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CIA apologizes, resubmits ads to The Arab American News
September 24th, 20110 The CIA abruptly yanked all its advertisements two weeks ago from The Arab American News because it ran a widely-published Associated Press story that said the intelligence agency was helping the NYPD spy on American Muslims.DEARBORN — The CIA has apologized to the The Arab American News and resubmitted its...
Al-Jazeera drops top executive
September 24th, 20110 DOHA — Al-Jazeera's top executive, Wadah Khanfar, resigned Tuesday after eight years as the head of the satellite news channel, the station announced on its website. Khanfar"For some time I have been discussing my desire to step down with the chairman of the board," Khanfar wrote. "He has kindly expressed understanding and has accepted...Michigan anti-shari’a style bill still pending, “ex-terrorist” speaks at Capitol
LANSING — House Bill 4769, which was introduced by Michigan State Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) and prohibits "foreign law" from being used in Michigan courts or administrative agencies, is still pending according to a representative from Agema's office.According to Mark Kasvin of the office, the bill, which was co-sponsored by more...
‘Beyond the Wall’: Detroit art exhibit shows real life in Palestine
September 24th, 20110 DETROIT — The struggle for peace in Palestine is often seen at the forefront of the news both locally and internationally, but few in America have seen dehumanizing conditions on the ground for the natives due to the Israeli occupation, checkpoints and massive walls. "(We hope) this exhibition will bring the realities of this...
Truce stumbles, then falls in Yemen capital
September 24th, 20110 SANAA (MEO) — Artillery fire and shelling rocked Yemen's capital Wednesday despite a truce aimed at ending fighting between rival military units and deadly attacks on anti-regime protesters, witnesses said. Anti-government protesters attend a mass funeral for protesters and defected army soldiers killed in recent clashes with security...
Libya rulers say Gaddafi running out of options
September 24th, 20110 SIRTE/NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya — Libya's interim rulers said on Thursday they had further consolidated their control over Sahara desert towns that had been among Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds, and said Gaddafi himself was running out of places to hide. "This resistance is hopeless... They know very well that at the end of the...
Border Patrol action at local church criticized by religious leaders
September 23rd, 20110 DETROIT — There are several complaints about Border Patrol agents profiling ethnic communities in Detroit, but one particular incident is receiving widespread attention because it occurred at a church. Father Tom Sepulveda of St. Anne’s in Detroit said that Border Patrol operations during Mass at the mostly Hispanic church...
Palestinians protest against Obama’s UN speech
September 23rd, 20110 RAMALLAH — Around 1,000 Palestinians gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday to protest against U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the United Nations. Palestinians hold placards during a rally against U.S. President Barack Obama's address at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, in the West Bank city of...
Dearborn Fresh Supermarket to offer one-stop shopping for local families
September 23rd, 20110 DEARBORN — The city of Dearborn is one of the best places to buy meat, produce, flowers and more in metro Detroit, but the goal of brothers Dr. Fouad Turfah and Kamal Turfah for their newest business is to combine all that and more into a brand new shopping experience for local families. The exterior of the new Dearborn...Sentence in illegal immigrant case splits court
DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court has shown a possible difference of opinion within its ranks. A minimum five-year sentence was allowed to stand last week by Chief Justice Robert Young Jr., who joined three justices against the court's conservative bloc. After Jorge Ivan-Torres pleaded guilty to armed robbery in 2009, a...Two charged in home invasion, killing of Heights man
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Two men were charged in the killing of a Dearborn Heights man last week on Wednesday at 20th District Court, according to local reports. Amaar Kadhim-Shudayer Al-Saady of Detroit, age 34, has been charged along with Antonnie O'Neil Ray, 19 of Detroit; both face felony murder and other charges in the...ACLU files lawsuit against anti-begging law in Michigan
DETROIT — The ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit last week against a state law prohibiting panhandling in public areas.Attorney General Bill Schuette, Grand Rapids Chief of Police Kevin Belk and officer Gregory Bauer are named as defendants. A person found "begging in a public place" is deemed "disorderly" according to the...Pharmacists encouraging disposal of old drugs
LANSING — Michigan pharmacists are encouraging more people to clean out their medicine cabinets according to local reports. Pharmacies are continuing to push of their "drug disposal" program with the goal of eliminating old, out-of-date and unused prescription drugs that are being abused by teenagers and others in larger numbers. More...Detroit in line for first patent office outside Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill signed by U.S. President Barack Obama at the end of last week could allow Detroit to receive the U.S.' first patent office outside of the nation's capital. Detroit was selected as the site last year but budget concerns led to postponement. The legislation is intended to speed up patent approvals and...Noor International Academy opens in Sterling Heights
STERLING HEIGHTS — Noor International Academy, a new public school academy chartered by Central Michigan University that includes students from kindergarten through fourth grade, opened this month in Sterling Heights as the fourth school in the award-winning Hamadeh Educational Services (HES) system. The HES......
Fordson High School to host hands-on substance abuse prevention program
DEARBORN — Fordson High school will host educators from Saint Joseph Mercy Health System on October 4 with the goal of educating parents, grandparents, coaches, teachers and administrators about the various forms of drugs and the peer pressures facing students to use them. The presentation is titled "Drugs 101: What Parents Need...Attorney receives distinguished service award
Ayad (second from left) poses with Thomas E. Hardiman, Sr. Chairman of the Lakeshore Advisory Board; Avinash Rachmale, President and CEO of the LEC parent company; and Judge Denise Langford Morris of the Oakland County Circuit Court. DETROIT — Canton Attorney Nabih Ayad received a special recognition award from the Lakeshore Economic......
Moviegoers react to “Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football”
DEARBORN – After opening in select theatres across the country, the movie documentary "Fordson: Faith Fasting, Football" by director Rashid Ghazi has seen mostly positive reviews and especially been a hit in the metro Detroit area.The award-winning movie follows the 2009 Fordson High School football team,which was almost entirely Arab...Poll: Jobs speech improves Obama approval ratings
UTICA, NY — Last week's address to Congress by President Barack Obama on job creation seems to have helped his job approval, which rose three points to 42%, and the percentage of voters saying he deserves re-election up six points to 39%, a new IBOPE Zogby poll found. The percentage of voters who say the nation is on the wrong...All victims of 9/11 should be remembered
"To govern is to choose, and the choices made in 2002 were fateful. The United States began that year shocked and wounded, but with tremendous strategic advantages. Its population was more closely united...World opinion was strongly sympathetic. Longtime allies were eager to help...The federal budget was nearly in balance...All that was...Remembering a 9/11 Yemeni American hero
This year closes the first decade since that horrific day, the 11th of September 2001, the day that changed the entire world and certainly changed history. Ten years later, we remember the innocent lives that were taken on that day, as well as the thousands and perhaps millions of innocents who passed away in other countries as a......
Lessons in freedom from the CIA
September 17th, 20110 Agency pulls ads over spying article Three weeks ago, The Arab American News published a story written by The Associated Press about the CIA and the NYPD cooperating in a massive spying operation on the entire Muslim community in the New York/New Jersey area. The following week, we published an article detailing the CIA's...Anti-Israel tsunami ‘one door away’
JERUSALEM (IPS) — "Only one door" separated the vengeful throng of demonstrators from the six Israeli embassy guards. Chief security officer "Yonatan" was on the phone from the besieged representation. On the other end of the line was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The prime minister pledged, "Israel will do everything in......
Millions of Israeli cluster bombs in Lebanon could kill for years
September 17th, 20110 KFAR JOZ, South Lebanon (IPS) — Even in the summer heat, the hills of South Lebanon are an impressive sight — a patchwork of green, brown and red fields interrupted only by sleepy villages, rock formations and dirt tracks. Twelve-year-old Mohamed Samer Elhaz Mouss, photographed in October 2006, was injured by Israeli cluster...
PLO to seek full U.N. recognition, factions disagree
September 17th, 20110 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) will go to the United Nations Security Council and seek full membership in the world body next week, despite the looming threat of a U.S. veto, a Palestinian official said. A Palestinian boy pushes a trolley past Israeli soldiers standing near a temporary road block during a protest against the......
