MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — When the financial crisis hit the United States in September, it caused many Americans to panic. What most didn’t realize — but what is all too clear
Archive | 2008
International students hurt by financial crisis
Posted on 20 December 2008.
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Happy good eating! The importance of tradition in food
Posted on 20 December 2008.
My mom banned turkey from our Christmas table this year. The reason why is because she doesn’t want to buy a vat of peanut oil or
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Taiwan, China launch direct shipping, air links
Posted on 20 December 2008.
KEELUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese jetliners and cargo ships left Monday, Dec. 15 for China to open a new era of direct air and shipping services with the mainland
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New Thai PM faces deep divisions, poor economy
Posted on 20 December 2008.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s new prime minister faces the difficult task of unifying a country torn apart by months of violent anti-government protests — demonstrations that battered the key tourism industry just as the global economy was slipping into its worst crisis in decades.
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Protester killed during voting in Indian Kashmir
Posted on 20 December 2008.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voters cast their ballots in the fifth phase of state elections in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, Aug. 13, as scattered clashes between protesters and government forces left one person dead.
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1994: Deep thoughts for the holidays
Posted on 20 December 2008.
One story starts with a woman looking for Jesus. She failed to find him and in her disappointment, she gave all her possessions to children.
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What does your holiday look like?
Posted on 20 December 2008.
Northwest Asian Weekly asked you to send in your holiday photos for the chance to earn restaurant gift certificates, and you answered! We recieved great submissions of many unique decorations. Here are the finalists. Thank you!
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Underdog Pacquiao beats De La Hoya
Posted on 11 December 2008.
ANILA, Philippines (AP) — From five-star hotel lounges to army camps to Manila’s slums, Filipinos celebrated a victory by boxer Manny Pacquiao that gave this country a break from its financial worries.
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Alleged corrupted official ousted: First Vietnamese American Congressman takes his place
Posted on 11 December 2008.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anh “Joseph” Cao was taken from war-ravaged Vietnam as an 8-year-old boy, leaving his parents for the safety and hope of America. He immigrated to the United States in 1975.
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Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary
Posted on 11 December 2008.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy.
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