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Videos show Libyan officials abusing jailed Gaddafi son
TRIPOLI — New videos show Libyan security officials threatening Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi in an effort to force him to talk, two weeks after footage emerged showing guards beating him in the same Tripoli jail. The videos, posted on social media, are an apparent attempt to embarrass the government controlling Tripoli, one of the...ISIS bomb wounds 30 at Cairo courthouse
CAIRO — ISIS's Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 30 people, including eight policemen, near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb on Thursday. A statement circulated on Twitter by supporters of the group, Sinai Province, said the bomb was a reprisal for the execution of six of its...Four Hamas militants abducted in Sinai
GAZA — Four members of Hamas' armed wing were abducted in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday after the bus they were on was stopped by unidentified gunmen, sources close to the Palestinian group and Egyptian security officials said. Russian news agency Sputnik reported that the Egyptian branch of ISIS abducted the...Israel launches strikes into Syria after rocket attack
BEIRUT — Rockets hit an Israeli village near the Lebanese border on Thursday and Israel struck back in the Syrian Golan Heights, saying the rare attack had been launched there by an Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group. The group, Islamic Jihad, denied the Israeli allegation. It had previously threatened reprisals should one of...War-torn Yemen on brink of famine and partition
SANAA — War-torn Yemen is on the brink of famine, with millions of women and children most at risk of starvation, as fighting around major ports stalls imports of food and other humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations. Some 13 million people in the impoverished Arab state, half the population, are hungry, while 6 million...Leading Israeli journalist: Israel is an apartheid
JERUSALEM — A leading Israeli journalist—writing in Haaretz, Israel’s oldest and most-prestigious daily newspaper—says “It’s Time to Admit It. Israeli Policy Is What It Is: Apartheid.” The author, Bradley Burston, a Haaretz columnist and senior editor of Haaretz.com, is well-known in the Israeli media. He has all the...Beheaded guardian of Palmyra was hostage like the city itself
ISIS has killed "the guardian of Palmyra." Tortured for a month and then beheaded for refusing to betray the secret location of the Roman’s city’s priceless artifacts, Khaled al-Asaad’s gruesome death has appalled his fellow archeologists. “ a joyful guy. You had to see him if you went to Palmyra. He was a guardian of the...Immigration relief “DACA” is good for everybody
The third anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is bittersweet. On the one hand, DACA improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of undocumented people brought into the U.S. by their parents by protecting them from deportation. On the other hand, it is only a temporary measure that is deeply resented by a...On voting … And not
The campaigning for next year’s elections is starting to draw more attention and with it comes a focus on voters and their mood. Which is all well and good, but it leaves out of the equation one large bloc of citizens: people who are eligible to vote, but don’t. Over the years, a fair number of people I’ve encountered have...Chelsea Manning found guilty of violating military prison rules
WASHINGTON — Soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in a military prison for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, was found guilty on Tuesday of violating jail rules and given three weeks of recreation curbs, the American Civil Liberties Union said. The former intelligence analyst was convicted in 2013 of providing...
Justice Mary Beth Kelly to leave Michigan Supreme Court
August 21st, 20150 KellyLANSING — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly is leaving her position on the bench. Kelly's retirement is effective Oct. 1. Kelly's advocacy on juvenile justice issues has had a major impact on the state and she has been instrumental in shaping innovative specialty courts meant to rehabilitate drug offenders and...
Detroit organizations to hold open soccer tournament
August 21st, 20150 DETROIT — Community organizations will hold a soccer tournament during National Welcoming Week, which celebrates diversity and immigrants' contributions. The event, which will take place at Clark Park in Southwest Detroit on Sept. 13, is organized by Global Detroit and Welcoming Michigan. Teams and players of all ages and...
Dearborn Heights residents: lack of services to blame for pests
August 21st, 20150 A Raccoon in the attack of a Dearborn Heights home. DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The summer season always tends to bring along a handful of unwanted animals. In Dearborn Heights, however, skunks, raccoons and possums have dominated certain neighborhoods like never before. Residents claim pests are taking over their streets and that lack...
92 schools located in polluted non-attainment area
August 21st, 20150 DEARBORN — Ninety-two schools are located in the area of Wayne County failing to meet federal standards for sulfur dioxide, according to a list forwarded to The Arab American News by the Sierra Club. Two of the schools on the list include Salina Elementary and Salina Intermediate Schools. Both are located in Dearborn's southend. The...
Littering in Dearborn still a major issue, despite recent initiatives
August 21st, 20150 Schaefer Rd. in east Dearborn.DEARBORN – This week, the city announced a clean up initiative that has been in full swing all summer long in an attempt to remove litter from the streets. Residents have expressed concerns in the past that litter has turned many parts of Dearborn into an eyesore. But now, city officials appear to be......
New York man plotted to harm Muslims, Obama with X-ray device
ALBANY, N.Y. — A Ku Klux Klan member conspired to use a remote-controlled X-ray device hidden in a truck, which he called "Hiroshima on a light switch", as a weapon of mass destruction to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday. But a lawyer for Glendon Scott Crawford said at the start of his trial...
Hefty auto insurance rates in Dearborn a burden on residents
August 21st, 20150 AAA Headquarters in Dearborn.DEARBORN — High auto insurance prices in Dearborn are becoming an economic burden on residents and pushing some motorists to drive illegally without coverage. The loss ratio for insurance companies hikes the rates. All drivers have to suffer because of the high costs of past claims.Ali Khalifeh, an agent......
Candidate’s social media posts raise concern about anti-Muslim bigotry
August 21st, 20150 DEARBORN — Concerns are being raised about the social media posts of a candidate in the race for Michigan’s 15th House District. Dorn Zurawski, a lifelong Dearborn resident, is accused of making derogatory and racist remarks about Arabs and Muslims on social media. One Facebook post features a woman wearing the Niqab who...Oklahoma man at ‘Muslim Free’ gun store accidentally shoots himself
OKLAHOMA CITY — A man helping out at a self-proclaimed "Muslim Free" gun store in the rural town of Oktaha, Oklahoma, accidentally shot himself in the arm after dropping his gun, authorities said on Wednesday. The man involved in the Tuesday incident has not been identified and his injuries are not life-threatening, Muskogee County...
Young Dearborn man commits suicide
August 20th, 20150 Khodor Abbas. Photo: FacebookDEARBORN— Khodor Abbas, the Dearborn 20-year-old man who died on Tuesday night, committed suicide, according to a police source. A community member familiar with the situation also confirmed that the young man killed himself. Abbas' family had told The Arab American News that he died in a car accident...Avoid tickets by keeping cars off street on Public Service Days
DEARBORN—In order for Dearborn to keep streets clean and maintain high neighborhood standards, the city has begun a new season of Public Service Days.Parking rules will be enforced. Residents are required to keep parked vehicles off neighborhood streets from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on their trash days, which are also Public Service......
We should be better neighbors
Children playing at night in a Dearborn street.Dearborn has a rich, diverse culture— a hybrid of the Middle East and the Midwest that can manifest itself in tasty food, welcoming faces and exuberant atmospheres. But not all is great. Our enthusiasm and liveliness are turning into chaos. Our tendency to be loud and stay up late...
Detroit Jewish community shocked by child porn case
August 20th, 20150 WEST BLOOMFIELD—On Monday, a federal magistrate denied bond for Matthew Kuppe, the 21-year-old man who worked as a camp counselor at the Detroit Jewish Community Center (JCC). Kuppe is accused of taking photos of naked young boys in a locker room while working as a counselor. He was......
Escaped tiger recaptured in old Detroit factory
August 20th, 20150 DETROIT — Police in Detroit confirmed a tiger was on the loose in a disused plant on the east side of the city and it has now been recaptured. Detroit police said the tiger escaped from a British film crew Monday while they were shooting footage inside the old Packard Plant and the crew was unable to recapture the big...Blast near Cairo state security building wounds six
CAIRO — At least six people were wounded early on Thursday in a car bombing near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb, security sources said.The sources, who inspected the site of the blast in Shubra al-Khaima, said there was a burned-out vehicle and crater.Comments on Twitter indicated the blast was heard......
