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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 – November 21

Happy Diwali!

November 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated for the first time at the State Department on Thursday Oct. 23. The Co-Chair of WASITRAC, Debadutta Dash was among the invited guest among 200 other guests, including a large number of eminent Indian Americans, were present to celebrate Diwali for the first time at the State […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Benjamin Franklin, Debadutta Dash, Happy Diwali, Indian Americans, Nisha Desai Biswal, President Barack Obama, State Department, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, WASITRAC, blog

FOCS opens Cornerstone Café

November 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Families of Color Seattle (FOCS) opened a cultural cornerstone and family friendly community cafe in Seattle

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Cornerstone Caf, FOCS, Rainier Avenue South, Seattle Oct, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, culture

White House’s new liaison to the LGBT community

November 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Aditi Hardikar started as the new Associate Director of Public Engagement in the Office of Public Engagement Nov. 10. In her role, she is the White House’s primary liaison to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community and Asian American and Pacific Islander community. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Aditi Hardikar, Asian American, Associate Director, LGBT, Pacific Islander, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, White House

InterIm honored

November 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Raikes Foundation honored InterIm for reaching the highest bar of quality on its out-of-school-time

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Chinatown International District, InterIm, Pacific Islander, Seattle, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Youth Program Quality Initiative

Saturay honored with nonprofit leader award

November 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jonathan Saturay was honored as the winning “Emerging Leader” at the third annual Light a Fire Awards dinner sponsored by Seattle Metropolitan in partnership with The Seattle Foundation. The Light a Fire awards honors nonprofit organizations and individuals whose extraordinary acts of service embody the spirit of giving to make our region more prosperous, beautiful, healthful, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Arizona State University, Columbia City, Emerging Leader, Filipino, Handmade Cheese, Jonathan Saturay, Savor Seattle, Seattle Metropolitan, Seattle School, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21

Lee Chong Wei fails doping test

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —Badminton’s top-ranked player Lee Chong Wei has failed a doping test, a senior Malaysian sports official said Saturday.

Filed Under: World News, Sports Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2014, Associated Press, BAM, BWF, Chen Long, China, Commonwealth Games, Lee Chong Wei, London, Mohamad Norza Zakaria, Norway, Peru, Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, World Championships

China and Japan agree to resume dialogue

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan reached agreement to ramp up high-level contacts, the strongest indication yet of a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East Asia, East China Sea, Evan Medeiros, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Mari Yamaguchi, National Security Adviser Shotaro Yachi, Tokyo, Top White House, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Yasukuni Shrine

Myanmar-Rohingya Trafficking — Myanmar profits off Rohingya exodus

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan Associated Press MYIN HLUT, Myanmar (AP) — The small wooden boats leave the shores of western Myanmar nearly every day, overloaded with desperate Rohingya Muslims who are part of one the largest boat exoduses in Asia since the Vietnam War.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Arakan Project, Asia, Associated Press, Bangladesh, Chris Lewa, Fortify Rights, Malaysia, Matthew Smith, Myanmar, Myin Hlut, President Barack Obama, President Thein Sein, Thailand, Vietnam War, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Win Myaing

No baby boom from easing of China’s 1-child policy

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Despite earlier estimates that new exemptions to China’s one-child policy would add up to 2 million extra births per year, only 700,000 newly qualified couples applied to have a second child this year, a Chinese official said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, China, Chinese, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Zhao Yanpei

Tourette’s and logistics — Movie made in Washington seeks to make film festival splash

November 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A family trip to the Tri-Cities area in Washington State helped Dale Peterson decide on where his movie should be filmed. “When I saw the beauty of the topography, I decided to do part of the filming here,” stated Peterson.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Asian American, Best Director, CBS, Dale Peterson, EP, Garrett Brown, Hayley Kiyoko, Jason Cruz, Larry Moss, Long Beach, Northwest Asian Weekly, Raven Ramirez, Southern California, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Washington State, Wendy Peterson

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