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Malaysia taken off US human trafficking blacklist

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups on July 27 accused the State Department of politicizing its annual rankings of nations on their efforts to combat modern-day slavery, as key trading partner Malaysia was taken off a blacklist. Cuba was also given an upgrade, a week after the U.S. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Rep, Democratic Sen, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State Department, State John Kerry, State Sarah Sewall, Thailand, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, World Bank

Economy hit as MERS keeps Koreans indoors, deters tourists

June 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For a South Korean tour agency, the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome feels like a bigger threat to business than a North Korean attack or nuclear reactor meltdown. Kim Chun Choo’s company, which has provided tour services for the last quarter century, is […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Asiana Airlines, China, Kim Chun Choo, Kim Travel, Korean Air Lines, Lee Ju-yeol, MERS, North Korean, SEOUL, Saudi Arabia, South Koreans, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, World Health Organization, Yeonpyeong Island, japan

6th person dies of MERS virus in South Korea

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tong-Hyung Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sixth person in South Korea has died of the MERS virus, as the government announced last week that it was strengthening measures to stem the spread of the disease and public fear. Sixty-four people in South Korea have been infected by Middle East Respiratory […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Education, MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, SARS, SEOUL, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

EDITORIAL: Empowering women and the work left to be done

March 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Women have made huge strides in just one generation. Now, the average college campus has more women attending than men. More women are also getting into business, now virtually matching the amount of men that do.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Bill Gates, Saudi Arabia, United States, Vol 32 No 12 | March 16 - March 22, attention, technology

Point, click, and send packages to loved ones in Philippines

March 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Pia Dizon, a Filipino American woman, is a hero.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Bayani Store, David Patacsil, Filipino American National Historical Society, James Tabafunda, Jerry Lapuz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, Pia Dizon, Quezon City, SPAM, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Typhoon Ondoy, Vol 31 No 12 | March 17 - March 23

Slain Pakistani’s daughter takes up his cause

June 25, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nahal Toosi The Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A day after her father was gunned down by an Islamist extremist, a grieving Shehrbano Taseer wrote on Twitter, “A light has gone out in our home today.” It wasn’t long before the 22-year-old realized something else. Her father’s death had lit a fire in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Bhutto-led Pakistan People, England, KARACHI, Mukhtar Mai, Mumtaz Qadri, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Reach Nahal Toosi, Salmaan Taseer, Saudi Arabia, Shahbaz Bhatti, Shehrbano Taseer, Sherry Rehman, Slain Pakistani, Smith College, United States, Vol 30 No 26 | June 25 - July 1, attention

U.S. tries to contain damage from ‘Sept. 11 of world diplomacy’

December 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bristling over the unauthorized release of more than a quarter million classified State Department documents, the White House ordered a

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bahrain, Google, Iran, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, Jacob Lew, Kiribati, Le Monde, North Korean, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, State Department, Steve Field, United States, Vol 29 No 49 | December 4 - December 10, White House

Editorial: Why all the fuss over Obama’s bow?

November 19, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last weekend, during a trip to Asia that was designed to build U.S. influence in the area, President Obama bowed to Japan’s Emperor Akihito. This single action caused a storm of controversy. Responses have been polarized, divided down party lines. Obama’s Republican critics say it was a sign of subservience, and the president was showing weakness. The State Department, however, has stressed that “the president was simply showing respect.”

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2009, American President, Asia, Emperor Akihito, Imperial Household Agency, King Abdullah, President Obama, Rome, Saudi Arabia, Third World, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vol 28 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Washington Times, Wesley Pruden, japan

Indonesia’s Aceh to allow stoning for adulterers

September 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters overwhelmingly chose to throw conservative Islamic parties out of power.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Aceh Vice Governor Muhamad Nazar, Afghanistan, Associated Press, Democrat Party, Indian Ocean, Iran, Iraq, Muslim Indonesian, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Vol 28 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

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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