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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

Tensions boiled as North Korea upsets Japan in World Cup qualifier

November 19, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — There are no hot dogs, peanuts, or plastic cups of beer for sale when the North Korean soccer team takes the pitch. There are no noisemakers, and no one does the wave.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, Asian Cup, Associated Press, Ethnic Koreans, Japanese Football Association, Jong Tae Se, Nishitetsu Travel, North Koreans, Pak Nam Choi, Pyongyang Times, Shoot Shoot, Shusaku Nishikawa, South Korean, Strike Strike, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 47 | November 19 - November 25, World Cup, Yanggakdo Stadium, uzbekistan

Silk’s dark side: Uzbek kids made to grow cocoons

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Agriculture Ministry, Although Soviet-era, China, Dilorom Nishanova, Ganikhon Mamatkhonov, Hisham Greiss, India, KOKAND, Kakhhor Yavkashtiyev, Rustam Zakhidov, Silk Road, Silver Silk, South Korea, Uzbek Ipagi, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, Western Europe, attention, japan, uzbekistan

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