Wen Ho Lee to Be Released
Judge agrees to bail, scientist to be electronically monitored
By Sam Chu Lin & Wire Reports
A federal judge has agreed to $1 million bail for a scientist accused of mishandling U.S. nuclear secrets, saying that releasing Wen Ho Lee-who will be under constant surveillance-won’t compromise the nation’s security.
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Organization of Chinese Americans Applauds Decision to Release Wen Ho Lee
Editor’s Note: The following press statement was issued via mass e-mail.
Dear Editor: The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) is pleased that Judge James Parker has reviewed the evidence and has concluded that Dr. Lee should be released on bail pending his trial.
“Even though Lee will […]

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Convention bounce? Al Gore has been shot out of his Clinton-imposed obscurity like a man out of a cannon. In this circus, he’s no longer the side show. He’s hurtled to the lead or near lead in almost all major polls, erasing a deficit that was as much as 14 points in Bush’s favor. One […]

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Every four years, Americans gather around their television sets to cheer on U.S. team members participating in the Olympics. The most popular sports—gymnastics, swimming, diving, for example—garner the greatest media attention, and the winners become instant household names. However, those who compete in less well-known sports, such as fencing, trampoline or shooting—as well as athletes […]

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Boomtown with no room
By Andrew Lam/PNS
On a windblown hill overlooking the city, I said goodbye to a dear friend who was leaving for another state. We have been friends for over a decade and it was sad, to say the least, to see him go.
But as much as my friend, an artist, loved the city, […]

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the women who are leading advocacy organizations here in Washington, D.C. After the article was published, several folks wrote to ask why other prominent women were not included. For example, Rose Ochi heads the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service, Jeannette Takamura serves as assistant secretary for aging at […]

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Mother Begs for Mercy for Son
Colorado Springs, Colo.-The three judges deciding the fate of convicted killer George Woldt will consider the testimony of two grief-stricken mothers. Woldt and his former roommate Lucas Salmon were convicted in separate trials for kidnapping, raping and murdering a woman in 1997.
Woldt’s Korean-born mother, who defense lawyers say is […]

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Community Service
DENVER,CO.-Tom Migaka was awarded the Minoru Yassui Community Volunteer Award, an award that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the city of Denver, and their community through volunteerism. The award was established in 1976 by the Commission Community Relations, of which Yasui was a member.
Monthly winners are awarded $2,000, which is then […]

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By Joseph Coleman/AP
Hundreds of cancer survivors and their families sought inspiration this week at the heights of Japan’s most famous landmark: the summit of Mount Fuji. They got what they were looking for.
“A lot of people really cried at the top of the mountain,” said Kimiko Goldberg, a climber who has beat breast cancer-twice. “They […]

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By Nicholas K. Geranios/AP
A lawyer who specializes in bankrupting hate groups is going after the Aryan Nations, whose compound in the Idaho woods has served as a clubhouse for some of America’s most violent racists.
In a lawsuit that goes to trial this week, attorney Morris Dees of the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center is representing […]

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Treatment of foreign travelers scrutinized
By Tara Burghart & William McCall/AP
In a letter sent to Attorney General Janet Reno, Gov. John Kitzhaber and other Oregon officials on Aug. 23 accused immigration inspectors of treating foreigners unfairly at Portland International Airport and demanded a federal investigation. In a quick response, Johnny Williams, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service […]

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Reparations for WWII slavery sought
By Linda Deutsch/AP
Lawyers pursuing reparations for World War II atrocities sued two Japanese conglomerates on Aug. 22 on behalf of Chinese people used as slave labor.
The suit, which seeks class-action status, names Mitsui and Mitsubishi groups as companies which used slave laborers to produce rubber, grain and coal during a period […]

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