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Michigan’s most famous get-a-way now comes at a discount for Blue Cross members
The Grand Hotel - Like no other in the world DETROIT — There is a quaint magic on Michigan's historic Mackinac Island, overlooking the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. No motorized vehicles are allowed, so the beauty of the Island and its historic landmarks remain as they were 200 years...Newspaper recognizes NAACP
DETROIT — Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, presented a plaque to the NAACP on Tuesday at the NAACP allies' meeting which was held at the Detroit Jobs Corp. The plaque commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the NAACP in 2009. Siblani presents plaque to NAACP Detroit Director Hester Wheeler."I can...Mike Bouchard is best choice for Governor
Since taking office in January 2003, I have worked hard as your Secretary of State to focus my department squarely on the mission of providing efficient and convenient service to the people of Michigan. Regardless of budget constraints, we have continued to do more with less. Early on in my term I set an agenda to reform...U.S. voters can demand Palestine’s freedom
In response to Israel's deadly attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, more than 800 labor and community activists picketed America's sixth largest port in Oakland last month. The result was a historic blockade of a large Israeli cargo ship for 24 hours. Across the world, dockworkers and activists engaged in similar actions. In...Mike Tyson to perform Umrah
MADINAH — Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who embraced Islam while serving a prison sentence in the 1990s, is on his first visit to the Kingdom to perform Umrah. He arrived in the holy city of Madinah on Friday to perform prayers at the Prophet's Mosque. While in Madinah, Tyson met Dr. Muhammad Al-Oqala, president of the Islamic...Obama’s Afghanistan strategy increasingly under siege
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Monday's release by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of classified documents detailing the travails of the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Pakistan's secret support for the Taliban from 2004 through 2009 comes amid a growing crisis of confidence here in the nearly nine-year-old war. Coming on top of the steady...
Court blocks Arizona’s anti-immigrant law
July 30th, 20100 WASHINGTON — In a legal victory for the administration of President Barack Obama, a federal court Wednesday temporarily blocked the implementation of key provisions of a controversial Arizona immigration law that was to take effect Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled that state authorities could not enforce...Anger rises over U.S. tax dollars for settlements
RAMALLAH (IPS) — Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the U.S. are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the Palestinian West Bank — in flagrant violation of international law. This is happening under the nose of the U.S. administration despite its...Next war may be over natural gas
BEIRUT — The discovery of large natural-gas reserves under the eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations — if it doesn't spark new war between them. Hizbullah has blared warnings that Israel plans to steal natural gas from Lebanese territory and vows...
King Abdullah, Assad declare united support for Lebanon’s stability
July 30th, 20100 BEIRUT — The Saudi king and Syrian president emphasized their keenness to support the calm that Lebanon has been witnessing since the formation of a national unity Cabinet, the state-run Syrian National News Agency (SANA) said Thursday. Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Damascus...Abdel-Hak hopes to bring diversity to city council
When Roy Pilot decided not to retain his seat on the Dearborn Heights City Council, a seat he was appointed to in July of 2010, Kathy Abdel-Hak, 46, responded to the number of people who asked her to run. "There comes a time when you just have to do, a time when talk is not enough," she said. Kathy Abdel-Hak,The co-owner of...Blix accuses Bush, Blair of ‘poor judgment’
LONDON — Ex-UN weapons inspector Hans Blix questioned Tuesday the judgment of Britain and the United States in invading Iraq on the basis of evidence of weapons of mass destruction that was clearly "poor." Giving evidence to an independent British inquiry into the March 2003 war in London, Blix said "I have never questioned the good...British PM calls Gaza ‘prison camp’
ANKARA — British Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday urged Israel to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip, slamming the current state of the Palestinian enclave as a "prison camp." "Let me be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change... Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp," he said in a speech to a...Audit: U.S. can’t account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds
BAGHDAD – The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday. The report by the U.S. Special Investigator for Iraq Reconstruction offers a compelling look at continued laxness...Iraq political deadlock worsens
Iraq's parliament on Tuesday postponed indefinitely what would have been only its second session since a March election, extending a political deadlock that has plagued the country. "We are postponing the session until further notice because the political entities failed to reach any agreement," Fouad Massum, who as the oldest member of......
Dearborn Heights council seat up for grabs
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Kathy Abdel-Hak, Ned Apigan, and Robert Yahrmatter will be on the ballot in the August 3 primary for the Dearborn Heights city council seat currently held by Roy Pilot. The election will narrow down the race to two candidates for the city's general election in November. Pilot was appointed to the seat after the...
Israel’s fingerprints surface on the Hariri assassination
July 30th, 20100 In the Middle East, the link between political machinations, espionage and assassination is either clear as day, or clear as mud. As for the yet unsolved case of the February 2005 murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, mud might be giving way to daylight. A crackdown on Israeli spy rings operating in Lebanon has resulted in......
Kids design new playground for ACCESS
Volunteers build community playground at ACCESS Youth and Family Services Center. More than 3,200 youth under age 24 live within a one-mile radius of the center. PHOTO: Natasha Dado/TAANDEARBORN — The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) Youth and Family office now includes an outdoor playground designed...Want to be a movie star?
Independent Cinema Line at 213 4th Street Hoboken, NJ 07031 is casting for a 20-30 year old Arab actor who speaks English with an Arabic accent. We are looking for someone who was born in the Middle East and immigrated to the U.S. later on in his life. We are not looking for someone who was born in the U.S. to an Arabic family. We need...Lake Superior State University opens satellite in Dearborn
DEARBORN — The Upper Peninsula-based Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has founded its first satellite campus in metro Detroit in the city of Dearborn with classes set to begin this fall. The new site will be called the Dearborn University Consortium Center and will allow Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) students to complete...Mother races against the clock to save daughter from leukemia
Middle Eastern donors in short supply, local community urged to get tested LOUISVILLE — In the world of motherhood, even a scraped knee or a slight fever in a son or daughter can be a cause for concern. So it comes as no surprise the day Michelle Preston heard from doctors that her four-year-old daughter Yasmeen Elgarmi had leukemia......
Dearborn attorney holds rally, defends arrested missionaries
DEARBORN — Around 30 protesters gathered on the steps of Dearborn City Hall Monday July 26 to defend what they called First Amendment violations and to support the four Christian missionaries who were arrested June 19 by the Dearborn police at the Arab International Festival and charged with a misdemeanor of disturbing the peace....3rd District State Senate Democratic Primary: Hood, Robinson, Okdie competing
Residents in the 3rd State senate district, which is composed of Dearborn, River Rouge and parts of Detroit will vote for a new senator in the general election this fall. With current Senator Irma Clark-Coleman term limited, three Democrats and one Republican are vying for her seat. The Republican party will not have a primary, as......
Ahmadinejad: U.S. to start new Mideast wars
TEHRAN — Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the United States is planning to launch two wars in the Middle East in order to pressure Tehran, English-language Press TV reported on Tuesday. "We have precise information that the Americans have devised a plot... they plan to attack at least two countries in the region within the...Andiamo Restaurant of Dearborn loses round in restaurant workers’ fight
DETROIT — This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an order that Andiamo Restaurant illegally cut the hours of, intimidated, and retaliated against servers and other restaurant workers in seeking to squash workers from participating in a lawsuit and protest against workplace violations at its Andiamo Restaurant in......