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Japanese lawmaker criticized for linking Obama to slaves

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese lawmaker is being criticized for saying President Barack Obama was a descendant of Black slaves and so would have been an unthinkable presidential choice in America’s early history. Kazuya Maruyama, a lawyer-turned-lawmaker in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party, apologized hours after making the remark […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Democratic Party, Kazuya Maruyama, Kenya, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, United States, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Yosuke Kamiyama, japan

A very early start — 15-year-old tech entrepreneur wins 1st place in start-up competition, develops products that make contributions

November 12, 2015 By Nina Huang

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Christopher Lee is a Lakeside High sophomore. He has always had a weak stomach and has actually contracted campylobacteriosis, an infection from drinking bad water before. He had been in many situations where he questioned the purity of drinking water, so he decided to do something about it for […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Africa, Apple App Store, Christopher Lee, Fast Pitch, Greater Puget Sound, Hamomi Children, Kenya, Lakeside High, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Social Venture Partner, Steve Jobs, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, technology

Watch out — App cofounder speaks of women’s safety

October 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly Do women feel safe in public spaces? Kalpana Viswanath, cofounder of Safetipin, addressed the safety of women in her presentation “Building Gender Inclusive Cities” on Mon, Oct. 12 at University of Washington to an all-female audience. Viswanath, a researcher of women’s safety in cities for over 20 years, began […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Ashish Basu, Colombia, Daria Kroupoderova, India, Kalpana Viswanath, Kenya, Naynay Chohan, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Sutapa Basu, UW, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30

Inslee signs bill expanding college aid to students without legal status

March 8, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a measure on Feb. 26 that expands state college financial aid to students who don’t have legal status in the United States.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Dream Act, Jay Inslee, Kenya, Moses Chege, New Mexico, OLYMPIA, Republicans Rep, Rich Stoltz, Sea Mar Community Health Centers, State Sen, United States, Vol 33 No 11 | March 8 - March 14

U.S. importers of research monkeys facing cruelty charges

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. importer of research monkeys was set to stand trial March 26 on cruelty charges after 15 primates died during an international flight.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, China, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Los Angeles Zoo, Miami, Philippines, Robert Matson Conyers, San Diego Zoo, United States, Vol 31 No 14 | March 31 - April 6, Wild Animal Park

Stella Chao and City of Seattle part ways — why, and what’s next?

January 13, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

Last Friday, Mayor Mike McGinn released a statement saying he and Stella Chao, director of the City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Asian Americans, Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith, IDHA, KUOW, Kenya, Kimberlee Archie, Last Friday, Mayor Greg Nickels, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Neighborhood Service Centers, Seattle City Coun-cil, Seattle City Council, Seattle Public Utilities, Sierra Club, Stella Chao, Vol 30 No 3 | January 15 - January 21

Blog: The next wave of Asian American journalists

June 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The print industries are in such bad shape that I thought young people would be scared to go into journalism.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2010, Asian American, Chinese, Germany, Kenya, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11

World’s refugee orphans seeking homes in the U.S.

February 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HOLLISTON, Mass. (AP) — Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old orphan fled to neighboring Kenya, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Catholic Bishops, Congo, Gabriel Mugisha, Holliston High School, Kenya, Leicester High School, Lian Sian Kim, Lian Sian Sang, Lutheran Social Services, Madhel Majok, Mary Bartholomew, Myanmar, Paul Boulanger, Peter Zimmerman, Refugee Resettlement, State Refugee Coordinator Charles Shipman, Sudan, Tim Irwin, Unaccompanied Refugee Minor, United States, Vol 29 No 9 | February 27 - March 5

Obama’s half brother recalls abusive father

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — President Barack Obama’s half brother has broken his silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, AP, Associated Press Writer, Barack Obama Sr, China, Chinese, Craig Robinson, GUANGZHOU, George Obama, Kenya, Lolo Soetoro, Mark Ndesandjo, Michelle Obama, Ruth Nidesand, United States, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, attention

Somalia’s president to quit after 4 years in power

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president said on Monday, Dec. 29, that he is resigning as the head of his country’s

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2009, Abdullahi Yusuf, Kenya, MOGADISHU, Somalia, State Department, Tanzania, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9, letter

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