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Healthy lifestyle choices recommended to prevent birth defects in Michigan babies
A baby is born with a birth defect in the United States every four and a half minutes. Healthy lifestyle choices as well as medical care before and during pregnancy can reduce these chances, resulting in better infant health outcomes for all Michiganders.“Most people simply do not realize how common, costly and critical birth defects...
19 year-old woman commits suicide, shocks community
January 23rd, 20140 DEARBORN - Assil Srour Makki, a 19 year-old Dearborn resident, took her own life on Tuesday, Jan. 21, police said.According to police, she died of a gunshot wound in her house in Dearborn. Police do not suspect foul play in Makki's death."We think it's a suicide," a Dearborn Police spokesperson told The Arab American...
Snyder: Creating jobs, attracting global talent among priorities
January 17th, 20140 LANSING — Michigan will fuel its impressive comeback through innovations such as a statewide system for training and educating skilled technicians, attracting global talent and reinventing the way in which services to residents in need are provided, Gov. Rick Snyder said in his fourth State of the State address.“The Michigan of 2014...Bahrain crown prince meets opposition leader
MANAMA - Bahrain’s monarchy has met with the opposition leader in an effort to put an end to the mass demonstrations that have shaken the country for nearly three years.Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa held talks with the main opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman for the first time since demonstrations began in...Netanyahu meets King Abdullah II in Amman
AMMAN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid down demands for security arrangements between a future Palestinian state and Jordan, in a rare visit Thursday, Jan. 16, to Amman.Netanyahu was in Jordan for unannounced talks with King Abdullah II on the U.S.-brokered Middle East peace process.The visit follows U.S. Secretary of...Militants kill 10 soldiers in central Yemen
SANAA - Al-Qaeda militants killed 10 Yemeni soldiers in three simultaneous attacks Thursday, Jan. 16, on army positions in the central province of Bayda, a military official said.Eight extremists were also killed in the assaults, which prompted further clashes with the army, a local official said."Al-Qaeda assailants carried out...Iraq violence kills 75 in one day
BAGHDAD - Bomb attacks and shootings killed at least 75 people in Iraq on Wednesday, Jan. 15, police and hospital sources said, making it one of the bloodiest days in months.In the deadliest incident, a bomb blew up in a funeral tent where mourners were marking the death two days ago of a Sunni Muslim pro-government militiaman, police...Egyptian voters back constitution, opening way to Sisi presidential run
CAIRO - Egyptians overwhelmingly approved a new constitution by referendum, state media reported on Thursday, a widely expected outcome that nudges army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ever closer to a bid for the presidency.The vote advances a transition plan the military-backed government unveiled after deposing Islamist president...Suicide bomb kills 5, injures dozens in northeast Lebanon
BEIRUT- Nusra Front in Lebanon claimed responsibility on Thursday, Jan. 16, for a deadly blast in northeast Lebanon that killed five and wounded 42, saying the attack was in retaliation to Hizbullah’s involvement in Syria. Lebanese security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb that went off in Hermel, near the border with Syria.The...Syrian army advance as rebel infighting rages
DAMASCUS - The Syrian government has retaken territory around the northern city of Aleppo, the military said on Tuesday, Jan. 14, after two weeks of rebel infighting that has weakened the insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad.The military advances will give the Syrian government delegation greater leverage at the negotiating...Gaza loses an underground lifeline
GAZA CITY — The border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip used to buzz with activity until a few months back as traders brought in an array of Egyptian goods – from food supplies to raw material – through hundreds of tunnels.But these underground structures, located 40 km from here, between Rafah in Gaza and Sinai in Egypt,...Trial in Hariri murder startsProsecutor: Assassination meant to spread panic in Lebanon
THE HAGUE — The huge explosion that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others in 2005 was an act of terror meant to spread panic throughout the country, a prosecutor said at the start of a trial of four men charged with planning the attack.The four members of Hizbullah are accused of murder, terrorism and...
Six products you buy that support Israeli brutality
January 17th, 20140 When tax time rolls around each year, every American citizen gives $21.59 in military aid to Israel, according to the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation. But that’s not the only way American citizens contribute to the Israeli military, which has occupied Palestinian land for 46 years, and the West Bank settlement project that...
On war criminals and heroes: The whitewashing of Ariel Sharon
January 17th, 20140 The death of former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon enlivened U.S. media’s interest in the legacy of a man considered by many a war criminal, and by some a hero. In fact, the supposed heroism of Sharon was at the heart of CNN coverage of his death on January 11.Sharon spent the last eight years prior to his death in a coma, but apparently...12-year-old arrested in New Mexico school shooting
NEW MEXICO - New Mexico authorities were working on Wednesday, January 15 to bring charges soon against a 12-year-old boy accused of opening fire at his school and wounding two students before a staff member persuaded him to lay down his shotgun, officials said.The boy, who has not been identified publicly, will be formally charged......
DEA admits marijuana legalization ‘scares us’
WASHINGTON - A top official at the Drug Enforcement Administration said legalizing marijuana, a drug that a majority of Americans are now in favor of decriminalizing, is “reckless and irresponsible.”James L. Capra, the chief of operations at the DEA, was responding to a question from a senator Wednesday, Jan. 15, when he admitted...Washington panel approves decriminalizing marijuana
Washington - The District of Columbia stepped closer to decriminalizing marijuana on Wednesday, January 15, when a city council panel approved a measure that would make smoking a joint in the U.S. capital a violation comparable to a parking ticket.Approved unanimously by the city council's public safety committee, the bill reduces......
Marygrove College designates a prayer room for Muslim students
January 17th, 20140 DETROIT — Marygrove College, a private Catholic school, has established an interfaith prayer room, which will serve as a space for prayer for Muslim students. Marygrove's president and staff, along with students and representatives from the Muslim community, celebrated on Wednesday Jan. 15, the grand opening of the room, reflecting the...California’s ‘Octomom’ charged with welfare fraud
Los Angeles - Nadya Suleman, the California single mother of 14 children including octuplets who has been popularly dubbed "Octomom," has been charged with welfare fraud over accusations she lied about her income to authorities.The 38-year-old mother who became a media sensation five years ago after giving birth to octuplets conceived...
Detroit Auto Show estimated to bring in $400 million for local economy
January 17th, 20140 DETROIT — Detroit enters 2014 in bankruptcy, the largest public case in U.S. history and facing $18 billion or more in debt. Yet the Motor City's resurgent auto industry is strong enough to host a show that by one estimate will generate nearly $400 million for the area's economy.The industrial city is looking to climb out from under...
Michigan Republican condemned for questioning Muslims’ contributions to the nation
January 17th, 20140 DETROIT — "Oh, by the way on MUSLIM HERITAGE IN America... Have you ever been to a Muslim hospital?" sarcastically wondered Michigan politician and National Republican Committee member Dave Agema in a Facebook post. Agema's comments drew condemnations from various groups and individuals and revealed the extent of the......
ASA members subjected to intimidation and hate for stance on academic boycott of Israel
January 17th, 20140 MICHIGAN — Arab American scholars and writers recently issued a statement condemning the forms of hate and intimidation several American Studies Association members continue to experience as a result of their stance on the group’s recent decision to endorse an academic boycott of Israeli institutions. A passage from the...Friends of accused Boston bomber to face June coverup trial
BOSTON - Three college friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will go on trial in June on charges they helped hide his tracks from the FBI, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday, January 14.U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock denied a joint request by prosecutors and two of the defendants - Dias Kadyrbayev of Kazakhstan......
U.S. courts oppose reform proposals for secret surveillance
WASHINGTON - The U.S. federal court system objects to key proposals by a presidential review panel to reform the secret court that supervises the classified electronic eavesdropping activities of the U.S. National Security Agency, a former chief judge of that court said on Tuesday, January 14.Judge John Bates, the former head of the...
Dabaja presides over first Dearborn City Council meeting
January 17th, 20140 DEARBORN — Led by newly elected President Susan Dabaja, the first city council meeting of the year ran swiftly and accordingly without any interferences or setbacks, showcasing that all signs are pointing to a promising 2014 at City Hall. On Tuesday, January 14, Dabaja was joined at the term’s first meeting by returning council......