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Jones march to festival cut short after scuffle; missionaries cause disturbances
June 24th, 20110 DEARBORN – A planned march from City Hall to the Arab International Festival by extremist Florida Pastor Terry Jones was cut short last Friday, June 17 as Jones found himself in a scuffle with counter-protesters who blocked him from walking down Schaefer Road to Warren Avenue. Dearborn Police...
Wayne County CDC mobile examination center attracts Arab Americans
June 24th, 20110 DETROIT — Arab Americans are visiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) mobile examination center to participate in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in Wayne County which is being conducted until the end of July. The CDC's mobile examination center at the...
Top U.S. official urges ‘immediate’ power transfer in Yemen
June 24th, 20110 An anti-government protester holds a Yemeni national flag during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemSANAA — Top U.S. official Jeffrey Feltman called Thursday for an "immediate" transfer of power in Yemen after he met the Arab nation's Vice...
Neoconservatives losing hold over Republican foreign policy
June 24th, 20110 WASHINGTON (IPS) — Nearly ten years after seizing control of Republican foreign policy, neo-conservatives and other hawks appear to be losing it. That is at least the tentative conclusion of a number of political analysts following last week's first nationally televised debate of the party's...Sold-out audience attends anti-shari’a bill forum on Capitol Hill
Washington — This week, the Muslim Public Affairs Council held a policy forum on Capitol Hill with prominent American Muslim leaders, interfaith allies, and civil rights groups to address the rash of anti-sharia bills being considered in many state legislatures across the country. The event,...Detroit giving 50% discount for those who pay all parking fines
DETROIT – The city announced that people with outstanding parking tickets will receive a 50% discount if they pay up immediately. Detroit still has about $35 million worth of unpaid parking fines that must be collected. The program is being called "All or Nothing Amnesty" meaning all...Pioneering LoanMod.com fights for homeowners in Michigan and beyond
DEARBORN — While the state of Michigan was one of the hardest-hit during the recent U.S. mortgage crisis, many residents have been lucky enough to have one of the leading organizations in the fight to save homes in their backyard. ScheibLoanMod.com, hailed as the first loan modification company...
Supporters, dignitaries turn out to honor new Assistant U.S. Attorney Hammoud
June 19th, 20110 Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly (left) poses with Abed Hammoud at Byblos Banquets.DEARBORN – Almost a month after he was sworn in by Chief Federal Judge Gerald Rosen in Detroit, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Attorney Abed Hammoud was back among friends and family again on Tuesday Jun 14th for a...Residents unhappy with proposed Esper Library closing
DEARBORN- Jenan Hachem, 15, walked to the Esper Branch Library on the east side of the city from her house a few blocks away in order to get access to a computer on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 14. She was just one of the many other children who were at the Library on this day. However, many of...First local showing of “Budrus”
LANSING — Michigan Peace Team is holding its first ever "Dinner and a Movie" fundraiser night. Join them June 18th to view the timely and inspiring film entitled "BUDRUS." This will be a first time showing in the Lansing area since its release in 2010. The film follows the...ACC doubles scholarships at annual golf outing awards dinner
Arab and Chaldean Council scholarship donors pose for a picture at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield. Not all recipents were present for the event, which was held in conjunction with the ACC's annual golf outing for scholarships. A total of 18 scholarships were given out this year compared with 10 from last year. ...
World Bank: Hillary rumors and history of disastrous policies
June 19th, 20110 A clearly perturbed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angrily denied that she was seeking the top spot at the World Bank this weekend as rumors flew that she plans to resign in 2012 and do just that. One Clinton spokesperson less charitably called the rumor "grade A BS." But the rumor of Clinton...Top ten things Anthony Weiner has said that are worse than sexting
The real scandal surrounding Anthony Weiner is that he is bigoted against Palestinians and has misused his position in Congress to support punitive policies against them. Americans appear to be bored by policy, titillated by private peccadilloes. But it is the policies that are important. Mahatma...
Alabama’s immigration bill “turns back clock” on civil liberties
June 19th, 20110 WASHINGTON (IPS) — On Dec. 1, 1955, at the height of racial segregation in the United States, a little-known middle-aged seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery City bus in the southern state of Alabama. Governor Rober Bentley signs House...
Four months into uprising, Syria still plagued by unknowns
June 19th, 20110 WASHINGTON (IPS) — Journalists, analysts, and policymakers have struggled to separate truth from fiction as the political situation in Syria steadily deteriorates. The lack of accurate, credible information has mired the Syrian situation beneath a fog of war that has complicated the world's......
U.S. activists prepare to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza
Recent weeks have seen renewed attention on the blockade of Gaza as international activists' efforts to break Israel's blockade with a flotilla come to a head. The Israeli government has begun to ramp up its propaganda efforts, claiming the flotilla has ties to terrorism. The United...
No ‘radical’ shift in new Lebanon government
June 19th, 20110 Members of Lebanon's new cabinet pose for an official group photo at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut June 15, 2011. The members are: (front row L-R) Minister of State Mohammad Fneish, Minister of Health Ali Hassan Khalil, Minister of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Aridi, Deputy Prime Minister Samir Moqbel, Parliament......
Palestinian rivals to ‘finalize’ unity government next week
June 19th, 20110 Fayyad says he will not want to be stumbling block in reconciliation deal between Fatah, Hamas. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) shakes hands with Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh as Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mashal looks on.CAIRO — Palestinian...U.S. Agriculture Department: It now costs $226,920 to raise a child
WASHINGTON — The yearly estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been released, determining that it now costs about $226,920 ($286,860 factoring in expected inflation) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise a child over a span of the next 17 years for a middle-income...
Dearborn Board of Education votes to lay off 48 teachers as funding issues continue
June 19th, 20110 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education voted in favor of a plan including 48 teacher layoffs on Monday night from several schools and grades as it prepares to submit a balanced budget by its next meeting on Monday, June 27. Dearborn Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston and...NAAMA condemns violence against civilians in Syria
BIRMINGHAM — The National Arab American Medical Association, a non-political professional and humanitarian organization of physicians, has issued a statement concerning the security situation in Syria. The statement says the organization "continues to watch with a heavy heart the......
CAIR-MI welcomes decision on center targeted by anti-Muslim campaign
SOUTHFIELD — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) this week welcomed a decision of the Farmington School Board to grant approval for the sale of a closed school to be used as an Islamic educational and activity center, despite an anti-Muslim campaign to block...CIA building Mideast base for post-Saleh Yemen drone strikes
WASHINGTON — The United States is building a secret CIA air base in the Persian Gulf region to target terrorists in Yemen, preparing for the possibility that an anti-American faction may take over Yemen and ban U.S. forces from hunting a lethal al-Qaeda faction there, The Associated Press......
How long can we go on as we are in Libya?
June 19th, 20110 BENGHAZI, Libya (MEO) — Rebels said they suffered heavy losses in eastern Libya after being "tricked" by Moamar Gaddafi's forces, as the U.S. pressed Africa to take tougher action against the strongman's regime. The rebels meanwhile gained another diplomatic boost when Germany recognized their...Rally held against racial profiling by Customs and Border Protection
DETROIT – Fifty community members rallied in southwest Detroit June 11 against racial profiling and harassment by agents of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Testimonies were given by Lidia Reyes, Director of the Latino Family Services agency, and Ramon Morales, a victim of profiling. "Border......