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Global Briefs
Plot to Remove ‘Dear Leader’ Suspected by N. Korea
BEIJING — North Korea is denying reports that portraits of its leader, Kim Jong-il, have been removed from public places, calling the accounts a U.S. plot to overthrow his government. -
Philippine President Arroyo Receives Doctorate From USF
En route to the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Chile last week, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited the University of San Francisco. There, USF President Stephen Privett presented Arroyo with an honorary doctorate in conjunction with the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program.
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Eskrima Expert Convicted in NYC Nightclub Stabbing
A man trained in Filipino knife fighting was convicted of stabbing to death a bouncer who was trying to enforce New York City’s no-smoking law at a Manhattan nightclub.
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Farewell to Iris Chang
The strains of “Amazing Grace” had followed the hearse as more than 500 people walked to the Los Altos gravesite where author James Bradley, attired in a black Mandarin Chinese jacket, exhorted mourners to yell out a final “Good Bye, Iris.” The crowd responded.
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What’s “Scantily Clad” About Media
If you hear Fox TV’s explanation, their lack of APA actors on one prime-time television drama was because there is some sort of issue with APA actors being “scantily clad.” Recently, actor Chow Yun-Fat also expressed his dismay at being typecast along with Jet Li and Jackie Chan as Hong Kong cops – what columnist […]
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A Tribute to Iris S. Chang
Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of Iris Chang, a courageous historian, author and champion of Asian and Asian American history, human rights, and historical redress.
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Letters to the Editor
Tragedy of Iris Chang
DEAR EDITOR: Iris Chang was one of the very few who cared. I tried to have my limited work published on the subjects, but the interest and market niche were too limited. -
Letter From Phnom Penh: Gay Marriage Accepted Here
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Anyone disheartened by the way many U.S. leaders cast gay marriage as a “threat” to moral values should remember that there is a world beyond the reach of America’s courts and legislatures, where gays and lesbians and their unions are acknowledged and accepted, often without great fanfare. Take my story, for […]
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Election 2004: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The good news is that lots of Asian Pacific Americans got involved as candidates, campaign staff, donors and volunteers during campaign 2004. It was especially heartening to see the number of youth who came off campus to push their candidates and causes.
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In AsianWeek History
NOV. 25, 1982
“Sen. Hayakawa to Resign”
Reliable Asian American sources privy to Republican Party affairs told AsianWeek that some party members are urging Sen. S.I. Hayakawa to resign before the end of the year to allow Sen.-elect Pete Wilson to replace him, thus allowing Wilson to enter his freshman year in the Senate as an incumbent […] -
Vo Faces Recount in Win by a ‘Landslide’ in Texas
Seventeen days after the election, Houston area businessman Hubert Vo received the telephone call he had been looking forward to. State election officials informed the Democrat that he defeated 11-term Republican Talmadge Heflin by 32 votes in Texas’ District 149 (southwest Houston and Harris County) race.
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Lovely Legumes
For the past two weeks, I’ve been on the East Coast retracing steps I made in the Big Apple four years ago. Besides getting overstimulated by the dizzying neon lights of Times Square and the swarm of yellow taxis buzzing up and down Broadway, I was greeted by one smell, which I could find only […]
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eng: today Ms. Steinem dismissed your convention “bombshell” as merely an “older” Phyllis Schafly? Actuially, doesn’t she “look” and sound more like an arguably “prettier” Tonya Harding? Who, obviously, doesn’t need to hire goons but can manage quite well on her own, a true duck-blind mate for someone like Dick Cheney? awarthurhu: Boy does McCain give a dull speech, but Sarah Barracuda packed them in with a BIGGER tv audience than the almighty Obama.
awarthurhu on Obama: A Cliche is a Terrible Thing to Waste
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Again, I'm Chinese, not Vietnamese, and wasn't athletic enough to hack the military academies that I did apply for.
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Yo yos asian? Who knew. wow.
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Frank Eng on Obama: A Cliche is a Terrible Thing to Waste
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Paul, I can't believe what you wrote! How can you bring up Fu Man Chu! That character itself was created out of racism! Are you really that ignorant! What! Pregnant woman! Come on man! Do you really think that it's the same thing? Do you? You don't know what racism is bro! I really really hope that not all Spaniards think like you.
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I was extemely impressed by your letter. You are a great writer who can really paint a picture in the reader's mind.
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This article was decent, but I think the one below this should have made the paper.
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