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U.S. foreign policy is disgraceful and embarrassing
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Dearborn's Star Fairlane to show movie next Thursday UNITED NATIONS — Israel has complained to the United Nations for allowing the U.S. premiere of a controversial film on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the UN headquarters. A red-carpet showing of "Miral" by award winning American-Jewish director Julian Schnabel will be held...From a spy to a patriot: Muthanna al-Hanooti
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Simmering unrest a worry for Assad
March 26th, 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; } Protesters gather near the Omari Mosque in the southern old city of Deraa March 22, 2011.Syrian forces killed at...
Facts about Michigan’s newly proposed anti-immigrant bill HB 4305 exposed
March 26th, 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; } Ryan BatesDETROIT — The Arab American News interviewed Ryan Bates, director of Alliance for Immigrants Rights and Reform...Bahrain fends off charge of pressing crackdown
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Community responds to extremist Jones’ protest plans in Dearborn
March 26th, 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 —Florida pastor Terry Jones, who is widely known for threatening to burn a...
Emotional reunion for Amer family at ASU’s annual banquet
March 26th, 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; }DEARBORN — Mother's Day comes early each year in the Arab World (March 21) and this year, it came even earlier for Rehab Amer...CAIR files complaint over Muslim border profilings
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) announced during a press conference on Thursday that it would be filing a complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) due to unwarranted detention and unlawful searching and questioning of American Muslims at various border crossings into the U.S. They also...Hundreds rally at Islamic Center in support of protesters in Bahrain, Arab world
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Egyptians endorse constitutional change amid mounting polarization
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DETROIT – Dearborn Heights native Muthanna Al-Hanooti was given a sizable break in his sentencing on Friday, March 18 for violating the economic embargo against Iraq, which began in 1990 and ended in 2003. Al-Hanooti, age 51, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison but will likely stay a total of 10 months with good behavior;......
Plea agreement entered for pair who conspired to strike Levin with pie
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ACLU wins major victory; plaintiffs allowed to challenge wiretapping law
March 26th, 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; } A federal appeals court on Tuesday, March 22 reinstated the American Civil Liberties Union's landmark lawsuit...
Israel accused of ‘A Form of Ethnic Cleansing’
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Mother ends grieving for Tunisia’s unwitting revolutionary
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Revolutionary youth give Clinton the cold shoulder
March 26th, 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; } CAIRO (IPS) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week paid a highly-publicized visit......
Upcoming fundraiser to support Make-a-Wish child from Wyandotte
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Local Libyans support international intervention
March 26th, 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; } With the United Nations declaring Libya a no-fly zone last week, members of the local Libyan community......