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Local businessmen making national news for offering $15 an hour minimum wage
DEARBORN HEIGHTS/CANTON -Harry Moorhouse and Brian Parker are making national headlines for offering a $15/hour minimum wage to workers at their two all-natural fast food restaurants.The businessmen launched the first Moo Cluck Moo location in Dearborn Heights in April of this year and another in Canton shortly after. “I am a...Russia blocks U.N. statement condemning Syrian attacks
NEW YORK - Russia blocked a U.N. Security Council statement on Thursday, Dec. 19, that would have condemned the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for recent missile and "barrel bomb" attacks on civilians, including children, U.N. diplomats said.The council's failure to approve the U.S.-drafted statement elicited an angry...UK, U.S. to be allowed to question Libyan ex-spy chief over Lockerbie
TRIPOLI - Libya plans to allow British and American investigators to question Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi over the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, the Libyan justice minister has told Britain's ITV news."In order to learn the lessons of history and give rest and assurances and comfort to the families of...U.S. court urged to reject Israeli attempt to silence witness
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for the family of an American teenager killed in a 2006 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv urged a U.S. court on Tuesday, December 17, to reject an attempt by Israel to muzzle a witness in an anti-terrorism case, court documents showed.The lawsuit revolves around allegations that Bank of China knowingly allowed Palestinian...Academic boycott of Israel should open dialogue
On Dec. 15, the members of the American Studies Association (ASA) voted 66% in favor of endorsing the ASA National Council resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions in protest of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.The council applied standards predicated on evidence of institutional discrimination and made a gesture of...Blast in Libya cemetery: Even dead aren’t safe in Benghazi
BENGHAZI - One person was killed and five wounded Sunday when a car blew up in a cemetery in Benghazi, security and medical sources said. The car exploded after the funeral of a police officer killed in a similar blast the previous day, killing one of the car's passengers, security spokesman Ibrahim al-Sharaa said.Five other people were...Suicide bomber kills 11 at funeral in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber killed 11 people and wounded 20 at a Shi'a Muslim funeral in a city northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, Dec. 10, police said, as Iraqi insurgents pursue a campaign of deadly attacks. An Iraqi man carries the body of his son, who was killed by a car bomb attack, during a funeral in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south...drone strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake
SANAA - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday, Dec. 12. The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a...Uproar in Egyptian court halts Islamist leaders’ trial
wCAIRO - An Egyptian judge halted the trial of leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, Dec. 10, after they shouted slogans and refused to cooperate with the court.Judge Mustafa Salama said the case of the Brotherhood's General Guide Mohamed Badie and fellow defendants, who are charged with inciting the killing of protesters,...Winter storm adds misery to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
SYRIA — Thousands of Syrian refugees living in makeshift camps in Lebanon were weathering a winter storm that brought snow, rain and freezing temperatures to the country.In northern Arsal, just across the border from Syria, layers of snow sat atop flimsy shelters housing tens of thousands of recently arrived refugees.The UN refugee...
Apartheid died on the sharp edge of principles
December 13th, 20130 Nelson Mandela’s death has produced both an outpouring of international solidarity, remembrance, and celebration commemorating Madiba’s leadership in defeating apartheid in South Africa. It has also generated a wave of historical revision and mythmaking—the sort of thing we’ve come to expect when radicals become icons. Mainstream...U.S. defense bill boosts funding for missile defense, Israeli efforts
Washington - A compromise defense bill proposed on Monday by U.S. lawmakers would boost spending on missile defense by $358 million to $9.5 billion, mandating an additional homeland defense radar and increasing funding for U.S.-Israeli cooperative efforts.Leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services committees...Jail without charge for African migrants in Israel
TEL AVIV - Israel’s parliament has passed a law allowing illegal immigrants from Africa to be held without charge for up to a year, despite the Israeli Supreme Court overturning a similar law in September.The new bill, which is backed by the Israeli government, amends earlier legislation from 2012, whereby illegal immigrants...
Iran, Saudi Arabia among 30 countries to attend Geneva II
December 13th, 20130 GENEVA - Iran and Saudi Arabia, which back opposite sides in Syria's war, are among more than 30 countries slated to attend a peace conference next month, diplomats said.The Geneva 2 conference, a follow-up to a 2012 meeting, is aimed at mapping out a political transition to end nearly three years of fighting that has killed more than...The deadly pawns of Saudi Arabia
Donors in Saudi Arabia have notoriously played a pivotal role in creating and maintaining Sunni jihadist groups over the past 30 years. But, for all the supposed determination of the United States and its allies since 9/11 to fight “the war on terror,” they have showed astonishing restraint when it comes to pressuring Saudi Arabia......
Class action lawsuit seeks to limit mandatory detention of immigrants in California
SAN FRANCISCO — Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus ("Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus") and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC), with co-counsel Keker Van Nest LLP, filed a statewide class action lawsuit Thursday to challenge the current federal policy of detaining certain...New York City cab drivers strike a pose with pinup calendar for charity
NEW YORK - Taxi drivers are putting out a pinup calendar for 2014, playfully displaying pot bellies and copious body hair in a tongue-in-cheek challenge to a popular beefcake calendar produced each year by buff and brawny city firefighters.The NYC Taxi Drivers calendar features cabbies posing in various stages of undress - a......
152-year-old shipwreck found on Lake Huron
Lansing, Michigan - The wreckage of a wooden steamship that sank 152 years ago in a storm on Lake Huron with no survivors has been found, a Michigan explorer said on Monday.What exactly happened to the Keystone State and its 33 occupants in a November 1861 voyage to Milwaukee from Detroit remains a mystery, said David Trotter, who found...
ADC Michigan cancels annual gala
December 13th, 20130 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan regional office (ADC-MI) has cancelled its annual gala, which was scheduled for Friday Dec. 13 at Greenfield Manor in Dearborn.ADC-MI incoming director Fatina Abdrabboh announced the cancellation in a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 10."I have assessed and examined the...Lawmakers and activists call for restrictions on use of domestic drones by government
ROYAL OAK — As the number of drones being manufactured throughout the country increases, the discussion is emerging on what the proper regulations for using the unmanned aircraft should be. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, by the end of the decade there will be 10,000 drones circling skies in the United States....Dearborn CERT program hosts training sessions for UAE volunteers
DEARBORN — On Tuesday, December 10, the City of Dearborn kicked off a week-long advanced training session for a group of volunteers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who were in town to receive training from the police and fire department's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).The CERT program is based on assembling volunteers......
“Mock eviction” pro-Palestinian stunt causes a stir at UM-Ann Arbor campus
December 13th, 20130 ANN ARBOR — About 1,500 University of Michigan students were startled this week after waking up on Tuesday morning with eviction notices under their doors at six dormitories across campus."If you do not vacate the premises by 13 DECEMBER 6 PM, we reserve the right to demolish your premises without delay. We cannot be held responsible...GM names first female CEO
DETROIT — General Motors Co CEO Dan Akerson will step down next month and be replaced by GM "lifer" and global product chief Mary Barra, a sign that the development of new vehicles will be the paramount focus of the company that emerged from bankruptcy four years ago.The appointment of Barra, 51, is at once groundbreaking - she......
Detroit’s bankruptcy focus of new reporting collaborative: New Michigan Media newspapers join the effort
DETROIT – Five of the largest ethnic and minority newspapers have a critical role in a new reporting project examining the city’s bankruptcy and its effect on the region. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the project involves four nonprofit media organizations as well as New Michigan Media (NMM). All the media...Civil rights group hosts new special agent in charge of Detroit FBI
Special agent in charge, Paul Abbate (3rd from right) stands with members of the Arab community when they met earlier this week.DEARBORN — On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Arab American Civil Rights League board members hosted a lunch for the new special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI, Paul Abbate. Other representatives from the Detroit FBI......