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  • Egypt Finds Coptic Christians To Blame for Deadly Sectarian Violence

    Egypt Finds Coptic Christians To Blame for Deadly Sectarian Violence

    Highlights Coptic Christians: Bad Christians, Bad Bad! Egypt gets F-16s, Philippines begs for first jet since 1970 Obama promotes new democratic Egyptian government Innocence Video and Copts Super Typhoon, Super Bad Ming Na Wen movie Benghazi again Check out Michelle Malkin on Fox Bomb attacks,...

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    Limo Fire That Kills Philipines-bound Bride is Latest Unfortunate Event

    You probably saw it on national headlines, on May 5,  bride Neriza Fojas died in a horrific fire with four of her nurse friends on their way to a party across the San-Mateo-Hayward Bridge in California while three of her friends and the driver who helped...

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    EARLY MOTHER’S DAY FOR KATY

        EARLY MOTHER’S DAY FOR KATY Before Mother’s Day (May 12), signs that appointed District 4 (Sunset) Supervisor Katy Tang is consolidating her support to blunt any challenge to her election this Nov. Among her pro-mommy backers - Alix Rosenthal and Suzy Loftus hosting and co-hosting last Tuesday’s Apr. 30...

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  • John Funghi of SFMTA (left) and Sup. David Chiu at Central Subway forum

    BLOC OR TO BLOCK CONDO CONVERSIONS

        Supervisor Mark Farrell of heavily homeowner District 2 (Pacific Heights/Marina) is facing prospect of voting May 7 against his own affordable homeownership legislation to clear backlog of 2,000 aspiring first time and middle class homeowners thru a lottery bypass fee raising $20-$25 million for affordable...

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    APAPA Salutes API Women in SF Public Office

    SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Chapter of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA) Salutes API Women in Elected Office, on Friday, May 17th, 2013. The event will be hosted by APAPA and Mayor Ed Lee at One Ferry Plaza, one of...

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    Asian Law Caucus to Celebrate 41 Years of Defending Civil Rights at Anniversary Dinner

      SAN FRANCISCO - On April 25, 2013, the Asian Law Caucus, member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, will hold its 41st anniversary dinner at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The event commemorates over four decades of direct legal services; community outreach;...

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    KAOS Theory: Is All Terrorism Connected?

      There is an interesting article by the Jewish Policy Center that proposes the idea all terrorist incidents are linked. I’d take it a bit farther, and say we need to think beyond whether something is  just Islamic terrorism, Christian, Nazi, Facist, Sri-Lanka, Basque, Irish, or...

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  • Chinese Student Is Third Boston Marathon Massacre Victim

    Chinese Student Is Third Boston Marathon Massacre Victim

    [Part 1 | 2 ] From the telegraph “China is in mourning after the third fatal victim of the Boston Marathon bombing was named as Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old student from Shenyang in the northeastern province of Liaoning.”…  friend, Zhou Danling, was in a “stable...

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    Day After Boston Massacre Marathon Bombing

    [ [Hu's On First |  Asian View Boston Marathon | Chinese Student is Victim ] The night after the bombings, MIT turned on a 9-11-ish flag in lights: MIT Green building flag tribute by Chun-Teh                     Authorities are still not releasing any...

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    What’s In a Name? An Immigrant’s Perspective

        By New America Media‘s Andrew Lam Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Thanh and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener images of clouds, peonies, bamboo, jade; acts of bravery or wishes for prosperity. In...

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