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Swiss hostage escapes from Filipino extremists

December 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Swiss hostage made a dramatic escape Saturday from Abu Sayyaf extremists when he hacked a rebel commander and then got shot as he dashed to freedom amid a military bombardment, ending more than two years of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Abu Sayyaf, Associated Press, Berlin, Chinese, Ewold Horn, Filipino, Lorenzo Vinciguerra, MANILA, Malaysia, Oliver Teves, Roman Catholic Philippines, Rustico Guerrero, Tawi Tawi, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans

October 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Germans freed after being held for six months in the southern Philippines by a militant group that threatened to behead one of them if ransom was not paid were flown to Manila on Saturday under the care of their embassy, a Philippine military spokesman said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Abu Rami, Abu Sayyaf, Associated Press, Berlin, Borneo Island, DXRZ, Domingo Tutaan, Filipino, German Embassy, Herminio Coloma, Malaysia, Muslim Sulu, Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Philippines, Syria, Vol 33 No 44 | October 25 - October 31, Zamboanga City

The Layup Drill — Football, fights, and fore!

June 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s column, we take a look at the World Cup, Manny Pacquiao, and more.<!–more–> 2 Asian countries in the World Cup By the time you read this, sports fans across the world will be waking up early, staying up […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2014, Berlin, China, Europe, Japan One, Jason Cruz, Keisuke Honda, Lee Keun-ho, Macau, Manny Pacquiao, Michelle Wie, Robert Geller, Ryoichi Maeda, Shinji Kagawa, Son Heung-min, South Korea According, Top Rank, Vol 33 No 25 | June 14 - June 20, World Cup

India licenses generic copy of patented Bayer cancer drug

March 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India effectively ended Bayer’s monopoly on a patented cancer drug last Monday, licensing a much cheaper generic under a unique law aimed at keeping costs affordable. In a decision likely to upset Western pharmaceuticals, the patent office approved Natco Pharma Ltd.’s application to produce the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Bayer Corp, Berlin, European Union, HIV, Health Movement, India, Madineedi Adinarayana, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Natco Pharma Ltd, Patent Act, Supreme Court, Vol 31 No 12 | March 17 - March 23

Renowned artist from India works on golden canvases around the world

September 30, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

What descriptive expressions come to mind when the word art is mentioned? Beautiful, moving, avant-garde, magnificent, shocking?

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2010, AIDS, Balaram Das, Berlin, Chariot Festival, India, Lord Jagannath, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sudarsan Pattnaik, United States, Vivian Miezianko, Vol 29 No 40 | October 2 - October 8

Wayne’s Worlds: The benefits of being a human pretzel 

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The surprising thing is, even as a beginner, I do see the value of it. I think I always did. Everyone I’ve seen who does yoga seems

Filed Under: Wayne's Worlds Tagged With: 2010, Berlin, CGI, DVD, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, Wayne Chan

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