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Syria puts reform on the agenda amid calls for justice
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DEARBORN – The sounds of kids running through the hallways echoed throughout Fordson High School on Friday, April 1. But instead of telling them to slow down, adults walkedalongside them as part of Wayne County's New Me exercise, nutrition and weight management program's kickoff event, which was attended by more than 100...Poll: Most say it is time for new American president
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ROCHESTER HILLS — Over 200 students, professionals, and alumni from across the country descended on Oakland University from April 1-3 for the Lebanese Collegiate Network's 2011 annual convention. The event featured a host of different workshops and other events designed to help students reach their potential. Lebanon's...
Community plans appropriate response to erratic pastor
April 8th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Monaco"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Interfaith vigil on Thursday, press conference and community gathering...Prayer breakfast will kick off 29th annual Metro Detroit Youth Day
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Arab American Gores reaches deal to buy Detroit Pistons
April 8th, 20110 Tom Gores, a half-Lebanese, half-Greek American Los Angeles-based financier along with his investment firm Platinum Equity, agreed on a deal to buy the Detroit Pistons NBA basketball franchise today according to various reports. Gores is the nephew of Flint businessman Tom Joubran. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Court approval of local anti-Islam ads raises questions
April 8th, 20110 Ads against Israeli war crimes canceled by Federal judge citing"threats" earlier this year This ads could soon appear on Metro Detroit buses after a district court judge ruled that the SMART system could not deny them on the basis of First and 14th Amendment Rights. DETROIT — A highly-controversial anti-Islam ad campaign has...Prominent Israelis offer ‘peace initiative’
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Goldstone: An act of negligence
April 8th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In the wake of a monumental victory in the human rights community to move the Goldstone Report out of the...
Metro Detroit imams condemn Afghanistan killings
April 8th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Afghan officials and members of the international community attend a memorial ceremony in Kabul April 5, 2011,......
HFCC celebrates new $15 million Science Center
April 8th, 20110 @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Monaco"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } DEARBORN — A $15 million project is transforming Henry...
Libya splitting Republicans like Balkans did in 1990s
April 8th, 20110 Head of the rebel forces Abdel Fattah Younes attends a news conference in Benghazi April 5, 2011. Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday criticized NATO as too slow to act and said they would ask the U.N. Security Council to suspend its mission unless it "did its job properly". Younes said NATO's inaction was...
U.S. treads cautious line on Yemen protests
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Judge approves highly controversial anti-Islam ads in Metro Detroit
April 2nd, 20110 DETROIT — A highly-controversial anti-Islam ad campaign has been approved on the basis of First and 14th Amendment rights in District Court. Judge Denise Hood granted a preliminary injunction against the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority's original rejection of the ads by ruling that the SMART bus system violated the......
AAPAC elects 2011 officers at meeting
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Returning Bahraini woman recalls brutal attacks on protesters
A Bahraini American who just returned from the island country has been informed of numerous barbaric assaults against civilians since anti-government protests began. Contacting The Arab American News from out of state, the person requested anonymity to avoid potential threats against family living in Bahrain. The...Detroit protest focuses on brutality in Bahrain
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