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Filipino Miss Universe winner says next dream is to be a Bond girl

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe has her eyes set on her next big dream: being a Bond girl. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach returned home to the Philippines for the first time since her crowning — and that awkward moment when host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced Miss Colombia as the winner instead of her. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, AIDS, Filipino Miss Universe, HIV, James Bond, Las Vegas, MANILA, Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, Miss Philippines, New York, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Steve Harvey, United States, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, attention

Jeb Bush sees similarities in his foreign policy and his dad’s

January 23, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush believes he’s got the best prescription for American foreign policy, from his strategies for deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, to destroying the Islamic State.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, AIDS, Afghanistan, CORALVILLE, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Jeb Bush, Middle East, North Korea, Persian Gulf War, President Barack Obama, South Carolina Sen, Syria, Ted Cruz, United States, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, White House

EDITORIAL: Legal marijuana: Should you be very afraid?

March 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

There’s no denying it, legal marijuana is happening. But is it a good or a bad thing? Possibly a little of both.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2014, AIDS, Asian Americans, Chris Marr, Ruthann Kurose, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Washington State Liquor Control Board

New chapter begins for CISC

June 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Chinese Information and Service Center’s (CISC) tough  times might now be gone.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2013, AIDS, Alaric Bien, Bellevue Hyatt Hotel, Board President Janet Ung, CISC, Chinatown, Chinese, King County, Mary Hsu, New Executive Director Dorothy Wong, Northwest Asian Weekly, Robert Mak, San Francisco, Seattle, Shan Whiteside, Stephen Lam, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14

China AIDS patients topple gate of gov’t office

September 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — About 300 AIDS patients and their relatives tore down the main gate of a government office in central China during a protest Monday over unmet demands for financial assistance.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, AIDS, Associated Press, China, Flora Ji, Gao Yanping, HIV, Protester Li Xia, Vol 31 No 36 | September 1 - September 7

New AIDS-like disease in Asians, not contagious

September 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms, even though they are not infected with HIV.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, AIDS, Asia, Carlton Hays Jr, Dennis Maki, HIV, Kim Nguyen, NIH, Sarah Browne, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, Vol 31 No 36 | September 1 - September 7

Korean Americans create the Vangrace Project to help school for orphans in Uganda

June 7, 2012 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It was a thunderstorm they had never seen before. Eric Choi, David Chung, and Jay Hahn had landed in Entebbe International Airport in central Uganda. <!–more–> On top of visa and currency issues, they learned that five of their six bags were lost in what they called “the black […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, AIDS, Africa, David Chung, Donor Effect, Entebbe International Airport, Eric Choi, Ivan Ssewankambo, Jay Hahn, Rwanda, Seattle, Sir David, Vangrace Compassion Uganda, Vangrace Project, Vol 31 No 24 | June 9 - June 15, poverty, technology

Oscar winner sees boom coming for Chinese documentaries

April 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONG KONG (AP) — China is seeing a boom in documentary making with the spread of digital cameras and the wealth of issues arising from the country’s rapid

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, AIDS, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, Hong Kong, Joan Chen, New York, Qiugang Village, Ruby Yang, San Francisco, Shanghai Media Group, Vol 30 No 15 | April 9 - April 15, Xiu Xiu, attention

Editorial: Hep B, a silent killer we must be aware of

December 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hepatitis B is an epidemic that is devastating the Asian community. A big problem is that most people don’t know this.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Asian Americans, CDC, California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Congressman Mike Honda, Disease Control, HIV, Korean Americans, Liver Cancer Bill, Thomas Friedman, Vol 29 No 49 | December 4 - December 10, attention

Filipinos debate over the pope’s condom remarks

November 23, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Some church members in Southeast Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation praised Pope Benedict XVI for saying condom

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Businessman George Gueco, Catholic Philippines, Filipino, Housewife Benita Vitualla, MANILA, Roman Catholic Church, Shay Cullen, Southeast Asia, Vol 29 No 48 | November 27 - December 3

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