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Kucinich hosts Capitol Hill briefing on Gaza
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich convened a briefing on Capitol Hill. He invited two humanitarian workers to discuss the state of the Gaza Strip. Congressman Brian Baird of Washington state was in attendance and contributed comments. The packed room included many hill staffers, activists and humanitarian relief...
Landslide election wins for Maliki
February 7th, 20090 BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won landslide victories over Shi'a rivals in provincial elections at the weekend, reflecting a seismic shift in the political landscape, preliminary results issued on Thursday showed. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Results showed big wins for the prime minister's...State Senator Martha Scott: LOVE IS NOT ABUSE
Senator Scott: Dating violence is at epidemic proportions, resulting in thousands of preventable deaths. I hope you can do your part by becoming a MADE member and help me protect our youth. Join the MADE coalition by signing the petition at www.loveisnotabuse.com/made. The majority of this country sees Valentine's Day as an...
Obama may soon have to deal with Netanyahu
February 7th, 20090 Israel's Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu smiles during a conference in Tel Aviv Feb. 5, 2009. Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party continues to lead opinion polls ahead of a Feb. 10 parliamentary election with the ruling Kadima party of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in second place. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen On Feb. 10, the...
Fordson students gather aid for Gaza
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — A group of high school students hope to make a difference for people in Gaza still suffering the effects of the three-week war last month, as they try to raise money and awareness locally. Fordson High School National Honor Society members Mohammad Ali Chokr (R), 17, Ali Nasrallah, 17, Hassan Hamid, 17, and an...
CAAO to file complaint against Judge Wygonik
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — Members of the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO) on Wednesday decided in a meeting at the Lebanese American Heritage Club to file a grievance with the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission against 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik. 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik Several members pledged...
Video: Immigrants take citizenship oaths in Dearborn ceremony
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — About 250 Detroit-area immigrants exchanged their Green Cards for naturalization certificates on Jan. 30 after officially becoming U.S. citizens when they took their oaths at Byblos Banquet Hall in a formal ceremony. Byblos owner Youssef Bazzi offered up his hall for the fourth time in three years to federal officials...
Imams meet, plan to support Gaza
February 7th, 20090 PHOTO: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN DEARBORN — Dozens of Muslim religious leaders from as far as Grand Blanc gathered at the Islamic Institute of Knowledge on Wednesday to discuss action on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in general. Osama Siblani, of the Arab American Political Action...Obama signs children’s health bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sees expansion of government health insurance to millions of lower-income children as a first step of several to come in providing coverage for all Americans. Ending a two-year effort by Democrats, Obama signed legislation Wednesday that will allow about 7 million children to continue coverage...Congress approves digital TV delay
Kendal Conerly, local DTV conversion campaign coordinator, shows how a converter box is installed during a January meeting of ethnic media outlets at the Detroit office of the NAACP. PHOTO: Cristina Fernandez-Pereda/New America Media WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. switch to digital television signals will be delayed four months...
Dearborn neighborhood parking rules suspended
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN – The city has suspended Public Service Days parking rules until April 6 because heavy snowfall has made it difficult for residents to find alternative places to park, officials said in a release. Parking along city streets is normally prohibited on each Dearborn neighborhood's trash pickup day between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m....
Congressmen urge Gaza relief
January 30th, 20090 Palestinian boys eat lunch inside a makeshift shelter near their destroyed houses in Jabalya following Israel's 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip January 26, 2009. Some 1,300 Palestinians, including at least 700 civilians, were killed, Palestinian medical officials said, in the offensive Israel launched in the Hamas-ruled Gaza...Obama’s quick start raises hopes
U.S. President Barack Obama WASHINGTON — A series of unexpectedly swift moves to begin addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict taken by Barack Obama in the week since he was sworn in as the U.S. president is being hailed by many regional specialists here who were deeply frustrated by George W. Bush's relative indifference and...
Video: Kids from different worlds come together to fight hunger
January 30th, 20090 DEARBORN — Two groups of kids from opposite ends of Metro-Detroit and very different backgrounds came together on Tuesday to learn about volunteering, teamwork and each other. Students from Holbrook Elementary in Hamtramck and Winchester Elementary in Northville have been communicating for months as pen pals, and on Tuesday they got...
A guide to Saturday’s election in Iraq
January 30th, 20090 A doctor casts his vote in a hospital in Baghdad January 28, 2009. Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people began early voting on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's provincial election in Iraq, which will determine the political landscape across the country as U.S. forces withdraw. REUTERS/Kahtan al-Mesiary On Saturday, Jan.......
Video: Erdogan hailed after Davos walkout
January 30th, 20090 Turkish prime minister tells Israeli president "You are killing people" Turkey's prime minister returned home from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to a warm welcome after he stormed out of a debate over Israel's war on the Gaza Strip. More than 5,000 people, many waving Palestinian and Turkish...No reconciliation for Hamas, Fatah
RAMALLAH (IPS) — Reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah is looking increasingly problematic as the two groups exchange serious accusations of treason, torture and extra-judicial killings. A Palestinian, whose house was destroyed during Israel's offensive, counts money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya...Israeli settlements block peace
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank increased sharply in 2008, despite Israel's pledge at the beginning of the year to freeze all construction, according to a new report by an Israeli non-governmental organization. George Mitchell, U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, addresses the...Hamas signals willingness to negotiate
GAZA CITY (AP) — Senior officials in Hamas are indicating a willingness to negotiate a long-term truce with Israel as long as the borders of Gaza are opened to the rest of the world. "We want to be part of the international community," Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad said. "I think Hamas has no interest now to increase the number of crises......
After Gaza genocide, what next?
January 30th, 20090 Palestinian students study at the yard of al-Fadilah Islamic school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 26, 2009. The school was destroyed in an Israeli air strike during Israel's 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa The recent tentative ceasefire may have halted Israel's military thrashing of...Miracles needed in US, Mideast
The Gaza crisis unfolds as America starts a creative presidency in the face of overwhelming economic challenge, as Israel is about to elect fear-oriented leadership when courage is badly needed, and as Palestinians need to unite through civic empowerment, rather than fighting an asymmetrical war. Relatives of Palestinian farmer......
Israel heads into a political storm
Israel goes to the polls on Feb. 10 in a collective state of mind that is highly disturbed and seemingly ill-prepared for the important choices which lie ahead. This is bad news for Israel itself, for its neighbors, and for the prospects for peace. The Israeli electorate will be struggling to find answers to at least three important...Open letter to President Obama
Editor's note: The following is a letter dated January 1, 2009 addressed to then U.S. President-elect Barack Obama calling for the United States to change its policies vis-a-vis the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, especially in light of Israel's onslaught against the Gaza Strip. It was signed by more than 900 academics, most of them based......
