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HRW: Iraq illegally detains thousands of women, tortures many
BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday, Feb. 6. Many women were detained for months or even years without charge before seeing a judge, HRW said, and...Study: Risk takers cannot control themselves
AUSTIN, Texas — People who engage in risky behavior, such as unsafe sex, do it most likely because their self-control systems are not active enough, U.S. researchers say.Russell Poldrack, director of the University of Texas, Austin's Imaging Research Center, and colleagues analyzed data from 108 subjects who sat in a magnetic resonance...Grants available in search of health care innovations
DETROIT — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the BCBSM Foundation are partnering to provide $250,000 to safety net clinics interested in improving health care and health care delivery in Michigan. Clinics operating in Michigan are encouraged to apply for the Enhancing Primary Care in Michigan’s Safety Net Organizations...Health groups call on fast-food to drop soda from kids’ menu
WASHINGTON — Health organizations and U.S. nutrition experts say they are calling on fast-food restaurant chains to take sugary drinks off their children's menus.Margo G. Wootan, nutrition policy director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said McDonald's agreed to drop soda and sugary drinks from Happy Meal menus last...Added sugar linked to increased risk of heart disease deaths
ATLANTA — Sugar added to food -- not sugar naturally occurring in fruit -- is associated with increased risk for death from heart disease, U.S. researchers say.Quanhe Yang of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and colleagues used national health survey data to examine added sugar consumption as a percentage of...Gov. Rick Snyder launches re-election campaign with “comeback story” tour
MICHIGAN — This week, Gov. Rick Snyder continued his statewide “Comeback Story” tour, jumpstarting his campaign for re-election. Snyder won his firstcampaign in 2010 on a platform of job creation, a smarter tax code and putting the state back on firm financial footing.“When I first ran for governor, I said I would put politics...
Phil Cavanagh to officially announce candidacy for Wayne County Executive this month
February 7th, 20140 DEARBORN — When Democratic State Representative Phil Cavanagh reflects on the legacy his father Jerome Cavanagh left behind as the mayor of Detroit, he remembers the historic March down Woodward Avenue that civil rights leaders around the country participated in more than 50 years ago.During the march, Martin Luther King Jr....
Yemen: A nation chewing itself to death
February 6th, 20140 SANAA — The Yemeni capital of Sanaa is reputed to be over 2,500 years old, making it one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. But it is living on borrowed time.Economists warn that if poverty trends continue, by 2030 more than half of the Sanaa’s projected four million inhabitants will be unable to afford their...Opposition leader meets Russian FM, agree to continue Geneva 2 talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Syrian National Coalition (SNC) leader Ahmad Jarba on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Following the talks — which took place in Moscow and focused on the temporarily halted peace conference in Switzerland — Jarba confirmed to Russian media that the SNC will come to Geneva on February 10.The...About the Publisher
Osama A. SiblaniPublisher, The Arab American NewsSince September 7, 1984A Michigan Journalism Hall of FamerApril 21, 2013 Osama Siblani is the publisher of The Arab American News, the largest and most widely circulated Arab American publication in the United States. He was inducted in the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on April 21,...Distribute
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The Arab American News is unlike any other newspaper.Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, The Arab American News has a thirty-year history of award winning journalism. Private ownership and advertising revenue have allowed the newspaper to maintain an unwavering level of independence. This independent stance, along with our expert...
Arab Americans occupy prominent leadership positions in Dearborn, increase political presence
January 31st, 20140 DEARBORN — In the last few years, Arab Americans have become noticeably more visible in politics and prominent leadership positions. This success is part of a vision many leaders and activists in the community first developed decades ago that is finally beginning to manifest, and it serves as a reflection of what we can expect from......
Gunmen kill Egyptian general, Sisi to run for president
CAIRO — Islamist militant gunmen on a motorcycle killed a top Interior Ministry official in Cairo on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the latest blow to a military-backed Egyptian government struggling to curb violence and suppress dissent.General Mohamed Saeed, head of the ministry's technical office, was shot in his car outside his home in...Saudi Arabia to give Egypt up to $4 billion more aid
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia is expected to give Egypt up to $4 billion in additional aid in the form of central bank deposits and petroleum products, state-run Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported on Thursday, Jan. 30.Citing an unnamed ministerial source, the newspaper said the package would be worked out during a visit next week to the......
Six suicide bombers attack Iraqi ministry, kill 24
BAGHDAD- Six suicide bombers burst into an Iraqi ministry building, took hostages and killed at least 24 people including themselves on Thursday, Jan. 30, before security forces regained control.The brazen attack on the building belonging to the Ministry of Transportation in northeast Baghdad coincided with a month-long standoff between...Israel threatens to attack Hizbullah at the cost of civilians
TEL AVIV- Israel accused Lebanon's Hizbullah guerrillas on Wednesday, Jan. 29, of putting "thousands" of bases in residential buildings and said it would destroy these in a future conflict, even at the cost of civilian lives.The unusually explicit threat by air force chief Major-General Amir Eshel appeared to be part of an effort by...Sectarian violence threatens Algeria’s desert
ALGIERS- Weeks of violence between two rival communities have swept Algeria's desert city of Ghardaia, inflamed by the destruction of a historic Berber shrine, with analysts warning of sectarian conflict engulfing the fragile region.For more than a month, the city of 90,000 inhabitants has witnessed clashes between the Chaamba community...‘Unknown persons’ kidnap son of Benghazi security chief
BENGHAZI - The son of the Libyan army's Special Forces commander in Benghazi was kidnapped in the eastern city on Thursday, Jan. 30, military sources said.Ali Abu Khamada, son of commander Wanis Abu Khamada, was "kidnapped by unknown persons near Gar Younes university," a special forces officer said, asking not to be named.He gave no......
Regional strife endangers historic Arab treasures
In August 2013, looters stole or damaged 1,060 of 1,089 objects housed at Egypt’s Mallawi Museum in Minia, killing a security guard. The following month 400 artifacts were recovered. However, the Arab Spring hasn’t always been bad for the heritage of Egypt and the Arab world. During the 2011 Egyptian uprising, looters broke into...Principles to guide the young activist
In a recent radio interview with a National Public Radio affiliate in Juneau, Alaska, I was asked if I had advice for a 16-year-old Palestinian student, Haitham. He had just arrived in the U.S. as part of a school exchange program, and, admirably began reaching out to his peers in his and other schools to teach them about Palestine, its......
U.S. talks of “dismantlement” threaten Iran Deal
Iran’s pushback against statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and the White House that Tehran must “dismantle” some of its nuclear program, and the resulting political uproar over it, indicates that tough U.S. rhetoric may be adding new obstacles to the search for a comprehensive nuclear agreement.Iranian Foreign Minister...Erdogan discusses shift in Syria policy in visit to Iran
GENEVA - Opposing sides in Syria's civil war stood together in silence to honor victims of the three year conflict on Thursday, Jan. 30, but the week-old peace talks were still stuck on the question of how to proceed with just one day left before they head home.The United States said on Thursday it was concerned that Syria was falling......