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Critics say duck boats are too dangerous for city streets

October 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Phuong Le and Martha Bllisle Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the deadly crash of a duck boat and charter bus is the first time the agency has looked into a land crash of the amphibious vehicles critics say are too dangerous for city streets. The agency has […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Austria, Brian Tracey, Coast Guard, Delaware River, Earl Weener, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Katie Moody, NTSB, North Seattle College, Richard Johnson, Robert Mongeluzzi, Seattle Colleges, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Steve Bulzomi, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Washington-based Bellair Charters

Ex-refugee shows students they can succeed in America

May 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hillary Gavan Beloit Daily News BELOIT, Wis. (AP) – “You can become.”

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Although Le, Ann Firlus, Beloit Daily News, Beloit Mall, Beloit School District, Blackhawk Technical College, Coast Guard, English Language Learners, Ethel Matthews, Guam, Hackett Elementary School, Le Firlus, Le Tran, Long Xuyen, Minh Tran, Once Le, Philippines, Robinson Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High, Sam Carter, Somehow Le, Vietnamese Army, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

US ups security aid to SE Asia, criticizes China

December 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Lee and Matthew Pennington Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered harsh words for China and new maritime security assistance for Southeast Asia on Dec. 16 to bolster countries facing growing Chinese assertiveness in a region where the two world powers are jockeying for influence.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese, Coast Guard, HANOI, Iraq, Pacific Fleet, Philippines, South China Sea, Southeast Asian, State John Kerry, US, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Vol 32 No 52 | December 21 - December 27, japan

Manila to move air force, navy near disputed sea

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines plans to relocate major air force and navy camps to a former U.S. naval base northwest of Manila to gain faster access to waters being contested by China in the South China Sea, according to the country’s defense chief and a confidential government […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Asia, Brunei, Chinese, Coast Guard, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, MANILA, Malaysia, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, Subic Bay, United States, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, West Philippine Sea

Company vows continued search for Filipino workers near burned Gulf rig

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — The company that owns an oil platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico has

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, BSEE, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, CEO, Carlos Vega, Coast Guard, Early Sunday, Filipino, Grand Isle Shipyard, Gulf Coast, Houston-based Black Elk Energy, John Hoffman, Mexico, New Orleans, Philippines, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30

Personal items recovered from tsunami debris

April 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A teenager who lost his home in Japan’s devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way to Alaska.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2014, Canada, Coast Guard, David Baxter, NHK, NOAA, Shiori Sato, Vol 31 No 18 | April 28 - May 4, japan

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