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HISTORIC NEWS: Al Gore stumps for Locke, others

October 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Deni Luna NORTHWEST Asian Weekly Originally Printed Nov. 2, 1996 Vice President Al Gore came to Seattle to campaign for Democratic candidates in an enthusiastic rally at Pier 48 Monday afternoon. “Washington state, more than any other state, has the chance to call Newt Gingrich’s bluff,” Gore said. He was referring to reports that […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2012, Adam Smith, Clinton Administration, Congressman Norm Dicks, General Patton, Georgia, Jeff Coopersmith, Jim McDermott, Kevin Quigley, Lieutenant Governor Phyllis Kennery, Newt Gingrich, Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, Senator Patty Murray, State Treasurer Attorney General Christine Gregoire Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn, Vice President Al Gore, Vol 31 No 41 | October 6 - October 12, culture, gary locke

Asian gunman who held hostages in Discovery Channel headquarters now dead

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Police shot an armed man who took three hostages at the Discovery Channel network’s headquarters Wednesday.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Adam Dolan, Andrew Ames, Ben Nuckols, Daniel Quinn, Discovery Channel, Discovery Communications Inc, FBI, KING, MONEY, Melissa Shepard, Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger, PRODUCTS, Planet Green, Silver Spring, Vice President Al Gore, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, Whale Wars

North Korea: 2 U.S. journalists pardoned

August 6, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a “special pardon” freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea’s official news agency announced on Wednesday, Aug. 4.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Bill Richardson, China, Daniel Sneider, EDT, Euna Lee, Kim Jong-il, Laura Ling, New Mexico Gov, President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, Robert Gibbs, SEOUL, South Korea North Korean, State Department, Vice President Al Gore, White House, vol 28 no 33 | August 8 - August 14

Editorial: Sometimes, the simple act of caring makes all the difference

June 11, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On March 17, journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling from Current TV, a media venture by former Vice President Al Gore, were detained at the North Korean–Chinese border by the NK government.

Filed Under: Opinion, Editorials Tagged With: Editorial Sometimes, Euna Lee, Iran, Laura Ling, Lisa Ling, NK, North Korean Chinese, Roxana Saberi, United States, Vice President Al Gore, vol 28 no 25 | June 13 - June 19

Families plead for U.S. reporters’ release from North Korea

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For weeks after North Korean guards seized Laura Ling and Euna Lee near its borders and took the American journalists to Pyongyang, citing on criminal charges, Ling and Lee’s families waited quietly for news about them.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Analyst Paik Hak-soon, Bob Dietz, China, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Euna Lee, Foreign Affairs, Larry King Live, Lisa Ling, Michael Saldate, North Korean, South Korean, State Hillary Clinton, Tumen River, United States, Vice President Al Gore, Yoon Deok-min, vol 28 no 24 | June 6 - June 12

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