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Breaking trade barriers: Debadutta Dash works on building relationships with local businesses and India

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In 2001, at a round table meeting in Tacoma with Asian community leaders and Congressman Adam Smith, Debadutta Dash had an unpleasant experience.

1st API female doctor to three U.S. presidents speaks on honoring Filipino roots

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Her memories of being a girl who could enter a vice admiral’s house only through the back door with her father, Angel Mariano, are still fresh.

Editorial: ‘Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag’ — it has a nice ring to it

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On Sept. 13, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn attended a community celebration held by the Vietnamese Community Leadership Institute at Jumbo Restaurant.

Reader’s Corner: The top 10 lessons on life and politics that I learned from my brother, Wing Luke

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Editor’s note: For Seattle Rotary, Bettie Luke from the Organization of Chinese Americans gave a short presentation on the top 10 lessons on life and politics she learned from her brother, Wing Luke.

Nepalese refugee’s Boise garden offers more than fresh food

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Harvesting vegetables from a garden on Cole Road reminds Tulashi Regmi of life in his former homeland, the “happiest place in Asia.”

Beggars are mostly hidden from New Delhi tourists during Commonwealth games

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NEW DELHI (AP) — The banners were erected at the little hillside enclave while everyone was at work, long blue and purple signs with a smiling cartoon tiger proclaiming the arrival of the Commonwealth Games.

Anthony Chen brings a doctor’s care and sensitivity to health department

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“Regardless of how good of a doctor you are, a lot of other elements are involved in patient care,” said Dr. Anthony Chen.