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Malaysia: 2 more pieces ‘almost certainly’ from Flight 370

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By EILEEN NG ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government said May 12 that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were “almost certainly” from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five. The aircraft […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Australia, Beijing, France, Indian Ocean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines Boeing, Mozambique, Reunion Island, Rodrigues Island, South Africa, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

Sister says don’t make missing Flight 370 pilot the fall guy

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Time has not eased the pain for the family of Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Nearly two years after the plane disappeared, they must cope not only with his loss but with the theory that he was to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Anwar Ibrahim, Associated Press, Beijing, Dark Ages, Fariq Abdul Hamid, France, Indian Ocean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines Boeing, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Mozambique, Philippines, Reunion Island, Sakinab Shah, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, Zaharie Ahmad Shah

MH370 report: Locator beacon battery had expired

March 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —The first comprehensive report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 revealed Sunday that the battery of the locator beacon for the plane’s data recorder had expired more than a year before the jet vanished on March 8, 2014. The report came as Australian Prime […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Anne Daisy, Associated Press, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Christopher Bodeen, First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid, Grace Subathirai Nathan, Indian Ocean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak, Prime Minister Abbott, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Zaharie Ahmad Shah

Mysteries and thrillers — Book recommendations

May 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder By Shamini Flint Minotaur Books, 2010 When Alan Lee, a big timber executive in Malaysia, is killed, police arrest his ex-wife, Chelsea Liew, as their prime — and only — suspect.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2014, Although Singh, Butter Chicken, Chelsea Liew, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Murder, Minotaur Books, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, Poke Rafferty, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Southeast Asia, Vish Puri, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9

PICTORIAL: Obama bounces around Asia

May 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Obama launched his trip to Asia from Oso, Wash., where he visited the March 22 landslide victims’ families, friends, and rescue workers. From there, he began a week-long trip to four Asian countries.

Filed Under: National News, World News, Pictorials Tagged With: 2014, Akasaka Palace, Blue House, Emperor Akihito, Fort Bonafacio, Imperial Palace, Istana Negara, Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Malacanang Palace, Malaysia, Manila American Cemetery, Meiji Shrine, National War Memorial, Philippines, President Aquino, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9

Dalai Lama thanks Wong

March 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Dalai Lama was an honored guest at a luncheon event at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, China, Dalai Lama, Education, His Holiness, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nga Gyur Shed Dup Cho Ling, Ritz Carlton Hotel, San Francisco, Sonam Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist, United States, Vajrayana Dharma Foundation, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Wendy Wong, culture, poverty

Philippines urges Filipinos in Malaysia to surrender

March 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president on Saturday, March 2 urged members of a Muslim royal clan from the southern Philippines who occupied a village in eastern Malaysia three weeks ago to surrender, one day after a shootout left 14 people dead.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Abraham Idjirani, Agbimuddin Kiram, Associated Press, Benigno Aquino III, DZBB, Hishammuddin Hussein, Ismail Omar, Jacel Kiram, Kuala Lumpur, Lahad Datu, MANILA, Malaysia, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines, Sabah Police Chief Hamza Taib, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15

Philipines, Muslim rebels agree on peace pact

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jin Gomez and Eileen Ng The Associated Press Manila, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group have reached a preliminary peace deal that is a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency that killed tens of thousands and held back development in the south.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Al Haj Murad Ibrahim, Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino Muslims, Ghadzali Jaafar, Hrvoje Hranjski, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Marvic Leonen, Mohagher Iqbal, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Philippines, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Supreme Court, Teresita Deles, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, poverty

Montana restaurateur recalls harrowing escape from Vietnam

March 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tristan Scott The Missoulian COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Tien Pham Windauer epitomizes the American dream, and somehow, he even manages to make it look easy.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Chinese New Year, Columbia Falls High School, Communist-controlled Vietnam, Flathead Valley, Forest Service, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mekong River, Thailand, United States Army, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 12 | March 17 - March 23

Malaysia, Australia sign refugee exchange pact

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Australia sealed a pact Monday, July 25, to swap refugees in a contentious new strategy aimed at deterring asylum seekers from undertaking perilous boat journeys to Australia. The deal will see Australia send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia over the next four years in exchange for Australia resettling […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Afghanistan, Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asian, Sri Lanka, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

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