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Local woman, rights group question hijab removal procedure of Dearborn Police
DEARBORN – A local Muslim woman along with a Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan spokesman have questioned the protocol of the city's police department after the woman was forced to remove her headscarf in the presence of male officers during a "facial recognition" procedure. Rachel ChinavareRachel Chinavare said she...Michigan’s new sex offender registry law now in effect
LANSING - Beginning last Friday, many teenagers convicted of having consensual sex with minors will no longer be included in the state of Michigan's sex offender registry database. Young offenders who had sex with partners between the ages of 13 and 16 are exempted, as long as the offender is not more than four years older than the...Zogby Poll: 67% say U.S. headed in wrong direction
UTICA, NY — Two-thirds of likely voters say the nation is headed in the wrong direction, the highest it has been since December of last year. Only 23% say the nation is headed in the right direction, while 67% say it is on the wrong track. The wrong track total is the highest since the 68% total found on December 14,...Recall effort against Gov. Snyder hits halfway mark
An effort to recall Gov. Rick Snyder needing 800,000 petition signatures passed the halfway point last week of its 90-day timetable. Organizers have not yet revealed how many names they have collected. The recall organizing began at a fairly large rally at the state capitol on May 21. Organizers have said that more than 180,000...Obama health care law ruled constitutional in suit by Michigan residents
On June 30, a federal appeals court ruled that President Obama's health care legislation, which allows Congress to require people to buy a minimum health care insurance, is constitutional. The case stems from a suit by a Michigan-based law center and four residents of the state which claim that the individual mandate of...Dearborn court worker Pucci awarded more than $700,000 in damages
DEARBORN — Julie Pucci, 43, a former Dearborn deputy court administrator, was awarded $732,361 in damages on Thursday of last week after a verdict said she was denied due process after being fired in 2006 in the city's 19th District Court. The result was the second similar award in recent weeks against the court and Chief Judge Mark...Still no response from ICE on complaints of illegal activity by its agents
DETROIT — U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) National Assistant Secretary John Morton attended a meeting with local community leaders in April to discuss reported incidents of illegal activity by the agency. Morton promised a complete investigation into the complaints within 30 days. According to Alliance for Immigrants...Feds unseal indictment against Lebanese born Canadian in Israel bomb plot
DETROIT - Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub, age 44, who also goes by the name Fawzi Ayoub, allegedly tried to use a fake name and U.S. passport to get into Israel in 2000 to carry out a bombing plot, according to reports.The indictment was handed down in August 2009 according to the Detroit Free Press and the passport was under the name Frank...Gov. Rick Snyder and NY Mayor Bloomberg to speak about immigration and the economy at New Michigan Media conference at WSU
DETROIT- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will deliver his first major speech on immigration and the regional economy at the New Michigan Media Conference on July 18, 2011 inside Wayne State University’s McGregor Memorial Conference and Community Arts Auditorium. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to speak about the topic as well...Arab filmmakers hope “The Citizen” portrays immigrants in a new light
DETROIT — Director Sam Kadi and Egyptian Actor Khaled Nabawy have been hard at work since late May shooting their new film "The Citizen" in downtown Detroit, which wrapped production this week. The film tells the story of a male Arab immigrant who wins the green card lottery and arrives in the U.S one day before 9/11. The...Local photo exhibit breaks down Arab stereotypes before 10th anniversary of 9/11
DEARBORN — The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is featuring a photo exhibit created by the first generation of Arab American students who have no memory of time before the devastating events of Sep.11, 2001. Title: Friends (Niveen and Leann)Photographer: Hassan Hammoud, 13 "Niveen Dabaja, 12, and Leann Bazzi, 12, are...STL hoping for civil strife in Lebanon
Last Saturday, Hizbullah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, spoke about the indictment of four party members in the assassination six years ago of Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister. I think merit and credibility should be given to Nasrallah's argument that the court is a sham and is highly politicized. Hizbullah has presented...
Lebanon’s new beginning: Mikati’s cabinet wins confidence vote in Parliament
July 8th, 20110 Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati (top row, L) is congratulated by Hizbullah deputy members after he won 68 out of 128 votes in a vote of confidence on the third day of the parliamentary session in Beirut July 7, 2011. REUTERS/ Mohamed AzakirBEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government won a vote of confidence in Lebanon's...Driver still on the loose after Dearborn hit and run
DEARBORN – Police are hoping that someone will help identify and find the driver of a vehicle that struck a 79-year-old man in the city on Sunday, July 3. The man was crossing the street at the south side of Warren Road at Freda Street at 5:30 p.m. when a 1997-1999 light green-colored four-door Ford Escort struck him, sending him...UN mission warns of Yemen humanitarian crisis
SANAA — Yemen needs urgent international aid to head off a humanitarian crisis, a UN mission visiting the impoverished country said on Wednesday, warning of "collective punishment" against civilians."We call on the international community to quickly provide humanitarian aid to Yemen during this difficult time," said a statement at the......
Palestine’s ‘last village’ faces the bulldozers
Lifta will belatedly suffer same fate as hundreds of villages destroyed by Israel decades ago, make way for Jewish vacation homes.LIFTA — On a rocky slope dropping steeply away from the busy main road at the entrance to West Jerusalem is to be found a scattering of ancient stone houses, empty and clinging precariously to...
UN report slams Israel over Nakba Day bloodshed on border with Lebanon
July 8th, 20110 Blasting Israeli army for using unnecessary force when firing on protesterNEW YORK — A UN report into the bloodshed along the Israeli-Lebanon border on Nakba Day, has slammed the Israeli army for using unnecessary force when firing on protesters, a newspaper said on Wednesday.The report was released by UN Secretary...Independents mull ‘third way’ for solving Syrian crisis
DAMASCUS - Some 100 Syrian independent figures met in the capital last Sunday to discuss a "third way" for the country, which has been rocked by anti-regime and pro Assad protests for three months, as newswire services reported from there.It was the second such meeting of its kind in a week, after critics of Syria's President Bashar...Wayne County’s “NEW ME” program holding Multicultural Obesity Conference July 13
DETROIT — After kicking off its new initiative to fight what's being called an "obesity epidemic" earlier this year at Fordson High School in Dearborn, the Wayne County NEW ME program will hold its first-ever Multicultural Obesity Conference from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13 at Ford Field, the state-of-the-art football......
West Detroit station owner warns others about gas-stealing scheme
DETROIT – A local gas station owner is warning his peers about a new gas-stealing scheme that has already robbed his business of about $45,000.Mohamed Jaber of the Fill & Go station at Schaefer and Jeffries on Detroit's west side said that thieves have been siphoning gas from underground tanks into an unmarked Ford Econoline white...Yemen continues to inspire against great odds
The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is proving the most robust out of all the Arab revolutions. The Yemenis face great challenges, however, including the political vacillation of their country's opposition, and the U.S.'s......
Ben Ali gets 15 years in jail over drugs, weapons charges
TUNIS - A Tunis court on Monday sentenced ousted Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali in his absence to 15 years in jail for possession of arms, drugs and archaeological artifacts.In his second trial since fleeing to Saudi Arabia following a popular uprising in January, Ben Ali was also given a fine of 54,000 euros (78,500...Michigan home foreclosure protections extended by new bill
LANSING – Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has signed a bill that will extend key home foreclosure protections in a unique move.Typically, the governor signs bills into law, but Snyder was out-of-state at a wedding last week and wanted to make sure that it would be signed before the protections expired on Tuesday.The new law creates......
