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Iraqi refugees carve out new home in Alabama

January 9, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Casey Toner Al.com MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — On the run from a death threat, Ahmed Mohammed won’t look back. And why would he? The 39-year-old Iraqi refugee and his family — Sunni Muslims — have found a home in Mobile, Ala., after they spent four years without a country. Before they fled, Mohammed worked […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Ahmed Hameed, Ahmed Mohammed, Catholic Social Services, China, Homeland Security, India, Iraq War, Iraqi-style Baklava, Mobile Regional Airport, Monsignor Michael Farmer, North Dakota, Republican Rep, Robert Bentley, Sunni Muslims, Syria, Vietnam, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, Yemen

Myanmar’s parliament blocks changes to constitution

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament voted against several constitutional amendments June 25, ensuring that the military’s veto power remains intact and that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become president in an election this year. The legislature ended a 3-day debate on proposed changes to the 2008 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Democratic Rep, East Asia, Joe Crowley, Michael Quinlan, Myanmar, National League, Nobel Peace Prize, President Thein Sein, Republican Rep, Steve Chabot, Tin Soe, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

China-savvy tea partyer takes helm of US House panel on Asia

January 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new leader of the House panel overseeing U.S. policy to the Asia-Pacific is a rarity in Congress: a deeply conservative Republican who shuns isolationism, favors closer ties with Asia and stands poised to praise as well as criticize China — and even do it in Mandarin.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, California State University, Central America, China, Chinese, East Asia, House Foreign Affairs, Jim Leach, Matt Salmon, Middle East, President Barack Obama, Republican Rep, TPP, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, World Trade Organization, Yongyi Song

Dems go on attack, visit red states to boost DREAM Act

August 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Pitt and Charles Babington The Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kicking off an August of likely intense debate over immigration, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat traveled to Iowa August 2 to rebuke House Republicans who oppose major changes embraced by the Senate.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, AMES, Asian American, Devin Nunes, Drake University, GOP, Hector Salamanca, Iowa August, Iowa Democratic Sen, Mexico, Republican Rep, Richard Durbin, Steve King, Tea Party Patriots, Tom Harkin, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, language, letter

Political odd couple together on voting law

July 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Laurie Kellman The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The white Wisconsin lawyer and the black preacher from Georgia strode into the Senate hearing room together and took their seats, shoulder-to-shoulder, at the witness table. Veteran lawmakers and experts in civil rights law, they had been here before.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, GOP, George Zimmerman, Georgia, House Judiciary Committee, Influential House Republicans, John Lewis, Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, President Barack Obama, Republican Rep, Senate Judiciary Committee, South Carolina, Speaker John Boehner, Trayvon Martin, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, Voting Rights Act

Washington politicians draw from excess campaign cash

August 30, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mike Baker The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — With their excess campaign cash, politicians in Washington state often return money to donors, forward it to their political party, or donate it to charity.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, Brad Owen, Democratic State Auditor Brian Sonntag, IRS, Joe Zarelli, King County Council, Lori Anderson, OLYMPIA, PDC, Public Disclosure Commission, Republican Rep, Toby Nixon, Vol 31 No 36 | September 1 - September 7, Walla Walla

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