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Gas station fuels election hopes
November 1st, 20080 DETROIT — The presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have bombarded the public with images, slogans and soundbites for months, but in one Detroit neighborhood, even the corner gas station is covered with Obama logos, since its owners decided to repaint and rename the business after their favorite candidate three...Analysts question timing of Syria raid
WASHINGTON (IPS) — A cross-border raid into Syria by U.S. forces in Iraq, and a subsequent stonewalling by U.S. officials unwilling to divulge details, has led to rampant speculation among U.S. analysts about the origins and meaning of the attack. Syrian villagers stand near and mourn for the bodies before a mass funeral for...Pumping up Muslim voter turnout
SAN FRANCISCO — American Muslims are feverishly working for the largest-ever Muslim voter turnout on Nov. 4, with a particular focus on battleground states. Muslim civic organizations have worked in coalition to generate dozens of rallies, town hall meetings and neighborhood get-togethers, all geared toward voter mobilization....War, economic collapse, peak oil and climate change
Is it writers' block, or is it that the world is in such a mess that it has simply short-circuited my mind? So many bad news scenarios present themselves on several fronts that I am somewhat amazed and dumbfounded. Is there any order, any sense to be found in the current insanity of war, economic collapse, peak oil, and climate...
VOTE
November 1st, 20080 The Arab American News, AAPAC and Arab American community organizations all over the country urge citizens to VOTE on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and to press family and friends to do the same. In Dearborn, residents can vote early at the city clerk's office on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check with your local clerk's office in other...Next president will inherit Guantanamo dilemma
NEW YORK (IPS) — Leading human rights groups reacted with outrage Tuesday to media reports that the administration of President George W. Bush has decided not to close the iconic prison at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Quoting anonymous senior Bush Administration officials, The New York Times reported that the issue...Nam, nehnu nastatyeh! (Yes, we can!)
GAZA CITY — This morning I walked to the Indian Ocean and made salt in defiance of the British occupation of India. This morning I marched in Selma, I stood down tanks in Tiananmen Square, and I helped tear down the Berlin Wall. This morning I became a Freedom Rider. The Freedom Riders of the 21st Century are sailing small boats into...Egypt’s ruling party in free fall
CAIRO (IPS) — A high-ranking member of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is facing trial on charges of arranging the murder of a Lebanese pop singer. The case, along with a host of other public grievances, has badly tarnished the NDP's reputation ahead of an upcoming party conference. Egyptian textile workers...Yemen holding more than 1,000 political prisoners
Yemen holding more than 1,000 political prisoners By Zainab Mineeia WASHINGTON (IPS) — A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to launch an independent commission to investigate arbitrary arrests and disappearances and to hold those responsible to account. In the 50-page report...Gitmo prisoners demand information from Canada
Two Guantanamo prisoners, a Mauritanian and an Algerian, who once lived for a short time in Montreal, are taking the RCMP and Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency (CSIS) to court to force them to provide details of interrogations. Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Ahcene Zemiri were interrogated at Guantanamo by agents of the RCMP and CSIS...
Haddad to lead Dearborn police
November 1st, 20080 DEARBORN — Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly, Jr. on Tuesday announced the selection of a new police chief, Ronald Haddad, who is a retired deputy chief of the Detroit Police Department and a law enforcement professional of 34 years. Newly appointed Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad TAAN file photo O'Reilly cited Haddad's...Yes on Proposal 1: Compassion, common sense and good medicine
As nurses, we are on the front lines of providing care and comfort to patients suffering from terrible illnesses. Michigan's nurses strongly support Proposal 1, the medical marijuana initiative. And, frankly, we are appalled at the misinformation being spread by opponents. There is simply no doubt that medical marijuana can relieve...U.S. cutoff threat unlikely to save Iraq troop pact
WASHINGTON (IPS) — The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement has raised the stakes in the political-diplomatic struggle over the issue. An Iraqi woman speaks with U.S soldiers...Poverty Summit will reduce poverty and maximize economic opportunities for all
One medical emergency, one car accident, one missed paycheck, or one layoff notice and a working class family can descend into poverty. Ismael Ahmed Because of this reality, I would like to personally invite you to join Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, Martin Luther King III and me at the Voices for Action Network 2008 Poverty...Forgive us our debts
Federal Reserve headquarters Four cowboys wanted to play a game of poker, but they didn't have a deck of cards. A banker offered to lend them a deck of cards, on the condition that each bring back 14 cards, and they had to leave their horses as collateral. How many cowboys get their horses back? This oldest trick in the......
Republican ad raises eyebrows
November 1st, 20080 In the final days before the election, a TV ad being run by the Michigan Republican Party in support of Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford Taylor, makes use of a dark image of a Middle Eastern male, associating a Dearborn man with terrorism. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Cliff Taylor, who is being challanged this...
Newly anointed US citizens gear up to vote
November 1st, 20080 Waad Nakad, 21, of Livonia, took her oath of citizenship in August, but she doesn't feel any more American because of it. She's been in the US since age one, when her family came from Syria in 1988. Shadi Hajal, 35, of Canton, shows off his newfound American spirit after taking the oath of citizenship and registering to vote on......
Community members weigh in on election
November 1st, 20080 Thirty-nine year old Daad Katato, a Palestinian American political activist associated with American Muslims for Palestine, is voting for Cynthia McKinney in the upcoming election. Daad Katato Katato, of Troy, says "I'm thinking of voting for Cynthia McKinney because I feel the other two candidates are not fair to Arabs...Activists question surge in ICE raids
After a rash of immigration detainments on Sept. 23 and 24, a number of family members and community organizations have complained that the sudden surge of arrests has served to intimidate and preoccupy immigrant communities just before the election, making people less likely to vote. The arrests were made during scheduled appointments...
Woman fights city as foreclosure looms
November 1st, 20080 Maria Gavrau, a 61 year-old Romanian immigrant who's lived in her Dearborn home for 18 years, is facing foreclosure after a severe fall on the sidewalk outside her home in April left her injured, causing her to lose her job as a...
Rugby gains popularity in Dearborn
November 1st, 20080 DEARBORN — Since they're at a commuter college, the athletic programs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn have had a hard time finding success. Some sports such as hockey have had their share of good seasons, but consistency is hard to come by for many of the other sports. Just two years into their existence as a sport at UM-D,......
Conference dispels stereotypes
DEARBORN — Arabophobia in America was the subject of Arab Detroit's annual workshop, "Images and Perceptions of Arab Americans," on Thursday, October 22, at the University of Michigan—Dearborn. The event, entitled "Arabophobia in the Media: Myth or Reality," hosted various media figures and included workshop sessions that focused...
City to suspend parking rules near election sites
November 1st, 20080 DEARBORN — The city will suspend enforcement of Public Service Day parking rules near polling sites on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, to allow voters to cast their ballots without worrying about the twice-a-month parking restrictions. Public Service Day parking rules will be enforced as normal that day on streets not near polling......
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE: PLAYOFFS-WEEK 1
Dearborn High School (6-3, 4-2 Mega Red) Last week: Lost to Detroit Country Day, 42-37 Playoffs: at Walled Lake Western, Saturday at 7 p.m. Edsel Ford (8-1, 5-1 Mega Blue) Last week: Beat Dearborn Heights Crestwood, 53-7 Playoffs: vs. Wyandotte Roosevelt at home, Friday at 7 p.m. Fordson (9-0, 6-0 Mega Red) Last...Groundbreaking interfaith conference
PONTIAC — The first annual New Directions New Connections conference, which the Michigan Roundtable is co-sponsoring with the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) will be held on Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 10-11, at the Marriott Pontiac Centerpoint and will feature Reuniting the Children of Abraham on Monday evening. While walk-ins will be......
