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WITH VIDEO: Boxing battles at Byblos

Increased focus and growing pressure on Pakistan

Store owner turns around life of would-be thief

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Europe steps in to pressure Israel
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
Friday, 12.11.2009, 08:20pm

European Union foreign ministers pressed Israel to negotiate over the status of Jerusalem on Tuesday, saying it needed to become the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state, a position Israel rejects.

WITH VIDEO: Boxing battles at Byblos
By Nick Meyer

Increased focus and growing pressure on Pakistan

By Jim Lobe

Community News

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Economic hope for the ingenious
By Nick Meyer
Friday, 12.11.2009, 07:35pm

Arab American enterprenur brings TwitVid to Internet

	Michigan lawmakers pass smoking ban
	Arab Americans on both sides of oath of office ceremony
	Group distributes Qur'ans to front doors
	Beaumont hospitals enhance language services
	New salon specializes in lavish beauty treatments

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Dispute over veil spreads across Egypt
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
Friday, 12.11.2009, 07:02pm

On the first day of the academic year, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo visited a girls-only school and reportedly ordered an 11-year-old student to remove her niqab, saying the practice was not an Islamic obligation.

	Lebanese tension is expressed in demand for reform
	Nasrallah: Sectarianism impeding democracy
	Palestinians building institutions of statehood
	U.S. urged to increase aid and involvement in Yemen
	Palestinian children face daily settler attacks getting to school

U.S.A

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Muslims work with FBI on missing men

Friday, 12.11.2009, 07:59pm

Five American Muslims arrested in Pakistan for alleged contact with militants

	Student stabs professor to death in New York
	Store owner turns around life of would-be thief
	Obama launches Freedom of Information initiative
	Immigration reform is good for economic recovery
	Report shows jump in anti-Muslim bias incidents

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Reflections on Michael Moore's "Capitalism"
By Jim Miles
Friday, 12.04.2009, 08:20pm

The powerful effect that Moore has on his audience derives from the personal stories he relates combined with a sense of humor.

	The birth of punk Islam
	Tea on the Axis of Evil
	A struggle for the soul of Saudi Arabia
	Arab film on Oscar short list
	Arab film fest offers award-winning lineup

World

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One step closer to unilateral sanctions against Iran
By Eli Clifton
Friday, 12.11.2009, 08:15pm

The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA) will likely pass the House sometime next week and — if the Senate passes its version of the legislation — would expand economic sanctions against the Islamic republic, restricting U.S. loans that aid Iran's petroleum industry.

	Old ways of fighting for rights must change
	After Dubai World debt panic, UAE guarantees all bank deposits
	Israel's illegal settlements in America
	My compatriots' vote to ban minarets is fueled by fear
	Zionism's un-Christian Bible

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The hypocrisy of al-demoqratia
By Ramzy Baroud
Friday, 12.11.2009, 07:40pm

In 2004, France banned headscarves and school principals chased after young Muslim girls who continued to cover their heads in school. Now, following a national referendum, Switzerland has banned the construction of minarets.

	Best Buy's commitment to diversity must be rewarded
	Don't let Department of Energy subsidize illegal settlements
	The war is a threat to our national security
	School budget cuts must be addressed
	Robertson: Islam not a religion

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News in Pictures

CIA Director Leon Panetta greets Arab American, community leaders during an iftar event in Dearborn on Wednesday. The CIA hosted the event as part of efforts boost recruitment efforts, seeking to add to its ranks Americans with expertise in Middle Eastern languages and cultures.