Be clear, our competitors from other states and nations around the world will be aggressively pursuing every trade advantage they can muster with Asia and China. Michigan leaders need to show their intent to adapt to the changing global "flat world." We need every advantage to help tilt the world in Michigan's direction. * Gov. Jennifer Granholm could assemble a "Silk Route Team" of business, labor, political, community and civic leaders to develop a comprehensive Asia/China strategy. None exists today. This group's charge would be to find ways to make the economic rise of Asia and China work for Michigan's workers, families, businesses and communities. The first objective should be to secure the direct route from Detroit to China. Michigan's universities, with the Confucius Institutes ...
Next the team was off to welcome Mordechai Vanunu to freedom. Vanunu is a former Israeli nuclear technician who publicly exposed Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. When Israel learned of this, he was kidnapped by Mossad (although upon release Vanunu claimed it was the CIA), tried in secret, and sentenced to eighteen years' detention. [Kim Redigan] described a chaotic scene of settlers threatening a Jack Ruby-like killing of Vanunu. But seeing Vanunu flashing the victory sign made the whole crowd cheer. Later that day [Hassan Newash], Kim and [Barbara Beesley] were able to go to St. George's church where Vanunu was praying. Kim said, "A healthy, gracious and strong Mordechai Vanunu welcomed each of us personally with kisses and hugs and told us that he was ready to party all night. ...
In Rafah, the nuns will work with the Rachel Corrie Children's Camp. (Rachel Corrie was an International Solidarity Movement activist who was killed when an IDF soldier ran her over with a bulldozer, while she was protecting a Palestinian family's home in Rafah.) "I am so proud of this team. They are so heroic yet their strength comes from watching the Palestinians' daily struggle for dignity and justice," says [Mary Thomas]. "As Sister M said to me, I am going back to Rafah because last summer I met so many children in Rafah. And ever since then the faces of those children have haunted me. I must know if they are OK. MPT members believe they have a duty to expose the reality of Palestinian life. Thomas says, "The U.S. government is under pressure from pro-Israeli lobbyists when making...
HOLLAND, Mich. - A high school boys basketball team in western Michigan is preparing for its first game in the state tournament, four days after its star player hit a winning shot then collapsed and died from a heart ailment. Fennville High's decision to play in Monday night's game came after school officials talked to the family of 16-year-old Wes Leonard.
College of Wooster Report The College of Wooster volleyball team continued to roll through the competition during day two of the Green Hornet Invitational, as the Fighting Scots upended Franklin College and Kalamazoo College in straight sets to push their weekend record to 4-0 and claim the tournament championship Saturday afternoon at Kalamazoo, Mich.
John Beilein doesn't mince words when assessing his team's play on defense. The Michigan coach wants more intensity, better attention to detail and more focus from his young team, which plays 11th-ranked Wisconsin at 6 tonight at the Kohl Center.
While Soony Saad of Dearborn, the nation's leading scorer, was held without a goal for just the 7th time this year, his teammates Lauf Alashe, Justin Meram, and his brother Hamoody Saad picked up the scoring slack. Meram scored the first goal of the game for the Wolverines to tie the score at one at the 49:48 mark of the second half, and Alashe scored the game- winner in overtime, just his second career goal, off an assist from Hamoody Saad of Dearborn.
Anthony Ruffolo doubled and hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning to spark an eight run outburst as the Illinois State baseball team downed Central Michigan, 10-6, at Duffy Bass Field on Sunday. Ruffolo finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs and also scored a pair of runs as the Redbirds (8-9) took the series from the Chippewas (7- 8). Zach Amrein homered and drove in two runs as ISU clubbed 11 hits.
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