Arrest warrant for Kadhafi over missing Imam
Friday, 08.29.2008, 12:50pm
BEIRUT (AFP) Lebanon has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi over the disappearance 30 years ago of a senior Shi'a Muslim cleric after a visit to Libya, officials said on Wednesday. Kadhafi was also indicted for allegedly "inciting the abduction" of Imam Mussa Sadr, the spiritual guide of Lebanon's Shi'a community, investigating magistrate Samih el-Hajj said in a charge sheet.
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Dems rally behind Obama, Biden
Friday, 08.29.2008, 12:50pm
WASHINGTON (IPS) — As the November election nears, Iraqis in the United States appear divided over their preferences for the next U.S. president, according to a series of interviews carried out by IPS. |
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Local law enforcement of immigration rules debated
Friday, 08.29.2008, 12:48pm
Washington — Over 200 scholars, government officials, community and law enforcement leaders gathered to discuss the impact of local law enforcement of immigration law, during a conference August 21-22, in Washington, D.C. The conference, entitled "The Role of Local Police: Striking a Balance between Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties," covered a highly controversial issue that may prove to have dire repercussions on the Arab American community.
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How does it feel to be part of the solution?
Friday, 08.29.2008, 12:47pm
Racism is as American as apple pie, H. Rap Brown/Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin once said, and any cursory observation of American history and culture would conclude that racial hatred and categorization is an integral and predictable fact of American life.
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My response to the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Friday, 08.29.2008, 12:47pm
In a press release issued August 27, 2008, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit (JCRC) criticized my article "Detroit Jewish Federation: Celebrating racism and making money at it" as "despicable." The article was published in the August 9-15, 2008, edition of The Arab American News and is available on the TAAN web site. I want to thank the JCRC for circulating my article.
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Troupe adds new twist to belly dancing
Friday, 08.29.2008, 12:47pm
SOUTHFIELD — Samir Haddad has had plenty of guests on his "Arabian Candles" afternoon radio show before. But on Monday, August 26, he had perhaps his three most intimidating guests ever in studio.
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