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Nepal quake death toll tops 4,000; villages plead for aid

May 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As the death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials in remote, shattered villages near the epicenter pleaded Monday for food, shelter and medicine. Help poured in after Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 quake, with countries large and small sending medical […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Army Green Beret, Associated Press, Bagmati River, Bhutan, Binod Basnyat, China, Ek Narayan Aryal, India, Lila Mani Poudyal, Matt Darvas, Nepal, Pashuputi Nath Temple, Prabina Mainali, Rajendra Dhungana, Steve Warren, Switzerland, Udav Prashad Timalsina, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, World Vision

Traveling cow moooves people to share stories

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly How can a cow suit lead to helping people and sharing their stories?

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, DMZ, Daria Kroupoderova, Elephant Nature Park, Kathy Stenger, Laos, Melinda Gates, North Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sangduan Chailert, Switzerland, Tan Vo, Thailand, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, blog

Winter Olympics Report — Part 2

February 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to the second week of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. We take a look at the medals won by Asian countries and U.S. Asian Pacific Islander athletes. Notably, the young and old are doing well. Japan wins figure skating gold 19-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu scored an upset in […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, 2014, Canada, Canadian Patrick Chan, Filipino, Flying Tomato, Iouri Podladtchikov, Michael Christian Martinez, Noriaki Kasai, Philippines, Russia, Sochi Games, South Korean, Switzerland, Unlike Chan, Viktor Ahn, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28, Winter Olympics, japan

The Layup Drill — Yes, we are still basking in the glow of our Super Bowl champions

February 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill – Championship Edition. This month, we take a look at our Super Bowl champions! We also look at one of the best snowboarders not going to the Winter Olympics.

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2014, Denver Broncos, Fourth Avenue, Google Baldwin, John Robinson, Mammoth Mountain, Pete Carroll, Rocky Seto, Seattle Seahawks, Snowboarding Junior Team, South Korean, Super Bowl Champions T-shirts, Super Bowl Championship, Switzerland, USC, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21, Winter Games, Winter Olympics

BLOG: Health is wealth

January 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Recently, the World Economic Forum in Switzerland had a panel called “Health is Wealth.” I just want to tell you readers that I heard this phrase when I was a child. The Western world shouldn’t be credited with the origin.  

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Chinese, Hong Kong, Lunar New Year, Publisher Ng's blog, Switzerland, Vol 33 No 6 | February 1 - February 7, World Economic Forum, Year of the Horse

Indian Boxing Fed. still suspended by IABA

December 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By C. Rajshekhar Rao AP Sports Writer NEW DELHI (AP) – The Indian Boxing Federation’s suspension will not be lifted after it failed to call fresh elections needed for it to return to the international fold.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2013, AIBA, Beijing Olympics, Commonwealth Games, IBF, IOA, IOC, India, International Olympic Committee, London Olympics, Mary Kom, New Delhi, President Abhay Singh Chautala, Rajshekhar Rao, Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, Switzerland, Vijender Singh, Vol 32 No 50 | December 7 - December 13

Obama, Xi signal new start

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Pace AP White House Correspondent PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — It may not have been Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s Cold War walk by a frozen lake in Switzerland.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Ben Rhodes, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower, Former American, Lake Geneva, Mojave Desert, North Korea, Obama, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Switzerland, Tom Donilon, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, White House

China offers to reduce friction

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Hutzler The Associated Press BOAO, China (AP) — With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday, April 7 that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Australia, BOAO, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East China Sea, Korean Peninsula, North Korean, Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, United States, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, World Economic Forum, Zaire, language

Author Amy Tan opens up about strife with mom, responds to critics

February 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Clair Phillips UW News Lab It may be hard for some to believe, but Amy Tan, famed author of “The Joy Luck Club,” belongs to a rock band and has made a guest appearance on the animated series “The Simpsons.” On Jan. 12, the distinguished author began her lecture at the University of Washington’s […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, Amy Tan, Asian Americans, Author Amy Tan, Chinese, Clair Phillips, Donna Hjertberg, Meany Hall, Sue Lockett John, Switzerland, UW, United States, Vanessa Radatus, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10

Japanese prisons are facing a swelling elderly population

December 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ONOMICHI, Japan (AP) — Handrails run down the middle of the hallway to help prisoners make their way from one end to the other. Adult diapers are neatly

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Fumio Yamashita, Germany, Justice Department, Justice Ministry, Koki Maezawa, Onomichi Prison, Switzerland, TV, Taisei Sakuhara, Takashi Hayashi, Though Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Police, United States, Vol 29 No 50 | December 11 - December 17, Yoshihiro Kurahashi

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