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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 – December 6

Global Sai Movement celebrated

December 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Members of the Seattle international community gathered on Nov. 15 to hear Dr. Chandra Bhanu Satpathy, also known as “Guru Ji,” at the Celebration of Global Sai Movement, organized by the Shri Sai Cultural & Community Center of Washington.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Chandra Bhanu Satpathy, Governor Brad Owen, Guru Ji, Japanese Taiko, Seattle, Shirdi Sai Baba, United States, Urvashi Dance Ensemble, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6

Ghosh gets global post

December 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Barack Obama has appointed Gargee Ghosh as a member of the President’s Global Development Council. Since 2012, Ghosh, an Indian American, has been the Director of Policy Analysis and Financing at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she focuses on aid policy, country financing, and engagement with international financial institutions. Ghosh also held roles in global […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Gargee Ghosh, Global Development Council, Indian American, President Barack Obama, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6

LIHI gala & auction a big success

December 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 15, the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) hosted its 11th annual Gala & Auction at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel in downtown Seattle. The event raised more than $290,000 for LIHI’s supportive services, the Urban Rest Stop, and Nickelsville.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, Carolyn Geise, City Councilwoman Cheryl Chow, Housing Hero Awards, LIHI, Nickelsville, Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle City Councilmember Cheryl Chow, Sharon Lee Photo, Urban Rest Stop, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6

UW dental student wins national award

December 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Third-year University of Washington dental student Jonathan An won the American Dental Association’s Student Clinician Scholar Award — the ADA’s top honor for student researchers — during the ADA’s annual session in New Orleans in early November.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, ADA, American Dental Association, Basic Science Research, Hatton Award, New Orleans, Peter Yamamura Dentistry Class, Student Clinician Scholar Award, Sun Oh Chung, UW, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6

CAPAC likes choice of Vivek Murthy as surgeon general

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 18, President Obama nominated Vivek Hallegere Murthy as United States surgeon general. Since 2009, Dr. Murthy served as the president and co-founder of Doctors for America. He is also a hospitalist attending physician and an instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, AAPI, Asian American, CAPAC, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressman Ami Bera, Congressman Mike Honda, Harvard Medical School, Judy Chu, President Obama, Regina Benjamin, United States, Vivek Hallegere Murthy, Vivek Murthy, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, technology

Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng reach divorce settlement

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his third wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, have reached a divorce settlement. It was reported that Deng will keep the couple’s $44 million apartment in New York because it is the home to their two daughters, Chloe, 10, and Grace, 11.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, CEO, Century Fox, China, Morning Glory, New York Harbor, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, Wendi Deng Murdoch

Norwegian defeats Indian in world chess championship

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) –The world of chess has a new king, and it’s a 22-year-old who is as much at home posing for fashion shoots as he is pushing pawns.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Anatoly Karpov, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, Cold War, Garry Kasparov, India, Justin Bieber, Liv Tyler, Magnus Carlsen, Norway, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, TV, Viswanathan Anand, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6

President Obama talks about immigration reform

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly During President Obama’s speech at the Betty Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Monday, Nov. 25, he announced an agreement between the United States, its allies, and Iran on a “first step towards resolving our concerns over its nuclear program,” according to Shin Inouye, White House director […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Affordable Care Act, Angel Island, Chinatown, During President Obama, Iran, Ju Hong, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Shin Inouye, United States, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, White House

Tiananmen protester is denied return to China

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONG KONG (AP) – The second most-wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was turned back from Hong Kong on Monday in his latest attempt to surrender to Chinese authorities and return home. It was the fourth such attempt by Wu’er Kaixi, who said his lack of success so far was the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Albert Ho, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese, Chinese Embassy, Edward Snowden, Hong Kong, Macau, National Security Agency, Taiwan, Tiananmen Square, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, blog, reunion

Wells Fargo extends Philippines remittance transfer fee waiver

December 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Wells Fargo & Company is extending until Dec. 14 a temporary remittance transfer fee waiver for customers who want to send money to the Philippines to support friends and family. Earlier this month, the company announced, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, it would temporarily waive all remittance transfer fees for transfers from an eligible […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, Cebuana Lhuillier, Daniel Ayala, Global Remittance Services Group, International Medical Corps, Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan, United States, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, Wells Fargo Global Remittance Services

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