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Media Spotlight: Television journalist Connie Chung and former president of the Asian American Journalists Association Lloyd LaCuesta confer at one of the panel sessions at the association's conference in Boston. The gathering, AAJA's tenth, drew some 800 journalists from around the country.

Editorial: A different standard

Letters: Comment from AsianWeek readers

Emil Amok: Many forms of bashing

Yellow Pearls: Step to the right

Voices: Progress and political power

Feds Find Fault at Denny's: A third-party report condemns racial violence at Syracuse restaurant as victims file suit against employees and others

News Briefs: Senate committee tracking Charlie Trie, Students protest minority enrollment at UC Berkeley, A different kind of beauty pageant

Newsmaker: Major General Edward Soriano joins the highest ranks of APAs in the military

Names in the News: Asian Americans on the move

Washington Journal: Taking advantage of the congressional break

APA Journalists Ponder Roles: Report from the AAJA conference in Boston

S.F. Rally Spotlights Kao Killing: Widow, advocates press for a federal investigation into police shooting

S.F. fire illustrates plight of Filipino vets, Immigrants could lose food-stamp benefits, Social Notes, and more

Another Hard Target: Hong Kong film star Chow Yun-Fat moves to Hollywood

Calendar: Events around the country of special interest to Asian Americans

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