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Election results bring moderate change

Wednesday, 11.04.2009, 12:30am

Tuesday's elections will result in some moderate shakeups in upcoming city council and school board terms of several municipalities.

Our endorsements for 2009

AAPAC rallies voters: High turnout will bring surprises
By Khalil AlHajal

Community News

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Arab American could take Hamtramck mayoral race
By Bill Meyer - Special to The Arab American News
Monday, 11.02.2009, 10:07pm

Abdul Algazali has long been active in Hamtramck. Now he's ready to lead the diverse city.

	FBI shootout leads to death of radical leader
	Celebrating 30 years of success
	Part 7: Reflecting on 25 years of The Arab American News
	Imams settle with U.S. Airways in civil rights case
	CIA to interview local applicants Nov. 17

World

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U.N. body backs war crimes charges on Israel, Hamas
By Thalif Deen
Friday, 10.23.2009, 10:30pm

The 47-member Human Rights Council (HRC) approved a resolution last week endorsing war crimes charges against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

	US-Israeli missile war games begin
	Rabbis take on settlers
	Veteran army officer urges Afghan troop drawdown
	Cold Turkey could change political balance
	Afghanistan is now a war about nothing

U.S.A

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VIDEO: TV news commentator bashes Islamophobic lawmakers

Saturday, 10.24.2009, 12:17am

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow takes aim at four Republican members of Congress after a press conference of questionable motive

	Charity officials press for federal antiterrorism restrictions to be relaxed
	Pro-Israel group's money trail veers hard right
	Can Detroit go green?
	Foreign policy hawks launch new campaign against Obama
	U.S. berated for shielding Israel on Gaza killings

Arab World

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Lebanese banks flourish as ailing world looks on

Friday, 10.23.2009, 10:20pm

A healthy suspicion of the subprime market appears to have paid off, as Lebanese banks flourish in the face of the global economic crisis.

	U.S. diplomatic adviser's troubling role in oil politics
	Lebanon needs both security and freedom
	Rift developing between PA and Fatah
	Children flee fighting in Yemen
	Abbas and the Goldstone Report: Our shame is complete

Art & Culture

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Book casts new light on Palestine's ethnic cleansing
By Maureen Clare Murphy
Wednesday, 10.07.2009, 07:42pm

In recent years, a growing number of accounts of the 1948 war have corrected and exposed the founding myths of Israel. The latest addition to this genre is independent scholar Rosemarie M. Esber's meticulously documented history "Under the Cover of War: The Zionist Expulsion of the Palestinians."

	Composer, pianist bridges cultures
	Award-winning Arab American film 'Amreeka' in theaters
	Filmmakers, activists protest Toronto film fest over Tel Aviv spotlight
	"Captain Abu Raed" opens at Bloomfield Hills Landmark
	Monkey See, Monkey Do, The Wiggles Tour Is Coming To You!

Opinions

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Time for health insurance reform
By Ismael Ahmed
Friday, 10.23.2009, 09:53pm

Who among us hasn't heard the stories of small businesses struggling to balance their books forced to cut jobs because they can't afford the rising cost of insuring their employees?

	Democratic discourse needed
	Pilots on food stamps
	Turkey-Israel rift good for Palestine
	Abbas's loss is Palestinians' gain
	Answering critics of the boycott movement

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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.