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6-month-old baby fighting to survive after being severally beaten by father
TAYLOR — Nicholas Spirdione, 23, pled not guilty to charges of torture, child abuse and assault in connection to the beating of his six-month-old baby Tuesday in Taylor, where he was arraigned. The infant suffered injuries to the head and had to undergo multiple surgeries. He is still in critical condition at the hospital. In...ACC encourages patient compliance with texting software for Behavioral Health Program
LATHRUP VILLAGE —The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) has been awarded a $35,000 Health Innovation Grant by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). The grant is to be used to develop a texting software program to benefit the ACC’s Behavioral Health Program (BHP), a comprehensive community-based, outpatient...
Dearborn Police: Crime down 15 percent in first quarter, up 26 percent in South End
May 2nd, 20140 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, April 30, the Dearborn Police Department held a Community Awareness Meeting at the Dearborn Public Schools Administration Building on the city's west side to inform residents of crime trends that typically arise in the spring and summer seasons.Hosted by Sergeant David Marshall and Corporal Dan Bartok, the...
Dearborn bodybuilder places first in showdown
May 2nd, 20140 Klait (left). DEARBORN — Arab American bodybuilder Ibrahim Klait has taken home first place in the 2014 NPC Simmons-Peckham Ultimate Showdown. The competition took place on April 26 at Rochester’s Adams High School. He competed against bodybuilders from 13 other Midwest states in the heavyweight division. Klait, better...
Disqualified EMU student government candidate alleges discrimination
May 2nd, 20140 Jaber.YPSILANTI — An Arab American candidate who was disqualified from the election of the student government presidency at Eastern Michigan University is accusing the Student Government Elections Commission of discrimination.Fatma Jaber ran a write-in campaign to challenge incumbent Desmond Miller. Students voted online on March...Maliki launches post-election bid to keep power, praises high turnout
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki votes during parliamentary election in Baghdad April 30, 2014. Iraqis head to the polls on Wednesday in their first national election since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011 as Prime Minister Nuri Maliki seeks a third term amid rising violence. ...2 new MERS deaths announced in Saudi
RIYADH — Saudi health authorities announced Wednesday, April 30, two new deaths from the MERS coronavirus in the kingdom, where 16 more infections were also detected.A 41-year-old man in the northwestern city of Tabuk and an 88-year-old in Riyadh died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, bringing to 107 the total deaths since the...
FBI Director James Comey: Syria war and homegrown extremists a growing threat to national security
May 2nd, 20140 DETROIT — FBI Director James Comey said homegrown violent extremists and the emergence of Syria as a new ground for jihadi fighters make counterterrorism the top priority for the bureau throughout the country.Comey explained that the threat of terrorism has changed over the years and is not solely carried out by al-Qaeda against major...Jordan opens desert camp for Syrian refugees
AMMAN — Across the desert horizon of eastern Jordan rows of iron skeleton structures rise from the sand, marking what the United Nations says could become the biggest camp for Syrian refugees in the Middle East.Azraq refugee camp, 100 km (62 miles) east of the capital Amman, was formally opened on Wednesday, April 30, after 10 months...Lebanese presidential vote delayed as MPs boycott vote
BEIRUT — Lebanese politicians abandoned their second attempt to elect a new president on Wednesday, April 30, after dozens of deputies boycotted a parliamentary vote to choose a successor to President Michel Suleiman.The country's two main political blocs, the pro-Hezbollah March 8 alliance and its March 14 rivals, have yet to agree on...Lebanese presidential vote delayed as MPs boycott vote
BEIRUT — Lebanese politicians abandoned their second attempt to elect a new president on Wednesday, April 30, after dozens of deputies boycotted a parliamentary vote to choose a successor to President Michel Suleiman.The country's two main political blocs, the pro-Hezbollah March 8 alliance and its March 14 rivals, have yet to agree on...Infant found buried in shallow grave
CLAY TOWNSHIP — On Tuesday, April 29, an autopsy was performed on the body of a dead infant who was found buried in a shallow grave here Sunday. The body was discovered in the 9300 block of Stone Road. Clay Township Police Chief Don Drake says a person doing yard work for the homeowners discovered the decomposed body....
Kerry says Israel could become “apartheid state,” backs off
May 2nd, 20140 WASHINGTON - The U.S. secretary of state, John Kerry, has come under a barrage of criticism for warning that Israel risked becoming an "apartheid state" if it did not reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.In a statement, Kerry hit back at what he described as "partisan political" attacks against him, while stating that in...Barbara Boxer, AIPAC seek to codify Israel’s right to discriminate against Americans
In order for the US to permit citizens of a foreign country to enter the US without a visa, that country must agree to certain conditions. Chief among them is reciprocity: that country must allow Americans to enter without a visa as well. There are 37 countries which have been permitted entrance into America's "visa waiver"...Bahrain expels representative of Sayyed Sistani
MANAMA — Bahrain expelled a prominent Shi'a religious figure on Wednesday, accusing him of acting as a representative of influential Iraqi cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani without permission.A statement by the interior ministry said it had received information from top Iraqi government officials that Sheikh Hussein al-Najati was......
Jordan amends anti-terror law to curb Jihadist threat
AMMAN - Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law have been implemented to curb the influence of homegrown al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said.New articles added to the law approved by parliament on Tuesday, April 22, deem "joining or attempting to...
Lebanese Parliament fails to elect president in first round
April 25th, 20140 Beirut — Lebanon's parliament has failed to elect a new president in the first session of presidential elections on Wednesday, April 22. No candidate succeeded in getting the minimum 86 votes, or a two-thirds majority, needed to win the presidency in the first round of voting. All the member of parliament left the floor out......
Syria sets date for presidential election
DAMASCUS — Syria has called a presidential election for June 3, preparing the ground for Bashar al-Assad to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power days after he said the war was turning in his favor.A leading Syrian opposition group said the election showed the president was divorced from reality.Western and Gulf...Democrats need ethnic voters to win in November
In this November's mid-term elections, the Democratic Party will be focused on winning back the governorships and legislatures in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Democrats lost decisively in these important states in 2010, giving Republicans the opportunity to institute far-reaching changes in programs, benefits and...Triumph of the immigrant American spirit: Meb Keflezighi and the Boston Marathon
Meb Keflezighi.Boston responded on Monday, April 21, with its vigorous spirit of community and transcendence to the cowardly terrorism that marred the Boston Marathon in 2013, coming out in record numbers for the 2014 event. The fastest man in the competition is being touted as the first American male to win since 1983. But of course...Let us not forget Qana and the victims of terrorism
It is often said that Western governments and media consider Arab lives less valuable than those of their own citizens. Civilians in the Arab world killed by foreign aggression are seen as collateral damage. Their murderers are excused, and their deaths turn into a number, flashing briefly on a TV screen. But that should never be......
NYPD Twitter campaign backfires, thousands of negative tweets
NEW YORK— A New York Police Department campaign to burnish its image via social media instead produced a flood of pictures of police brutality and tweets critical of the force being shared at a rate of thousands an hour.The department on Tuesday afternoon invited Twitter users to submit pictures of themselves with NYPD cops using the...Court deals blow to US administration on drone attacks
WASHINGTON — The US government must make public secret papers justifying drone attacks against suspected terrorists, including American citizens, a New York federal appeals court ordered Monday.The case was brought by The New York Times and two of its journalists in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case supported by the American......
Lawsuit says FBI uses no-fly list in bid to recruit Muslim informants
NEW YORK CITY — Awais Sajjad, a lawful permanent U.S. resident living in the New York area, learned he was on the no-fly list in September 2012 after he tried to board a flight to Pakistan at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was turned away.At the airport, FBI agents questioned Sajjad, a Muslim, before releasing him. But they...
Shatila Bakery expands with second location in West Bloomfield
April 25th, 20140 WEST BLOOMFIELD — Shatila Bakery has expanded with a second location that recently opened in West Bloomfield. Riad Shatila, the founder and owner of the internationally renowned Middle Eastern sweet shop passed away last year, but his wife and daughters are expanding and improving the business. The flagship store is located in......
