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	Local and National Reports Document Sept. 11 Backlash By Ji Hyun Lim AsianWeek Staff Writer More than a year after Sept. 11, two detailed reports have been released documenting hate crimes and government backlash as a response to the terrorist attacks which rocked the nation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California and the international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) have called attention to the extraordinary change that has happened in the last year. Behind the alarming statistics of hate crimes are real faces with real concerns about safety and civil rights. On Nov. 13, the ACLU released a report entitled, Caught in the Backlash: Stories from Northern California that documents the stories of 18 victims of hate crimes or racial profiling. In the same week, Amardeep Singh, author of the HRW report, We Are Not the Enemy, released an analysis of government responses to the hate crimes across the country... COMPLETE STORY...		A New Nightmare: Cambodian American Deportation Carries History’s Weight (Feature) Local and National Reports Document Sept. 11 Backlash (in National News) Airport Screeners Pick Up Final Paychecks (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: Inside the Twilight Zone (in Business) Mark Chung: American Soccer’s Coolest Man (in Sports) ‘Bollywood/Hollywood’ Celebrates Double Vision (in A&E) Emil Amok: APA Judge Grants Screeners Temporary Victory (in Opinion)

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Hmong Americans Grapple With Lingering Effects of Polygamy By Gregg Aamot The Associated Press Yer Xiong lives a quiet life with her eight bilingual children in her tiny clapboard house in St. Paul, Minn., where posters of Laotian cities and Hmong newspapers are a link to the past. Her respect for tradition is deep, but it has its limits. When Xiong told her ex-husband he wasn’t welcome to live a dual life with her family and his new wife and child, she was rejecting a practice with deep roots in her culture...

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