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Killings by China anti-terror cops raise concerns

September 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — When attackers from China’s minority Uighurs killed 37 people in a July rampage in far western Xinjiang, police responded by gunning down at least 59 of them. When three Uighurs allegedly killed a top state-appointed Muslim cleric, police shot dead two of them. When security forces led […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Alim Seytoff, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese University, Communist Party, Hong Kong-based, Ming-era Chinese, RFA, Radio Free Asia, Raffaello Pantucci, Royal United Services Institute, SWAT, Sophie Richardson, Vol 33 No 38 | September 13 - September 19, William Nee, Xi Jinping

China confirms raid on alleged terror cell

September 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China confirmed Aug. 28 that police conducted a raid last week on an alleged terrorist cell in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, although details about the death toll and identities of those killed in the bloody incident remain sketchy. Officials have refused to discuss the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Central Asian, China, Chinese, Citing Xinjiang, Dilshat Rexit, Dilxat Raxit, Germany-based Uighur, Kashgar Communist Party, Kashgar Daily, Radio Free Asia, Vol 32 No 37 | September 7 - September 13, Yan Xiaofei, attention

Little Saigon gets first Vietnamese American mayor

November 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — The first Vietnamese-American mayor of Westminster will earn just $900 a month, and the authority he holds in this Southern California city is limited. But as the incoming leader of a city in the heart of Little Saigon — the largest Vietnamese district outside Vietnam — Tri Ta’s […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Australia, Europe, Little Saigon, Los Angeles Times, Madison Nguyen, New York, Northern California, Orange County, Radio Free Asia, San Jose, Southern California, Two Vietnamese Americans, Van Tran, Vietnam Tri Ta, Vol 31 No 47 | November 17 - November 23, WESTMINSTER

Aung San Suu Kyi visits US as Myanmar releases prisoners

September 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, renowned for her peaceful struggle against military rule, began a marathon tour of the United States on Monday, Sept. 17, the latest milestone in her remarkable journey from political prisoner to globe-trotting stateswoman.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, American Midwest, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Congressional Gold Medal, Fort Wayne, General Assembly, Joe Crowley, Myanmar President Thein Sein, New York Democrat, President Barack Obama, Radio Free Asia, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Thailand, United Nations, United States, Vol 31 No 39 | September 22 - September 28, White House

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