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You are here: Home / Archives for vol 27 no 50 | December 6 – December 12

Police: Pakistani militants behind Mumbai attacks

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The only gunman captured by police after a string of attacks on Mumbai told authorities he belonged to a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed region of Kashmir, a senior police officer said Sunday, Nov. 30.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Abdullah Muntazir, Ajmal Qasab, Dash Westin, Deccan Mujahideen, Farhatullah Babar, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, India, Islamabad, Jamat-ud Dawa, Joint Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria, Karin Dutta, Mumbai, Police Pakistani, President Asif Ali Zardari, Taj Mahal, United States, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

Learn to skate like a girl

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Donning a gray sweater and sitting behind a laptop, Nancy Chang blends in with most of the other API faces that are taking up residency in a non-descript café in the University Village. Yet, for a person with a rather mild-mannered demeanor, Chang can probably kickflip better than most of the students pacing the coffee shop in their oversized UW hoodies.

Filed Under: News, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2008, API, Asian American, DIY, Miss Chinese Seattle, Miss Seafair, Nancy Chang, National Women, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ryan Pangilinan, Skagit Valley, UW, University Village, attention, culture, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

Food crunch opens doors to ‘designer genes’

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUNMING, China (AP) — Zeng Yawen’s outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential — rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Beijing, China Worldwide, EU, Filippo De Angelis, Food, Fudan University, GM, IRRI, India, KUNMING, Lu Baorong, National Biosafety Commission, National Biosafety Committee, South African, Vietnam, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

Kodama receives award for work in promoting world languages

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Karen Kodama, International Education Program administrator at Seattle Public Schools, received the Washington Association for Language Teaching Pro Lingua Award in October for her advocacy and support of world languages.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, Beacon Hill Elementary, Beacon Hill International School, Chinese, International Education Program, John Stanford International School, Karen Kodama, Seattle Public Schools, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

Renton principal receives the ‘Oscars of teaching’

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Cascade Elementary principal Shannon Harvey was awarded the prestigious 2008 Milken National Educational Award for her outstanding work as an educator. The award comes with a prize of $25,000. Teacher magazine calls the Milken the “Oscars of Teaching.”

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, Cascade Elementary, Milken National Educational Award, Renton School District, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, Shannon Harvey, South Whidbey High School, Western Washington University, Whidbey Island, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

FIUTS celebrates a momentous 60th anniversary

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) celebrate 60 years of building peace and cross-cultural understanding through a variety of events held on the University of Washington campus and around Seattle in November.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, FIUTS, Seattle, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

In the Convent of Little Flowers

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Author Indu Sundaresan — critically praised for her historical novels “The Twentieth Wife,” “The Feast of Roses,” and “The Splendor of Silence” — brings her perceptive eye to bear on the lives and conflicts of contemporary Indian women in a new collection of short stories.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, Author Indu Sundaresan, India, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

ICHS honors its past and looks to its future

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

International Community Health Services (ICHS) held a reception at the Wing Luke Asian Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 28. It brought together community supporters and others who helped ICHS during its formative years. Under the theme, “Reunite & Rebuild: Bringing Health Care Home,” the event gave ICHS and the ICHS Foundation the opportunity to honor its past and highlight the expansion at its International District Medical & Dental Clinic.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, ICHS, International District Medical Dental Clinic, Reunite Rebuild Bringing Health Care Home, Wing Luke Asian Museum, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

Humanities grant to benefit Asian students

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Humanities Washington has granted $80,356, a total of 16 grants, for humanities projects to serve Washington’s Asian American communities.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, Central Library, Chinese, Humanities Washington, Mo Yan, Seattle, Southeast Asian American, Washington State University, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

Youth makes a difference

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Youth apathy? Don’t mention it — at least not among the thousands of local youth who are busily engaged in community building. Witness the last election, which brought out the passion of young voters.

Filed Under: News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, City Hall, Construction Clearinghouse, Deni Luna, Michael Woo, Neighborhood Matching Fund-awarded, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle Neighborhood Group, Sita Das, Stella Chao, Tammy Nguyen, Van Jones, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

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