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US Sikh student: Rules bar him from Army program

November 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Frank Eltman Associated Press MINEOLA, New York (AP) — A Sikh university student has sued the U.S. Army, saying he cannot join the Reserve Officer Training Corps unless he violates his religious beliefs by removing his turban, shaving, and cutting his hair. The group United Sikhs and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, American Civil Liberties Union, Associated Press, Ben Garrett, Daniel Cederman, Hofstra University, Iknoor Singh, India, MINEOLA, New York City, ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28

Asian American chosen to navigate missile destroyer

July 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly Growing up, 25-year-old Navy Lt.j.g. Han Sol Yi never imagined he would be the navigator of a destroyer, let alone the U.S. Navy Guided-missile destroyer USS Cole, one of the world’s most advanced warships.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News, National News Tagged With: 2014, Asian American, Curtis Sr, Han Sol Yi, High School, Korean, Navy Communications Specialist Justin Yarborough, Navy Guided-missile, Persian Gulf, ROTC, Reserve Officers Training Corps, Seattle, South Korea, United States, University Place, Vol 33 No 32 | August 2 - August 8, Yemen, Zachariah Bryan

Calif. town shocked by former Indian soldier’s murder-suicide

June 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gosia Wozniacka The Associated Press SELMA, Calif. (AP) — News of a murder-suicide that left four family members dead raced through a tight-knit Indian community in a small California agricultural town, as police tried to determine why a former Indian army officer opened fire on his family before killing himself.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Avtar Singh, Central Valley, Deputy Chris Curtice, Fresno County Sheriff, Harry Gill, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Jalil Andrabi, Pakistan, Punjabi Sahit, Punjabi Sikhs, ROTC, SWAT, Selma High School, United States, Vol 31 No 25 | June 16 - June 22, Zahid Rafiq

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