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As Vietnam’s women go abroad, dads tend the home

July 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mike Ives The Associated Press VU HOI, Vietnam (AP) — When his wife moved to Taiwan nine years ago to work as a maid — earning far more than she could in the rice paddies of this northern Vietnamese hamlet — Pham Duc Viet took over the household chores and raised their two children […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Indonesia, Lan Anh Hoang, Malaysia, Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, Pham Duc Viet, Pham Ngoc Thuy, Pham Thi Lien, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tran Xuan Cuong, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 31 | July 26 - August 1, Vu Duc Hang, Vu Hoi, Vu Tien, lebanon

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

BLOG: Cluster bombs banned

August 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Xin Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Geneva Cluster munitions have finally been banned. The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) took effect on Aug. 1, when it became binding international law in countries around the world. To date, 107 states have joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and 37 nations have ratified it. Unfortunately, the big […]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: CCM, China, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cold War, Geneva Convention, Laos, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Lutheran University, Peter Herby, Russia, States Parties, Thomas Nash, United Nations, United States, lebanon

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