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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 – July 12

ACRS hosts 23rd annual Walk for Rice

July 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) hosted their annual Walk for Rice on June 29, raising over $200,000 for the ACRS food bank.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, ACRS, John Malcomson, King County, Min Song, Pacific Islander, Seward Park, Thao Tran, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, Walk for Rice

New China Counsel General visits Seattle

July 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

China’s new counsel general headquartered in San Francisco, Yuan Nansheng, visited Seattle in late May, making his first round of diplomatic visits since he assumed the position on April 5.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Adam Smith, China, Counsel General Gao Zhansheng, David Reichert, Evergreen State, Jay Inslee, Representatives Derek Kilmer, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, Washington State, Yuan Nansheng

Former Twitter lawyer Nicole Wong joins White House

July 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nicole Wong, Twitter’s former legal director of products, joined the White House in June as deputy U.S. chief technology officer, the White House announced in a statement. Wong will work on Internet privacy and technology issues. She is joining the White House at a time when confidence in online privacy is low following the disclosure […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Google, NSA, Nicole Wong, PRISM, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, White House, technology

Apolo Anton Ohno takes hosting duties on game show

July 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Federal Way Olympic Speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno is currently taking on hosting duties for the Game Show Network’s (GSN) Minute to Win It program, which aired on NBC from 2010 to 2011.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2013, Apolo Anton Ohno, Apolo Ohno, GSN, Game Show Network, Guy Fieri, NBC, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12

‘Dhrupad Days’ Indian music festival visits Seattle

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Dhrupad,” said Vibhavaree Gargeya, Director of the Western Region for the Dhrupad Music Institute of America (DMIA), “is an ancient style of Indian classical music.” The nature of Dhrupad is spiritual, seeking not to entertain, but to induce feelings of peace and contemplation in the listener.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Cornish College, DMIA, Dagar Brothers, Dhrupad Days, Dibble House, Gundecha Brothers, Honorary Members, Jeff Lewis, North East, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pandit Ramkant Gundecha, Satish Bhatia, Seattle, Shubha Sankaran, Three Dhrupad, Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Vibhavaree Gargeya, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12

NYPD race oversight measure sees push back

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police commissioner on June 27 called the City Council’s move to impose new oversight on the department misguided. The mayor joined in, vowing to fight the council measure.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, AP, City Council, City Hall, Civilian Complaint Review Board, Councilman Brad Lander, Democratic Councilman Jumaane Williams, FBI, Fahd Ahmed, Los Angeles Police Department, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD, New Yorkers, Republican Councilman Vincent Ignizio, Russell Simmons, South Asian, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12

American boss held hostage in China returns to US

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press MIAMI, Florida (AP) — An American executive held hostage for nearly a week by his company’s Chinese workers in a pay dispute said on June 28 from his Florida home that he was held for ransom and that he paid nearly half a million dollars for his freedom.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, AP, Beijing, China, Chinese, Chip Starnes, Coral Springs, Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, Miami, Mumbai, NBC, US, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12

Bangladesh trade privileges suspended over safety

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced June 27 the suspension of U.S. trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labor rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global garment industry’s worst accident earlier this year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aminul Islam, Bangladesh, European Union, Foreign Ministry, GSP, Joe Crowley, Obama, Robert Menendez, Senate Democrats, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, South Asian, Trade Representative Mike Froman, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, WASHINGTON, World Trade Organization

Federal rule could upend states’ shark fin bans

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Judy Lin The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Several members of Congress representing coastal states are voicing concern about a proposed federal regulation that could pre-empt state bans on buying or selling shark fins.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chinatown Neighborhood Association, Clayton Hee, Democratic Reps, Florida Republican Rep, Guam, Jennifer Fearing, Jill Hepp, National Marine Fisheries Services, New York, Northern Mariana Islands, President Barack Obama, Shark Conservation Act, Sustainable Fisheries Association, United States, Vern Buchanan, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, letter

Votes trend toward recall for embattled Pacific mayor

July 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The ballad of Pacific Mayor Cy Sun seems to be reaching its finale as early returns from the City of Pacific’s June 25 special election show that their mayor is likely to be recalled.

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, City Hall, King County, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Mayor Cy Sun, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12

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