil AlHajal
Saturday, 06.27.2009, 12:43am

Family members say Dearborn woman 'died of broken heart'

	Summer festivals in full swing
	Internationally-known activist to speak at Palestine event
	Iraq ambassador addresses local aid fundraiser
	Huge crowd turns out for ACC job fair
	Company urges perseverance in foreclosure fight

Arab World

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Bloody showdown looming if unity talks fail
By Mel Frykberg
Saturday, 06.27.2009, 01:14am

RAMALLAH – Egyptian mediators have set July 7 as deadline for final Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo. The Egyptians say time is running out, and if there is no progress in July, they will no longer be prepared to arbitrate.

	Election law reproduces elite, preserves their power
	Opposition ponders uncertain future
	Arabs need bargaining power
	New hope for Carter in peacemaking?
	Iraqi cultural attaché builds bridges

U.S.A

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U.S. to name ambassador to Damascus after four years
By Katie Mattern and Ali Gharib
Saturday, 06.27.2009, 01:26am

WASHINGTON — After informing the Syrian embassy in Washington on Tuesday night, the U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will be sending an ambassador to Damascus for the first time since 2005.

	Time for immigration reform is now
	Arab American shot to death by Miami police
	Palestinian legislator speaks on the Hill
	Goodbye, GM
	Reuniting Families Act spurs hope

World

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Carter adds weight to shuttle diplomacy push
By Helena Cobban
Saturday, 06.27.2009, 01:20am

WASHINGTON (IPS) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who returned last week from a fact-finding tour of the Arab-Israeli region that included a visit to Gaza, where he met with Hamas leaders, briefed peace envoy George Mitchell on his findings Thursday.

	Seeing through all the propaganda about Iran
	Seeing through Israel's delay tactics
	Anger, arrogance cause quandary in Iran
	Iranian election riots not homegrown
	What are Mousavi's options now?

Opinions

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Democratic principles selectively applied
By Jaffer Ali
Saturday, 06.27.2009, 01:07am

Knowing things that others do not fosters a sense of existential loneliness and makes polite conversation about many important things all but impossible. Let's take the story that is being shoved down our throats by almost all media sources now; the Iranian election "fraud" and subsequent unrest.

	Netanyahu offers a state and a half
	AIPAC wall beginning to crack
	ACLU seeks reports of electronic device searches at borders, airports
	The lesson of the housekeeper
	The day of the dead

Art & Culture

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Film fest to screen local Arab American's upcoming film 'Street Boss'
By Khalil AlHajal
Friday, 06.19.2009, 05:38am

DEARBORN — "Street Boss," a film by Dearborn director/screenwriter Lance Khalid Kawas, is scheduled to be screened as the opening feature at the Detroit-Windsor International Film Festival, which opens June 25.

	Book review: Must-read about the nuclear mess
	Good place to start learning about Iran
	FILM REVIEW: Lemon Tree
	Video: Spoken-word artists perform at Amnesty event for human rights
	Disaster of the free market

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Musicians from the Iraqi refugee community in Syria perform at the Art House hotel in Damascus June 17, 2009, in a concert organised by the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), titled "Transitions", to mark the June 20 World Refugee Day. REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri