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In your face, Chase: Occupy Detroit forecloses on popular bank
March 17th, 20120 DETROIT — At the origin of Detroit’s main boulevard, about 200 people gathered below the Spirit of Detroit statue and set off on a two-block procession to deliver a document to JPMorgan Chase Bank — and it wasn’t a birthday card for chairman and chief executive officer Jamie Dimon.It was something Chase Bank is too...
AIPAC gets the “Occupy” treatment on Capitol Hill
March 17th, 20120 WASHINGTON – The 2012 American Israeli Public Affairs Conference descended upon the United States capital from March 4-6 with the goal of yet again influencing American foreign policy and strengthening ties with politicians in one of the most massive and influential political lobbying ventures of the year, its annual Public Policy...Committee proposes new plan to keep Dearborn pools open
DEARBON — The Outdoors Pool Committee met with Dearborn city officials last week at city hall to discuss plans of maintaining local neighborhood pools in an effort to keep them from closing down. Last year budget cuts resulted in the closing of two local pools, Hemlock and Whitmore Bolles. Despite the mayor’s announcement that no...Crestwood School Board: Extra funds allocated to ESL program
DEARBORN HEIGHTS —The controversy surrounding Crestwood School District’s ESL program is far from over. At a school board meeting Monday Arab Americans continued voicing their concerns about the program, and demanded answers to questions posed at the previous meeting.There’s currently only one certified ESL teacher in the entire...
BP gas station owner plans on reaching out to victim’s family in wake of recent fatal shooting
March 16th, 20120 DETROIT — The owner of a BP gas station that attracted media coverage this week after one of its clerks shot and killed a customer over a dispute about the cost of condoms is reaching out to the victim’s family. Michael Haynes IIThe incident came as a complete surprise to the owner, and is not something he ever imagined happening at...Dearborn appoints fifth Civil Service Commissioner
DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn announced on Thursday that Mohamad I. Chehab has been appointed to Dearborn's Civil Service Commission. The four current commissioners, under the Dearborn City Charter, appointed Chehab.The voluntary board is responsible for setting policies in hiring, promoting and terminating certain city employees....Rick Santorum sweeps Mississippi and Alabama in blow for Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum has made a clean sweep of the Deep South primaries, taking Mississippi and Alabama in victories that put pressure on Newt Gingrich to bow out and set up a showdown in Illinois next week with the struggling favourite, Mitt Romney. Republican U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum gives a thumbs up...Palestinians prepare to lose the solar panels that provide a lifeline
Israel is planning to demolish 'illegal' solar panels that are the only source of electricity for Palestinians in West Bank villagesTwo large solar panels jut out of the barren landscape near Imneizil in the Hebron hills. The high-tech structures sit incongruously alongside the tents and rough stone buildings of the Palestinian village,...Wag the dog: How to cook up Syrian drama
Some mainstream news channels have been recently caught carrying dubious footage from Syria. It fuels the debate over media's role in legitimizing possible military intervention in the country.‘Danny’ is a Syrian opposition activist who reports from Homs for CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya. He is attached to the opposition...Dearborn School Board gives high schoolers flexible hours; plan raises some concerns
Dearborn — Last week the Dearborn Public School Board of Education passed a new schedule that will give high school students from the schools of Fordson, Dearborn High and Edsel Ford an option of starting and ending the school day one hour later. The decision has received both positive and negative reactions, but Dearborn Public School...
Lebanon Central Bank Vice Governor addresses students, meets local leaders
March 16th, 20120 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon Raed Charafeddine visited the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus to give a speech on the economic status of the Middle East a year after the Arab uprisings. The event was sponsored by the economics faculty and the Students Economic Club of UM-D. The...Local Arab American attorney represented former U.S. marine in high profile case
The case of former U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich made national headlines for years. Wuterich’s defense attorney was Haythem Faraj, who has an office based in Dearborn, Michigan. Attorney Haythem FarajOn Nov. 19, 2005 Wuterich, a squad leader then, ordered his marines “to shoot first, ask questions later” as they raided two...
Brain damaged Iraq vet is Kandahar slayer?
March 16th, 20120 The death penalty may await the U.S. staff sergeant who slaughtered 16 civilians - mostly women and children - in Afghanistan. The soldier’s name has yet to be released, but new details have surfaced alleging what may have led to this tragedy. U.S.-Afghan Army soldiers interrogate residents during a patrol in Sangum Ghaki Valley in...
Polls show little U.S. popular support for Israeli attack on Iran
March 16th, 20120 WASHINGTON — Amidst persistent speculation over a possible Israeli military attack against Iranian nuclear facilities in the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit here, a detailed new public opinion survey released Tuesday suggests that such a move would enjoy little support in the United States.According to the survey by...
Sarkozy fury over ‘Gaddafi millions for 2007 campaign’
March 16th, 20120 Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out at journalists and rejected claims he took 50 million Euros from Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 presidential campaign before backing an insurgency against him, as documents alleging a money-trail between the two emerged."If he had financed it (the 2007 campaign), then I haven't been very grateful," Sarkozy......
What role does AIPAC play in U.S. elections?
March 16th, 20120 Republican candidates have been making their pitch to the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the U.S.The American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the U.S., recently held its biggest annual conference yet with around 13,000 delegates in Washington. Republican presidential candidate Rick...
Ayad & Associates: The go-to firm for civil liberties cases
March 16th, 20120 As a prominent civil rights attorney, Michigan Civil Rights Commissioner, and the founder of the new Arab American Civil Rights League in Dearborn, Michigan, attorney Nabih Ayad is one of the leaders of the movement for equal rights and protections for Arab Americans and people of all backgrounds."To me, civil rights runs through my......
Dr. Chad Audi: The Detroit homeless community’s ambassador
Dr. Chad Audi never thought his professional career would be spent giving the homeless hope, and an opportunity to get back on their feet, but once he saw how the Detroit Rescue Mission Missionaries changed the fate of one poverty stricken woman, there was nothing else he could imagine doing. “I didn’t know that I was...
Donor drives being held for two local women
March 15th, 20120 Donor drive being held for local woman with Stage IV CancerDEARBORN — The National Marrow Donor Program’s North Central Region will be holding a donor drive in honor of Amal Fawaz, a 26 year old single mother of two who is suffering from stage IV cancer, the most severe stage of lymphoma. In this stage, tumors spread to organs such...Muslim Students Association celebrating 10 years of unity on March 17
DEARBORN — The Muslim Students Association of the University of Michigan-Dearborn's annual dinner has become one of the signature campus events of the year, and this time around, the organization will celebrate 10 years of achievements and building relationships. Almost 750 tickets have already been sold for this year's...Report: Santorum, Ron Paul in position to win most of Iowa delegates
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are best positioned to win the most delegates in Iowa as the Republican primary process moves forward, making Mitt Romney the odd man out, state insiders told The Huffington Post.Santorum and Romney finished first and second on Jan. 3, with Paul finishing about 3,000 votes behind the 29,000 votes......
Hundreds to run for Egyptian presidency
At least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, election officials said on Wednesday.They said the 500 have obtained applications to officially declare their candidacy for the vote, which follows last year's ouster of dictator Hosni Mubarak.Beside known presidential hopefuls who have been seriously campaigning, the...NO to AIPAC, NO to Israel and NO to war
Those who hoped President Obama might bring a new approach to foreign policy have been repeatedly disappointed. On Sunday, Obama had a chance to partially redeem himself. He failed. Speaking at the conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he declared, “I have said that when it comes to preventing Iran from......
U.S. senators push to extend temporary living status of Syrian nationals
Six U.S. senators are urging President Obama to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Syrian nationals currently residing in the country. In a letter issued last week the senators called on Obama to take the action in order protect Syrians from returning to their homeland, since it remains unsafe following the unrest that...
Pro-Palestine bus ads finally allowed to run in watered-down form
March 15th, 20120 SEATTLE — A long-running dispute over Pro-Palestinian bus ads in King County, Washington state finally came to some fruition this month as ads were allowed to run on buses, but the message was different from what was originally intended. The new ads are part of a campaign titled, "I'm a Palestinian," with the saying "equal rights for......