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Doughnuts and hope pave Cambodian family’s path to the United States

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PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — When Phat and Sokhan Ong first started working at a Pendleton doughnut shop, they didn’t know a bismarck from a bear claw.

In pursuit of the American Dream: Refugees risk life and family escaping from war-torn countries in order to carve out new lives in the United States

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After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Choy Vong had many things working against him. His father was the staff sergeant in the fifth infantry of the defeated South Vietnamese army.

America wages a new war in Vietnam — on AIDS

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“They told him, ‘There’s nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,”’ said Do Thi Phuong. When she contracted AIDS, she didn’t seek help, fearing that she would also be shunned. Instead, like her husband, she went home to die.

Volunteers band together to help typhoon victims

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Providing a light of hope in the Philippines ­­ — where floods, poverty, and despair combine to cause tremendous human suffering — is no easy task.

Out of a temple in remote Cambodia, a world-class ballet dancer is discovered

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By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly While visiting Cambodia in 2000, American arts patron Anne H. Bass witnessed a rising star. Then 15 years old, Sokvannara “Sy” Sar performed a […]