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Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elain Kurtenbach and Karin Laub Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Appalled and saddened by news of journalist Kenji Goto’s purported beheading by Islamic State extremists, Japan ordered heightened security precautions Sunday and said it would persist with its non-military support for fighting terrorism. <!–more–> The failure to save Goto raised fears for the life […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Gen Nakatani, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State, Jordan, Junichi Goto, Junko Ishido, Kenji Goto, Mari Yamaguchi, Mayuko Tamura, Security Council, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, Yassin Rawashda, japan

Defending champion Japan, Iraq open with Asian Cup wins

January 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Pye AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa helped engineer

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Abdallatif Albahdari, Abdul Zahra, Ahmad Alhasan, Anas Bani Yaseen, Asian Cups, BRISBANE, Dhurgham Ismail, Iraq, Jalal Hassan, Javier Aguirre, Jordan, Maldives, Maya Yoshida, Palestine, Ramzi Saleh, Ray Wilkins, Saad Abdulameer, Shinji Kagawa, Shinji Okazaki, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23, Yaser Kasim, Yasuhito Endo, Younis Mahmoud, japan

Doubts loom over competitiveness of Asia teams in World Cup

June 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Duerden The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The confetti has been swept away, the hangovers from the street parties have been slept off, and now that the Asian teams for the 2014 World Cup have been decided, observers are fretting over slipping standards and how the sides will be able to […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Afshin Ghotbi, Asia, Brazil, Carlos Queiroz, Choi Kang-hee, Fox Sports Australia, Guus Hiddink, Holger Osieck, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Simon Hill, South Korea, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, World Cup, japan, lebanon, uzbekistan

Japan and Iran win in World Cup qualifying

June 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Armstrong The Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan and Iran showed Sunday why they are among the favorites in Asia to qualify in advancing to the 2014 World Cup.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Ahmad Hayel Ibrahim, Carlos Queiroz, Eiji Kawashima, Hassan Rabee, Hussain Mudhaffar, Inter Milan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Mohammad Reza Khalatbari, Nashat Akram, Oman, Qatar, SAITAMA, South Korea, Vadim Abromov, Vol 31 No 24 | June 9 - June 15, World Cup, japan, lebanon, uzbekistan

Asia urges football lawmakers to lift hijab ban

February 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Asian Football Confederation on Monday urged football’s top lawmaking body to approve a headscarf with safety features for use by Islamic female players.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, AFC, Asia, FIFA, IFAB, International Football Association Board, Iran, Jordan, London, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10, Zhang Jilong

Muslim female athletes shine at Asian Games

November 23, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Back home, the Pakistani women’s cricket team is unknown, especially compared with their illustrious male counterparts.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Games, Basma Ahmad Essa, China, Conservative Saudi Arabia, GUANGZHOU, Iran, Jordan, OK, Pakistan, Sana Mir, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Vol 29 No 48 | November 27 - December 3, War-torn Afghanistan

First lady wears Naeem Khan gown to state dinner

December 3, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

First lady Michelle Obama chose to wear a gleaming silver-sequined, cream-colored gown last Tuesday night to the first state dinner held by her husband’s administration. She was tending to her hostess duties in a strapless silhouette with the beads forming an abstract floral pattern that was custom-made by Naeem Khan. She wore a matching wrap, a stack of bangle bracelets on her wrist, and dangling earrings.

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: 2009, Carrie Underwood, Designer Khan, Gursharan Kaur, Hal Rubenstein, Indian American, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jackie Kennedy, Jordan, Katherine Heigl, Mary Tomer, Michelle Obama, Naeem Khan, President Barack Obama, Rachel Roy, United States, Vol 28 No 50 | December 5 - December 11, culture

SOUND OFF: Palestinian couple in Alabama fights deportation

February 3, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An immigrant couple with six children are trying to block the government’s attempt to deport them and their oldest son from Alabama, arguing they are stateless Palestinians with nowhere else to go …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AP, BIRMINGHAM, Burgin Mathews, Douglas Cooner, Egypt, Imad Mohammad, Jefferson State Community College, Jordan, Mohammad Mohammad, Sana Alsayed, Saudi Arabia, Sound off, Spain Park High School, Stateless Palestinians, United States

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