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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 – August 9

Dems go on attack, visit red states to boost DREAM Act

August 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Pitt and Charles Babington The Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kicking off an August of likely intense debate over immigration, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat traveled to Iowa August 2 to rebuke House Republicans who oppose major changes embraced by the Senate.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, AMES, Asian American, Devin Nunes, Drake University, GOP, Hector Salamanca, Iowa August, Iowa Democratic Sen, Mexico, Republican Rep, Richard Durbin, Steve King, Tea Party Patriots, Tom Harkin, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, language, letter

SF TV station fires 3 in connection with Asiana racist names scandal

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff KoreAm Journal Following an in-house investigation, San Francisco TV station KTVU has dismissed three high-ranking producers involved with misreporting the names of four Asiana pilots with Flight 214, which crash landed upon arrival at San Francisco International Airport.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American, Bang Ding Ow, Brad Belstock, Captain Sum Ting Wong, Cox Communications, Cristina Gastelu, Elvin Sledge, Ho Lee Fuk, KTVU, National Transportation Safety Board, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco International Airport, Tori Campbell, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, Wi Tu Lo

Munn thinks love for Wonder Woman won’t win role

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Heather Tan The Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Olivia Munn’s love for Wonder Woman may be no secret, but the actress doesn’t think she’d be likely to play the superheroine on the big screen.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American, HBO, Iron Man, Justice League, Magic Mike, Playing Sloan, San Diego, Singapore, Sloan Sabbith, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, Warner Bros, Wonder Woman, culture

Feds charge 3 in Kan. sex trafficking conspiracy

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on July 24 charged three people in a wide-ranging sex trafficking scheme operating at nine Asian massage parlors in Wichita, alleging they recruited women from outside Kansas and coerced them to engage in prostitution.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Associated Press, Dragon Spa, Eastern Massage, Los Angeles, New York, Ocean Spa, Oriental Massage, Phoenix Spa, San Francisco, Sun Chi Spa, Sunflower Massage, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, WICHITA, Xiuqing Tian, Yan Zhang

Airport fence through Ore. internment camp opposed

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Japanese-American groups and individuals are questioning plans to build a fence around the Tulelake Airport that would cut through the site of the World War II era Tule Lake internment camp.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, Mike Reynolds, Mitch Crosby, Modoc County, National Park Service, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco-based Tule Lake Committee, Tule Lake Unit, Tulelake Airport, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9

Caroline Kennedy nominated as ambassador to Japan

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nedra Pickler and Bradley Klapper The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced July 24 he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Caroline Kennedy, East China Sea, Edwin Schlossberg, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Rodham Clinton, House Speaker Tom Foley, Jean Kennedy Smith, John Roos, Kennedy Library Foundation, Kennedy Sr, New York Senate, Obama, Ted Kennedy, United States, Vice President Walter Mondale, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, japan

S.D. city dedicates altar to first Chinese immigrants

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — A ceremonial altar has been dedicated in Deadwood to honor Chinese immigrants who lived in the city when it was a frontier town.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Beatrice Wong, Black Hills, Chinatown, Chinese, Christmas Eve, Deadwood Historic Preservation, Edith Wong, Fee Lee Wong, Historic Preservation Commission, Main Street, Mayor Chuck Turbiville, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Rob Mullikin, South Dakota, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, Wild West, Wing Tsue

China microblogs praise Bo Xilai prosecution

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Twitter-like weibo microblogging services have become lively forums for commenting on the events of the day in China’s otherwise tightly controlled media landscape. On July 25, however, the comments about disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai’s indictment for alleged corruption, bribe taking, and abuse of power were […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Bo Xilai, Central Committee, China, Chinese, General Secretary Xi, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, social media

Manila to move air force, navy near disputed sea

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines plans to relocate major air force and navy camps to a former U.S. naval base northwest of Manila to gain faster access to waters being contested by China in the South China Sea, according to the country’s defense chief and a confidential government […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Asia, Brunei, Chinese, Coast Guard, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, MANILA, Malaysia, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, Subic Bay, United States, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, West Philippine Sea

Cambodian opposition makes gains at polls

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s opposition appeared to make impressive gains in July 28’s general election, though the ruling party claimed a victory that would extend the mandate of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen. The results, if confirmed, lend support to opposition contentions that the vote could usher […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, CNRP, CPP, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, France, Khieu Kanharith, Khmer Rouge, National Election Committee, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy, Tioulong Saumura, United Nations, United States, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, social media

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