Archive | Vol 27 No 49 | 11/29 – 12/5

UN expert to hear testimony on Hmong graves

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A United Nations human rights expert will travel to the Twin Cities next month to listen to Hmong families upset about the desecration of graves in Thailand.

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Puget Sound Community School moves to the ID

The Puget Sound Community School (PSCS), an innovative 21st century school for sixth through 12th-graders, announced Oct. 27 that they will move to a new space located in the International District at 660 South Dearborn.

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Fed up with football? Turn to tennis.

Two Seattle-based teams won the United States Tennis Association (USTA) League National Championships held in Tucson, Ariz. at the men’s 4.0 and women’s 3.0 Levels. The USTA leagues feature more than 2,000 amateur teams competing in seven levels in hopes of reaching the top. Seattle did just that.

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Editorial: Obama and staff keep on pushing

President-elect Obama is already ushering in a new kind of presidency. He will be the first president who hails from the post-Vietnam generation, carrying along post-Vietnam politics that have a different worldview than his election opponent, John McCain.

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Letter: Seattle’s Filipino community exists

I am a Filipino-American, Washington resident for the last 14 years and avid reader of Northwest Asian Weekly. I was intrigued by your recent article in the latest edition (Vol. 27, No. 48) regarding the addition of Maria Arcega-Dunn to the Q13 Fox News team in Seattle.

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Letter: Misrepresented

I don’t care for how you misrepresented the position of Maria Arcega-Dunn in your recent article (Vol. 27, No. 48). Maria is not the main female anchor over at Q13. Lara Yamada is the main female anchor.

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Letter: Arcega-Dunn sets the record straight

I read the story you ran about me. Though it was a good article overall, there were points in the story that were not factual. My message about Filipinos being non-present in this city was not conveyed properly, which concerns me.

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