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Squash, the sport, on the rise — World Championships held in Bellevue

November 25, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly An overlooked sport that is seeking to gain more popularity held the biggest event of its sports year in Bellevue last week. The men’s squash World Championships came to the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash., from Nov. 11-22. The world championships brought the best in men’s professional squash to […]

Filed Under: The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Egypt, England, Gregory Caultier, Hong Kong, India, Meydenbauer Center, Mohamed El Shorbagy, Pakistan, Pro Sports Club, Qatar, Ramy Ashour, Seattle Athletic Club, Shabana Khan, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Washington Athletic Club, World Championships

California couple charged in Qatar for daughter’s death

August 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A married couple from Los Angeles have been jailed in the Middle East on a charge of murder with intent and are being accused of starving their 8-year-old daughter to death, according to a coalition of groups that are working on the case from the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Alex Simpson, California Innocence Project, David House Agency, Eric Volz, Grace Huang, Innocence Network, Innocence Projects, Janice Ophoven, Los Angeles, Matthew Huang, Middle East, Nathaniel Tek, Qatar, Vol 32 No 34 | August 17 - August 23, World Cup, culture

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

Federer beats Nishikori, wins Swiss Indoors title

November 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Roger Federer ended his 10-month trophy drought on Sunday, Nov. 6, by outclassing Kei Nishikori 6–1, 6–3 in the Swiss Indoors final. Federer was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, BASEL, Czech Republic, Davis Cup, French Open, Kei Nishikori, Paris Masters, Qatar, Rafael Nadal, Swiss Indoors, United States, Vol 30 No 46 | November 12 - November 18, Wimbledon

Cherie Blair named chancellor of Asian University for Women

March 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian University for Women (AUW), located in Bangladesh, appointed Cherie Blair, a leading international lawyer, human rights advocate, and the wife

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, AUW, Bangladesh, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cherie Blair, Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Qatar, Vol 30 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Japanese women life expectancy hits new high

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese women are expected to live almost 86.5 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported on July 26.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, France, Hong Kong, Iceland, Qatar, Switzerland, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6, japan

Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection

March 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

apanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Africa, CITES, ICCAT, Japan Fisheries Agency, Jay Alabaster, Junichi Hakuta, Kazuhiro Takayama, Latin America, Masanori Miyahara, Qatar, Tokyo, Wakao Hanaoka, Yukio Unagizawa, attention, culture, japan

Japan: China backing effort to block tuna ban

March 17, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan said Tuesday that China supports its opposition to a proposed ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a fish prized in sushi.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Australia, CITES, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, Japan China, Japanese Agriculture, NHK, Qatar, Qin Gang, South Korea, japan

Indian runner stripped of medal after a gender-test, empathizes with Semenya

September 24, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PUDUKKOTTAI, India (AP) — Considering suicide after be­ing stripped of her medal and shunned by the people around her, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan knows a bit about what Caster Se­menya is going through.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Asian Games, Caster Se, Chennai Marathon, IAAF, India, PUDUKKOTTAI, Qatar, Santhi Soundarajan, South Af, Vol 28 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, poverty

Letter: Factual errors in ‘Ration Yourself’

September 27, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I am writing to point out factual inaccuracies in the article entitled “Ration Yourself” in the Aug. 30 – Sept. 5 issue.

Filed Under: Opinion, Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2008, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Middle East, NWAW, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Youth issue, vol 27 no 40 | September 27 - October 3

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