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Bill would give burial rights to Hmong veterans

August 5, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Members of the country’s Hmong community who fought with U.S. forces during the Vietnam War would be eligible for burial in national cemeteries

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Bao Vang, CIA, FRESNO, Hmong American Partnership, Laos, Thailand, United States, Veterans Affairs, Vietnam War, Vol 29 No 32 | August 7 - August 13

Virgina senator calls for ending diversity programs 

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column on July 23

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, African Americans, Asia, Black Americans, Democratic National Committee, Douglas Wilder, Former Gov, George Allen, Jessica Smith, Jim Crow, Jim Webb, Latin America, RICHMOND, Republican Sen, United States, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6, Wall Street Journal

Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

PHOENIX — A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law on Wednesday, July 28

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, Associated Press Writers Michelle Price, Bob Christie, District Judge Susan Bolton, Jan Brewer, Justice Department, Mesa Republican, Mexico City, Republican Arizona, Republican Gov, Requiring Arizona, Russell Pearce, Ryan Alexander, Supreme Court, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6

Immigration could change the politics of a Georgia district

July 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Sitting in a crowded strip mall office, about three dozen Gwinnett Country Republicans — mostly white — voted down a newspaper ad

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Census, Chinese American, Chuck Efstration, Clay Cox, Democrat Doug Heckman, GOP, Garry Guan, Georgia, Gwinnett Country Republicans, Gwinnett County, Korean American, LAWRENCEVILLE, Republican John Linder, Rich Carithers, Roman Catholic, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 30 | July 24 - July 30

U.S. mom in China to find marrow donor for daughter

July 19, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press LIUZHOU, China (AP) — Sherrie Cramer breaks into stifled sobs as she nears the dirt-streaked former orphanage in China where her daughter lived as a severely malnourished infant. Once again, Cramer is fighting to keep the child she adopted alive. But this time, it’s a battle against leukemia, and […]

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: AML, Beijing, CT, China, Chinese, Kailee Wells, Kent Jolly, LIUZHOU, Miss Teen Asia Sacramento, OK, Red Cross Society, So Cramer, Song Xianmin, Susan Wong, adoption

Au revoir for study of French, German?

July 19, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

By Mackenzie Carpenter Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaclyn Davis, of Akron, Ohio, may be as American as apple pie, but when she answers the phone at La Gourmandine bakery in Lawrenceville, her accent is as rich, fruity and authentically French as the tarte aux fraises sold there. And therein lies the problem: the 22-year […]

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Africa, CMU, China, Chinese language, Christine Frechard, Education, France, Kenn Marshall, Louis Schwartz, Madame Bovary, Mandarin Chinese, Marsha Plotkin, Modern Language Association, Park Place, Pittsburgh Oliver High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pittsburgh Westinghouse High School, Shady Side Academy, Squirrel Hill-based, culture, japan

BP oil spill spreads anxiety among Vietnamese fishermen

July 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On a steamy summer morning, Minh Chu would normally be out in the Gulf, hauling in huge loads of shrimp in the blistering sun.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, BP, Duc Pham, Gulf Coast, Jennifer Linh Vu, Louisiana State University T-shirts, Midnight Prowler, Minh Chu, New Orleans, Phan Thiet, Reverend Vien Nguyen, Team Cowboy, Tha Hua, Tom Huynh, Trung Tran, Tuan Nguyen, United States, Vietnamese American, Vol 29 No 29 | July 17 - July 23, language

Cancer screenings are a hard sell for Korean Americans

July 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Bbali, Bbali. It means quickly. You will hear it shouted in many places by Korean Americans, particularly in restaurants, because they are often busy and have no time to wait.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, Bo Hee Kim, California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Haera Han, Human Services, Kathy Kim, Korean Americans, San Jose, Southern California, Valley Medical Center, Vol 29 No 28 | July 10 - July 16

State GOP takes no action over SC senator’s slur

July 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans ended their meeting last Saturday without disciplining or dismissing a state legislator

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, COLUMBIA, GOP, India, Jake Knotts, Joel Sawyer, Katrina Shealy, Lexington County, Mark Sanford, Middle Eastern, Nikki Haley, SC, Saturday Night Live-type, Vol 29 No 27 | July 3 - July 9

Obama’s brother-in-law to head Smithsonian program

July 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama’s brother-in-law, Konrad Ng, will serve as acting director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program this summer.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Asian American, Creative Media, Konrad Ng, Obama, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, Vol 29 No 27 | July 3 - July 9

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