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GM honors Sammy Cheaito as a top sales consultant for GMC for 2014
January 30th, 20150 (L-R) Jeff Kern - GM Zone Manager, Golden Tate - Lions wide receiver, Sammy Cheaito and Scott Williams - GM District Manager.DEARBORN — Sammy Cheaito is a veteran car salesman and long-time employee at Superior Buick GMC and earned the 2014 Top Sales Award for GMC brands. He was presented with an award by Duncan Aldred,...Dubai airport becomes the busiest in the world
Dubai airport terminal.DUBAI — Dubai airport has soared ahead of London's Heathrow, riding a boom in long-haul flights between Asia and the West to become the world's top international travel hub, UAE airport authorities said Tuesday. Traffic at the airport increased 6.1 percent last year to 70.47 million passengers, Dubai Airports...Saudi king orders payout to state employees, reshuffles cabinet
Saudi Arabia's King Salman.RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's new King Salman ordered a lavish payout to all state employees on Thursday and reshuffled some top government jobs while keeping in place the oil, foreign, finance, defense and interior ministers. The top oil exporter will pay two months of bonus salary to all state employees and...Attacks kill 26 Egyptian soldiers
Shaimaa Sabbagh.CAIRO — Twenty-five people were killed in a bomb attack on military buildings in the capital of Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Thursday, while an army major was shot dead at a checkpoint in Rafah near the Gaza Strip, medical and security sources said. The flagship government newspaper, al-Ahram, said its...Hopes of return muted in devastated Syrian Kurdish town
Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units walk past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani Jan. 28KOBANI, SYRIA — Sheets meant to hide residents from snipers' sights still hang over streets in the Syrian border town of Kobani, and its shattered buildings and cratered roads suggest those who fled are unlikely...
Reactions to local woman’s lawsuit highlights extreme Islamophobia
January 30th, 20150 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A local woman was thrown into the national spotlight last week after she filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Dearborn Heights Police Department for forcing her to remove her hijab when she was arrested last July. Strong reactions rooted with racism and hate seemed to be a commonality amongst the...
Islamic academic institute Great Revelations gears up for opening
January 30th, 20150 Great Revelations, located at 6400 Miller Rd. will be enrolling pre-K-12th grade students from Feb. 1 through March 15.DEARBORN — A new non-profit Islamic academic institution that has been in the works for the last three years is gearing up for its grand opening later this year. Great Revelations Academy, located at 6400...Public records to become cheaper because of changes to Michigan FOIA
MICHIGAN — Because of the new changes to Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, public records are expected to become cheaper and easier to access. Government agencies will no longer charge more than 10 cents per page for copies of public records. Under the new changes to Michigan FOIA law, government agencies can also face...
Calm prevails after Hezbollah’s attack in Shebaa
January 30th, 20150 Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped coffin of Captain Yochai Kalangel during his funeral at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem Jan. 29.BEIRUT — Israel and Hezbollah signaled on Thursday their rare flare-up in fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border was over, after the Lebanese guerrillas killed two Israeli troops in...Professor sues school for dismissing him over anti-Israeli remarks
CHICAGO — A professor who lost a University of Illinois job offer over anti-Israel Twitter messages has sued the university's board of trustees and key administrators to try to get that job. Steven Salaita filed his lawsuit Thursday, January 29 in Chicago. The suit asks the court for an order letting him go to work at the University...One in five U.S. children now rely on food stamps
WASHINGTON — The number of children in the United States relying on food stamps for a meal spiked to 16 million last year, according federal data, signaling a lopsided economic recovery in which lower income families are still lagging behind. The roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession...Benjamin Netanyahu: The anti-American obstructionist
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s acceptance of an invitation to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress in March is an unacceptable interference in our domestic political arena and must be challenged. It is simply not enough for the White House to indicate that there will be no meeting between President Obama...Iraq to investigate Diyala massacre
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an investigation into allegations that Shi'a militiamen massacred Sunni residents in the eastern province of Diyala, his spokesman said Thursday. "The prime minister has ordered an investigation into the matter," Rafid Jaboori said, without elaborating. Witnesses and Sunni...Militants kill two Yemeni soldiers
SANAA — Two Yemeni soldiers were killed and two wounded when they were ambushed while on patrol by suspected al-Qaeda militants in the central province of Marib, a regional official said on Thursday. Marib has most of Yemen's oil and gas fields and has long been a battleground between various factions, including local tribesmen,...Jordan wants to see pilot is alive before exchange
AMMAN — Jordan said on Thursday it was still holding an Iraqi would-be suicide bomber as a deadline passed for her release set by "Islamic State" militants who threatened to kill a Jordanian pilot unless she was handed over by sunset. An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist also captured by the insurgents said the......
Spy agency employee was flying drone that crashed at White House
January 30th, 20150 U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman (C) at Erga Palace in Riyadh January 27.WASHINGTON — An employee of a U.S. spy agency has confessed to operating a small drone that crashed on the grounds of the White House, the latest in a series of incidents that raised questions about the president's security. A...
Sayed Qazwini resignation divides community
January 23rd, 20150 Sayed Hassan QazwiniDEARBORN — Sayed Hassan Qazwini, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of America (ICA), resigned on Friday, Jan. 23. Speaking to a crowd of young Muslims later that day, the sayed said he would go back on his resignation if the ICA board of trustees is dissolved and the bylaws are suspended. However, the...
Mandaloun Bistro brings north Lebanon to the northern suburbs
January 23rd, 20150 BINGHAM FARMS — With black leather chairs, white curtains, an elegant piano and modern art hung on the walls, Mandaloun Bistro looks like a contemporary restaurant on the east coast. But the Bingham Farms eatery specializes in the most traditional, homemade, northern Lebanese cuisine. Owner Melissa Bitar said northern Lebanese...
Dearborn to pass new hookah lounge laws
January 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN – The Dearborn City Council is in the process of adapting a new ordinance that will only permit hookah lounges with a state exemption to conduct business, following a six month moratorium that banned new smoking establishments from opening within city limits. The move is a response to the influx of hookah lounges that......
Local educators back Obama’s proposal for free community college
January 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN — Millions of Americans may have the opportunity to attend community college tuition-free under a proposed plan by President Obama to expand the access of higher education for the lower and middle classes. The Universal Community College Plan would provide two years of free community college for students if they maintain a...
PART FOUR: MEDC was involved in state environmental group’s permitting process
January 23rd, 20150 Malek Ali, a resident of Dearborn's southend, forwarded this photo of what she described as a "devastating" air pollution violation that occurred at AK Steel's facility on Dec. 20. Residents complained about the "unbearable" odor from the facility that day. DEARBORN — A series of emails between the Michigan Economic Development......
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel reopened after bomb scare
January 23rd, 20150 DETROIT — Chairman Gary Woronchak has announced committee appointments for the 2015-16 Wayne County Commission, which for the first time in 12 years will work alongside a new county administration and new county executive. Commissioners Joseph Palamara (D-Grosse Ile Twp.), Raymond E. Basham (D-Taylor), Burton Leland...
Community organizations pay tribute to Dr. King
January 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN — Arab and Muslim American community organizations paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the national holiday dedicated to him, Monday, Jan. 19. The Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights held an interfaith dinner on Sunday, Jan. 18 to honor King's legacy. The event was attended by Muslim, Christian......