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Plot to kill former Yemeni president with bomb in tunnel foiled
SANAA — An aide to Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Thursday his security team had uncovered a plot to kill him with explosives planted in a tunnel running to a mosque inside his residential compound in Sanaa.Yemen's authorities said they were investigating.Saleh, who stepped down in 2012 amid mass protests against...Lebanon charges 43 Syrians with belonging to terrorist groups
GAZA — A new, five-day truce between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding on Thursday despite a shaky start, after both sides agreed to give Egyptian-brokered peace negotiations in Cairo more time to try to end the Gaza war.The Israeli military said Gaza militants had breached the truce by firing eight rockets at Israel shortly...Syrian army recaptures major town in Damascus countryside, encircles Aleppo
DAMASCUS — Syrian government forces backed by Lebanon's Hizbullah took control of a town just outside Damascus from Islamist fighters on Thursday, a blow to the rebels who had held it for more than a year.Syrian state television broadcast showed government soldiers in the streets of Mleiha, which lies on the edge of the eastern...
Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri: I’d rather deal with Hariri .. not his deputies
August 15th, 20140 Berry.BEIRUT — Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri is known for his skills in finding solutions and settlements during tough political times, which made his post a focal point in Lebanese politics.Berri keeps the communication lines open with his opponents without compromising his convictions, creating a balance between his...New York man accused of online death threats against Obama
NEW YORK – An upstate New York man was accused on Tuesday of threatening to kill President Obama and other political leaders just days after he was arraigned on charges that he had made previous online death threats against them, authorities said.Brandon Correa, 30, of Rochester, faces a seven-count indictment charging him with...
Miko Peled, the general’s son, to keynote a fundraising dinner for Gaza
August 15th, 20140 Travelling all the time, making appearances in Europe, Africa, Australia, Malaysia, returning to West Bank to participate in demonstrations against Israel, getting arrested, standing in Israel and saying: ”Zionism must go, Israel is an Apartheid regime”, Miko Peled, author of “The General’s Son”, is...10-year-old shoots father after dispute between parents
DETROIT — A physical argument between parents led to their 10-year-old son shooting his father on Monday, Aug. 11 at 3:30 a.m. The child saw his mother being assaulted by the father. To stop the altercation the 10-year-old pulled the gun on his 33-year-old father, shooting him in the back. Police question how the gun was easily...Government Discontinues Processing EBT for Merchants
Does your business currently accept or plan to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) in the future? If so please take note that effective September 21, the government will no longer process EBT transactions or provide free equipment to merchants who were not approved by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) prior to March 21, due to...Storm leaves thousands of Metro Detroit residents in limbo
On Monday, August 11, the metro Detroit region was hit hard with torrential rains, causing many communities to become inundated with several inches of precipitation in a relatively short period of time. As a result, thousands of metro Detroit residents experienced sewage backup onto their property. The law regarding the rights and...Virginia GOP official resigns after anti-Muslim comments
RICHMOND – State GOP Treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds unapologetically stepped down more than a week after he responded in harsh fashion to comments President Obama made praising Muslim Americans. ‘This is pure nonsense. Exactly what part of our nation's fabric was woven by Muslims,’ FitzSimmonds wrote.FitzSimmonds, the outspoken...Egyptians protest on anniversary of bloody day, five dead
CAIRO — Four protesters and a policeman were killed in Cairo on Thursday, the government said, one year after government forces killed hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators in the worst bloodshed in Egypt's recent history.The health ministry said four protesters were killed and 13 others wounded during clashes with security...Lebanon charges 43 Syrians with belonging to terrorist groups
BEIRUT – Lebanon on Thursday charged 43 Syrians, including an Islamist commander whose arrest sparked five days of fighting between Islamists and the Lebanese army, with belonging to armed terrorist groups and seeking to establish an Islamic emirate.A judiciary source said 10 of those charged were in custody, among them 30-year-old...
DOJ reaches settlement with Crestwood School District to improve services for bilingual students
August 14th, 20140 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The civil rights division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), working closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, reached a comprehensive settlement agreement with the Crestwood School District in Dearborn Heights to improve educational services for students who are English...Judge in Rasmea Odeh’s case recuses himself
DETROIT - The judge overseeing the trial of Palestinian American activist Rasmea Odeh recused himself from the case today.Odeh was indicted for allegedly lying on her U.S. citizenship application about a conviction in an Israeli military court decades ago. Her defense lawyers had asked U.S. District Judge Paul Borman to step down...
Leaked federal government report alleges Dearborn has the second highest number of terrorists in nation
August 8th, 20140 DEARBORN — Dearborn has the second highest number of "known or suspected terrorists" in the country, according to government classified documents published by The Intercept, an online news outlet that covers national security.However, 40 percent of people nationwide on the Terrorist Screening Database, which is a watch list of......
IVF Michigan looks to restore hope for couples struggling with infertility
August 8th, 20140 DEARBORN – IVF Michigan has officially begun its next chapter of expansion with the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art facility in Bloomfield Hills. Currently operating five offices, IVF Michigan is the state's leading infertility clinic and has brought joy to thousands of couples who were struggling with...
Detroiters rally for Iraq, promote unity
August 8th, 20140 Muslim-Americans rally for unity in Iraq, and condemn ISIS alongside Iraqi Christians.DETROIT — “I always wanted to go back and visit my hometown where everyone came from, but I can’t even go back,” said Evan Kajy, a Chaldean American. “A piece of me is now lost. It will always be gone forever. When I think about the fact that...
ADC demands immediate removal of offensive Anti-Arab applications
August 8th, 20140 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page on Monday strongly condemning and demanding the immediate removal of Google Play's offensive anti-Arab applications "Bomb Gaza", "Gaza Assault: Code Red" and "Whack the Hamas", among others.The applications turns the massacre...
Fordson High School students raise about $2,000 for children in Gaza
August 8th, 20140 DEARBORN — Fordson High School Key Club members raised about $2000 for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The money will be donated to the Palestinian Children Relief Fund (PCRF). “I’m so proud of our students,” said Fordson Key Club Advisor Zinab Zriek. The students raised the money at local businesses including......
Theodore Wafer found guilty of second degree murder
August 8th, 20140 DETROIT — On Thursday, Theodore Wafer was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury. The jury’s verdict comes after Wafer testified Tuesday at his murder trial. The Dearborn Heights resident fatally shot 19-year-old Renisha McBride on his front porch early November. While testifying in court this week, Wafer...
Rashida Tlaib loses bid for senate despite “proud” campaign, Stephanie Chang to succeed her in State House
August 8th, 20140 DETROIT — When State Representative Steve Tobocman was term-limited in 2008, he encouraged his staffer Rashida Tlaib to run for his 6th District seat. This year, a term-limited Tlaib encouraged community organizer Stephanie Chang to run for her seat in Tuesday’s primary. Tlaib herself sought the 4th District State Senate......
Out of 61,266 registered voters in Dearborn, only 10,266 voted
August 8th, 20140 DEARBORN — Voter turnout during primary elections is typically low across the state. In Dearborn on Tuesday, the voter turnout was 17 percent. There were 61,266 registered voters in the city, which has a population of roughly 100,000, but only 10,749 ballots were cast. Of that number, 2,924 republican ballots; 7,183 democratic...
Low number of voters, campaigners at the polls in Dearborn
August 8th, 20140 DEARBORN – For most of the races on Tuesday's ballot, winning the primary meant winning the election. However, most polling places in Dearborn looked like classrooms during lunch break. It was a gloomy day; it rained throughout the morning and afternoon, as all Arab American candidates lost their bids for their respective......
