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ACCESS Forum educates community on preventing Medicare fraud
Barbara McQuade, U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, was among those who spoke.DEARBORN — The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services hosted a seminar at the Arab American National Museum Tuesday focused on helping prevent the local community from becoming victims of rising Medicare fraud. Medical...East Dearborn shopkeeper gunned down at beauty shop
DEARBORN - Police are seeking assistance in locating a suspect involved in the fatal shooting of Jay Shin, a shopkeeper at the Sunrise Beauty Supply located at 4920 Schaefer, Dearborn. The shooting occurred just after 11:00 am on Tuesday, when the suspect stole approximately 80 “Velvet Remi” brand hair extensions in an assortment of...U.S. Rep. Gary Peters announces reform to Refugee Act
WASHINGTON - Congressman Gary Peters has announced a bill to reform the Refugee Act on its 31st anniversary. The Refugee Act helps assist political, ethnic and religious refugees around the world. The system that distributes funds for refugees is out of date and inefficient according to a report released by Peter's office. Refugee...Federal grants awarded to fight housing discrimination in MI
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earlier this month awarded more than $1.2 million to four fair housing organizations and non-profit agencies in Michigan to educate the public and combat housing and lending discrimination. Nationally, HUD awarded more than $40.8 million to 108 organizations. The...“Know Your Rights” meeting being held for immigrants
DEARBORN — Mother of the Savior Church in Dearborn and the Alliance for Immigrants Rights-Michigan (AIR) will host a bilingual (English and Arabic) "Know Your Rights" meeting for immigrant families on Sunday, March 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the church. Attendees will have the opportunity for a free consultation with an immigration attorney...Upcoming Sadr Foundation-USA dinner raises funds for orphans and unprivileged
Dearborn – The Sadr Foundation is widely known for turning the despair of young orphans into hope by giving them bright futures through higher education. In addition tens of thousands more visit the organization’s health and social centers annually. Those interested in helping the Foundation continue its humanitarian efforts in the...
Deadly crackdown on Bahrain protesters
March 18th, 20110 Tents are seen engulfed with fire as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) forces move into Pearl Square to evacuate anti-government protesters, in Manama March 16, 2011. Bahraini tanks and armored personnel carriers moved towards Budaya Street in the capital Manama on Wednesday, minutes before a protest rally was expected to start...
UN approves no-fly zone, moves toward military action against Gaddafi
March 18th, 20110 Security agents try to stop supporters of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi from protesting at the hotel where members of the foreign members were staying in Tripoli March 18, 2011. The United Nations authoriZed military action to curb Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, hours after he threatened to storm the rebel bastion of...Red carpet welcome for new Lebanese Consul General
Diab receives "Key to the City" from O'Reilly DEARBORN — A private reception was thrown Tuesday at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn to honor Mr. Houssam Assad Diab, the newly appointed Acting Consul General of Lebanon in Detroit. Organizer Chaker Aoun, Acting Consul General of Lebanon in Detroit Houssam Diab, Dearborn...Goldstone Report discussed at Wayne State
Several organizations came together to host a discussion with Philip Weiss titled "The Goldstone Report" at the Bernath Auditorium on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit on Tuesday, March 8. Weiss is a co-author of a condensed version of the official fact-finding report to the UN investigating war crimes and crimes against...Democratically elected Arab governments won’t follow Washington’s orders
U.S. President Barack Obama has still not fully grasped the essence of the revolutions underway in the Arab world. He genuinely seems to believe that the people rallying for democracy in the region are making a pro-Western, if not pro-Israeli, statement. "All the forces that we're seeing at work in Egypt are forces that naturally should...Saleh promises new constitution for Yemen
"This initiative is too late. The demands on the street go beyond that and are bigger than that." Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president, has promised to put a new constitution to a referendum this year and move the country to a "parliamentary system" but opponents say the move fails to meet the demands of anti-government...Local Yemenis hold separate, opposing rallies on Yemen unrest
Rally in support of Saleh on Saturday followed by larger anti-Saleh event Sunday Yemeni Americans turned out in large numbers over the weekend at Dearborn City Hall. At Sunday's anti-Saleh rally, some wore American and Yemeni flags. PHOTO: Nick Meyer/TAANDEARBORN —The ongoing mass protests in Yemen were the focus of two...
The King of Islamophobia
March 12th, 20110 'Witch hunt:' King's Muslim 'radicalization' hearings begin House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-NY) listens to witnesses during a hearing on "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response" on Capitol Hill in Washington March 10, 2011. REUTERSWASHINGTON,...
Putting American Muslims on trial is detrimental to U.S.
March 12th, 20110 Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives, John D. Dingell (D-MI) testified at the Homeland Security hearing entitled "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and That Community's Response." His words bear repeating here. "I am pleased to have the opportunity to talk to you about the Muslim American community I......
Israel may ask U.S. for $20 billion more in security aid
NEW YORK — Israel may request an addition $20 billion in military aid from the United States in light of the unrest sweeping the Arab world, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday. Barak deemed the changes in the region a "movement in the right direction," and said that in the long...Pressure mounts on Saudis to ease protest ban
Saudi Arabia came under renewed pressure Wednesday to ease its ban on demonstrations, as Facebook activists called for a "Day of Rage" and a "Saudi revolution" later this week. Protesters chant slogans during a protest in Qatif March 9, 2011. Saudi Shi'ites staged another small protest in the kingdom's eastern province on......
Obama inches closer to military intervention
March 12th, 20110 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a news conference at a NATO defence ministers meeting (NAC) at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels March 10, 2011. NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday will discuss options to respond to the turmoil in Libya, including a possible no-fly zone, the officials...LCN excited to bring 2011 national convention to Michigan
Oakland University in Rochester will be the site of the Lebanese Collegiate Network's 2011 annual convention from Friday, April 1 to Sunday, April 3, a wide-ranging national event uniting students, professionals and alumni for the purpose of academic and professional development. The LCN's annual convention is designed to help...Protesters converge on Iraq capital
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of people have converged on Baghdad's Tahrir, or Liberation, Square for an anti-government demonstration despite a vehicle ban that forced many to walk for hours to the heart of the Iraqi capital. The Baghdad demonstration was one of many taking place across the country on Friday, including in the port of Basra and...
Gaddafi forces gain momentum; rebels flee oil port
March 12th, 20110 RAS LANOUF, Libya (AP) — With fierce barrages of tank and artillery fire, Moammar Gaddafi's loyalists threw rebels into a frantic retreat from a strategic oil port Thursday, using overwhelming force in a counteroffensive that reversed the opposition's advance toward the capital Tripoli and now threatens its positions in the......
Dearborn woman gives birth on I-94 with help of friend, dispatcher
DETROIT — Dearborn resident Rima Meroueh gave birth to son Mazen Hariri on Tuesday, Mar. 8 on the side of I-94, saying that the child wasn't originally expected to be born until the following Sunday night according to various local news reports. The 31-year-old Meroueh, a graduate student at Wayne State University, was on the way to...Moroccans welcome king’s reform vow, wait for actions
RABAT - Moroccans largely welcomed Thursday King Mohammed VI's promise of sweeping reforms, announced as uprisings rock the Arab world, but said they wanted to see if concrete changes would result. France and Spain, former colonizers which have become key trade partners, also praised the announcement in a rare national speech late......
ElBaradei to run for president
March 12th, 20110 CAIRO — Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel Laureate and former head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, has said on a privately owned TV channel that he intends to run for president in Egypt's 2011 presidential election. "When the door of presidential nominations opens, I intend to nominate myself," ElBaradei said on ONTV channel on...Zogby International polling firm merging with Brazilian company
The Zogby International polling firm, which was founded in 1984 by Lebanese American John Zogby and has become a trusted source of information about issues affecting Arab Americans and the Arab world among many other issues, announced that it will officially begin transitioning with IBOPE Inteligencia, a subsidiary of the IBOPE Group.......