Pearl Harbor Movie to Premiere in Hawaii: Disney works with API leaders to quell growing Asian American concerns. The Asian Boom Continues: Data on growth of Asian ethnicities released by Census Bureau. Asian Indian and Vietnamese grew at highest rates. API Hopefuls in the Big Apple: Over a dozen Asian American candidates for New York’s City Council meet at the Asian American Federation. Also in National and World News... • Women Still Earn Less than Men • Young API Man Breaks into the “Old Boy Network” • Does the Term “Minority” Have an Uncertain Future? • Hawaiian Bank Protesters Avert Violence • War Relics Return to Japanese Families • Minorities Have Higher Pregnancy Death Risks • Baumhammers Gets Death Sentence • Low Income, but Not Low Tech in Hawaii Schools • Washington Journal: Giving Your Speech for APA Heritage Month.			Chu Wins, Headed for Sacramento: Battle between Asian, Latino candidates in state assembly race could hold lessons. North East Medical Services Opens Site in Visitacion Valley: Inexpensive health care in South San Francisco to be available. Revolution in the Making: The Communist party in the Bay Area releases a draft of its program. Also in Bay Area and California News... • Hmong Americans Go to Farming School • Judo Girls Go for the Gold, and Get It • Graduation: A Precious Mother’s Day Gift for One Woman • Political Potstickers: State Assembly to Become More Asian?

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	Two Koreas: How successful will the “Sunshine Policy” be in successful reunification of the Korean peninsula? Also in Business... • Albert Yu -- From Music to Semiconductors			Cutie Crooners: Penn Masala sounds out new music a-capella-style in Hindi and English. Turn that TV On: NAATA whips up a great program on PBS for APA Heritage Month. Also in Arts and Entertainment... • Circle K Cycles • Visions in Light and Sound • Neela’s Litpicks • Social Notes: Spring Has Sprung and Autumn Glows.

	Emil Amok: My International Incident, Part I. Columnist Emil Guillermo discovers in person that Hong Kong is all about overload -- in Chinese. He also finds out that pocket knives are enough to cause a controversy. Voices from the Community: Iranians find a special virtual community on the Internet. Also in Opinion... • Floss Talk: Children: Voices for Their Parents. • Letters to the Editor			A&E Calendar This week's arts, entertainment, and community events around the country, listed alphabetically by region and category. Community Calendar This week's announcements, workshops, and opportunities for community, family and career.

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