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Malaysia taken off US human trafficking blacklist

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups on July 27 accused the State Department of politicizing its annual rankings of nations on their efforts to combat modern-day slavery, as key trading partner Malaysia was taken off a blacklist. Cuba was also given an upgrade, a week after the U.S. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Rep, Democratic Sen, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State Department, State John Kerry, State Sarah Sewall, Thailand, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, World Bank

Fukushima children start new school after f leeing radiation

April 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press MATSUMOTO, Japan (AP) – The 12-year-old girl didn’t want to leave her younger

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Aida Junior High School, Associated Press, Belarus, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Hiroshi Ueki, Kokoro Kamiyama, MATSUMOTO, Mayor Akira Sugenoya, Vol 33 No 16 | April 12 - April 18, Yukie Hashimoto, japan

China honors Putin with Confucius Prize

December 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin BEIJING (AP) — The sponsors of a would-be Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize held their second award ceremony on Friday, handing a gold Confucius statue and a certificate meant for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to a pair of exchange students, an […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Belarus, Betty Williams, China International Peace Research Center, Chinese, Confucius Peace Prize, Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Qiao Damo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Shirin Ebadi, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23

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