National News – Page 190

N. Korean rocket a suspected ruse for missile testing

April 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean space officials said all assembly and preparations for this week’s planned satellite launch have been completed […]

Shooting devastates Christian school serving Korean community

April 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Terry Collins the Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ― A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, […]

Vietnamese San Francisco slaying suspect had been ordered deported

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Terry Collins and Jason Dearen The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An immigration judge in 2006 had ordered the suspect in the recent slayings of five people in […]

Boeing delivers 787 planes to Japan Airlines

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Boeing Co. delivered two of its new 787s to Japan Airlines on March 26. The planes will be the first 787s that will fly commercially from the United […]

Woman gets 3 years in illegal immigrant case

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman convicted in Mississippi of harboring illegal immigrants from China, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Mexico has been sentenced to three years in prison.

U.S. importers of research monkeys facing cruelty charges

March 31, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. importer of research monkeys was set to stand trial March 26 on cruelty charges after 15 primates died […]

9/11 hate crime victim’s kin become U.S. citizens

March 24, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Henry The Associated Press WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) — Anum Hasan has seen many conflicting visions of America: the hope of a better life that brought her family […]

Montana restaurateur recalls harrowing escape from Vietnam

March 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tristan Scott The Missoulian COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Tien Pham Windauer epitomizes the American dream, and somehow, he even manages to make it look easy.

Calif. GOP struggles for young voters and minorities voters

March 3, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Juliet Williams The Associated Press BURLINGAME, Calif. (AP) — Leaders of the California Republican Party acknowledge they must broaden their appeal to Asians, Hispanics, young voters, and women to […]

North Korea to suspend key nuclear activities

March 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the […]