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Shootings on Detroit’s east side leave 2 dead, 7 injured
DETROIT — This past weekend, four separate shootings on the city’s east side left two men dead and seven people injured. On Saturday, a man believed to have been between 35 and 40 was shot on the 4800 block of Nottingham after being chased by a would-be robber who’d tried to hold him up out side a store at Nottingham and...
Local scientist wins environmental award for research on birth defects in Iraq
March 6th, 20150 Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani ANN ARBOR — Local scientist Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani won the prestigious Rachel Carson Prize for her work on the effects of war on public health, particularly the rise of birth defects in Iraq, because of pollution from bombs dropped during the war. The Rachel Carson Prize is awarded annually in...
West Bloomfield officials accused of racism face recall efforts
March 6th, 20150 Oram.WEST BLOOMFIELD — Three members of the West Bloomfield Township board of trustees are facing a recall effort over allegations that they discriminated against Chaldeans. Resident Charlene Mitchell Rodgers filed recall petitions to get Clerk Catherine Shaughnessy and trustees Lawrence Brown and Howard Rosenberg removed from...
UM-Dearborn deer cull ends
March 6th, 20150 DEARBORN — The recent deer cull at the University of Michigan-Dearborn ended this past Sunday. Hunters were initially called in to kill about 50 deer near the campus on Feb. 24 to reduce the animals’ population. Last year an aerial study revealed 57 deer in the area. By this January, their numbers had increased to 76. The...
Sterling Heights cultural exchange taking place March 13
March 6th, 20150 STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights and its Ethnic Community Committee will hold its 2015 Cultural Exchange on a new date this year, Friday, March 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Senior Center. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend this celebrated event. Free overflow parking and shuttle service is available...
Urban League to honor Dr. Haifa Fakhouri
March 6th, 20150 DETROIT — Dr. Haifa Fakhouri, president and CEO of the Arab American and Chaldean Council, will be honored at the Urban League of Detroit and Southeast Michigan’s 36th annual Salute to Distinguished Warriors Dinner. The event will take place Thursday, March 26 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center Hotel. Other honorees will...Ferguson policies targeted Blacks, created toxic environment
Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson is pictured in this undated evidence photo.WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A U.S. probe found systemic racial bias targeted Blacks and created a "toxic environment" in Ferguson, Missouri, but cleared a White officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black teenager there, Attorney General Eric Holder said...Californian tried to join “Islamic State” in Syria
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man whom prosecutors say sought to travel to Syria last year in a bid to join "Islamic State" fighters was indicted on federal charges, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. The suspect, Adam Dandach, 21, of Orange, California, was indicted by a grand jury in Santa Ana, California, the...Muslim man killed in Texas while taking photos
DALLAS — The North Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today called on law enforcement authorities to address community concerns about what motivated the alleged killers of a 36-year-old Muslim who was shot Wednesday. while taking pictures of the snow. A report on social media indicates that the...Supreme Court split over Obamacare challenge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on ideological lines on Wednesday as it tackled a second major challenge to President Obama's healthcare law, with Justice Anthony Kennedy emerging as a likely swing vote in a ruling. The nine justices heard 85 minutes of arguments in the case brought by conservative...The Arab intellectual is resting, not dead
Whenever a new poem by Mahmoud Darwish was published in al-Quds newspaper, I rushed over to Abu Aymen’s newsstand that was located in the refugee camp’s main square. It was a crowded and dusty place where grimy taxis waited for passengers, surrounded by fish and vegetable venders. Darwish’s poetry was too cryptic for us...Our representatives insulted us
We are disappointed that most of Michigan’s congressional delegation attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial and insulting speech on Capitol Hill. Their decision to stand and applaud for Netanyahu's lies as he undermines President Obama and pretends to care more about threats to world peace than our...
Chaldeans at AIPAC do not speak for the community
March 6th, 20151 Last week, Chaldean State Rep. Klint Kesto (R- Commerce Township) and California businessman Mark Arabo attended the national conference of the American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC). Then, they filled their social media pages with expressions of fondness of Israel and calls to protect Iraqi Christians—sometimes in the...
Dearborn council addresses negative attention following Chapel Hill murders
March 6th, 20150 City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 3.DEARBORN — At the city council meeting on Tuesday, March 3, council members addressed negative media attention that has been directed at the city following the murder of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, N.C. In a resolution by Councilman Mike Sareini that was supported unanimously...Blast kills Nusra commander; U.S. backed rebels collapse in northern Syria
DAMASCUS — Al-Qaeda's official Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday the death of its top military commander, who insurgent sources said fell victim to a blast targeting a high-level militant meeting. General Military Commander Abu Humam al-Shami, a veteran of Islamist militant fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria,......
Algeria passes law banning violence against women
Women wearing traditional veils called "hayek" walk in downtown Algiers March 21, 2013.ALGIERS — Algeria's parliament passed a law on Thursday criminalizing violence against women, in a move criticized by Islamist lawmakers. The law makes inflicting injury on one's spouse punishable with up to 20 years in prison and allows a judge to...Southend residents encouraged to call for clean air March 11
Residents from Dearborn’s Southend are encouraged to join others living in Wayne County’s heavily polluted ZIP codes on March 11 for a meeting about harmful SO2 emissions in Wayne County at River Rouge High School, 1460 W. Coolidge Highway, River Rouge MI 48218. A portion of Wayne County is failing to meet and state federal......
Egypt names new interior minister to combat religious extremism
The newly-appointed Interior Minister Magdy Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel Ghaffar (L) stands at attention as he is sworn in by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) in Cairo.CAIRO — Egypt replaced its interior minister on Thursday with a retired general who has experience combating religious extremism as part of the country's...Libyan factions hold peace talks in Morocco
SKHIRATE, Morocco — Libya's warring factions held United Nations-backed talks on Thursday in an effort to end a conflict between two rival governments that threatens to drive the country into full-blown civil war. Air strikes between rival forces intensified before Thursday's negotiations on Libya, where Western governments...Kidnapped Iranian diplomat in Yemen freed
SANAA — An Iranian diplomat held hostage in Yemen since 2013 returned home to Tehran on Thursday amid conflicting accounts of how he was freed from his unidentified abductors. IRNA, Iran's state news agency, quoted deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian as saying that an Iranian intelligence operation in Yemen rescued Noor...Executions set ‘unprecedented’ pace in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for murder Thursday, adding to what Amnesty International has called an unprecedented pace of executions in the kingdom. Manie bin Ali bin Muhsin al-Gahtani was convicted of gunning down another man, the Interior Ministry said in a statement reported by the official Saudi Press......
Palestinian leaders say they’ll cut security coordination with Israel
RAMALLAH — Palestinian leaders in the West Bank said on Thursday they would halt the security coordination with Israel which is widely credited with keeping order in the territory and preventing attacks in Israel. The Palestinian Central Council, whose votes are usually binding on the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, said it made...Saudi FM: Iran is taking over Iraq
Secretary of State John Kerry walks alongside Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, before a meeting with Saudi king Salman in riyadh, March 5.RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Thursday of Iran’s "destabilizing" policies in the region......
Iraqi army, Iranian-backed militia prepare for Tikrit battle
An Iraqi soldier looks on as smoke rises from oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit in the Salahuddin province, March 4.BAGHDAD — "Islamic State" militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit to obstruct an assault by Iranian-backed Shi'a militiamen and Iraqi soldiers trying to drive them from...Bibi speaks, America listens
So Bibi gave his talk. I wrote up an advance briefing on what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would say before Congress on March 3 and got it almost perfect. I even got some of the punch lines word-for-word. To be honest, that was an easy task. There was absolutely nothing original in this speech. As is true with......