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6 hrs ago | Hindustan Times

Threat to bomb Indian community centre in Belfast

The Indian Community Centre in Belfast has received a threat letter from Protestant extremists asking immigrants to leave Northern ireland or face bomb attacks.

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14 hrs ago | Blackpool Citizen

200m lost in investments' by North West families

DOZENS of Asian families across the North West fear they have lost fortunes in foreign investment schemes.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Viet Nam News

First conference for overseas Vietnamese

The conference, with the theme of "For a community of solidarity and strength, contributing to national construction", will expect the participation of about 1,000 delegates, including 650 overseas Vietnamese, who represent Vietnamese communities in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide.

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Related Topix: World News, Vietnam, Vietnamese-American

Canadian Business Magazine

Chinese firms say they don't owe Alberta oilsands worker any wages

Legal documents filed on behalf of Sinopec Engineering and SSEC Canada say the man agreed to contribute part of his wages to social welfare and insurance funds in China.

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Newkerala.com

Now allow same-sex marriages, says Indian American lesbian scholar

By Gurmukh Singh, Toronto, July 9 : Welcoming the decriminalisation of homosexuality by the Delhi High Court, a known lesbian Indian American scholar says India should now follow Nepal and allow same-sex marriages.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Indian-American, Sweden, World News, Japan, Transgendered

The Age

China plans first woman astronaut by 2012: report

China could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, state media reported.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Chinese-American

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Mississauga

Musician shares his traditions

Vietnamese culture. Pham Duc Thanh, a world renowned musician who specializes in the monochord seen here, will be performing at Viet Summer Fest on Aug.

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Related Topix: Lughnasadh, Life, Holidays, Vietnamese-American

Courier News

Father of Edison fatal-crash driver calls for probe of alleged cop bias

The father of Kapil Goel, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide in a car crash that killed his two roommates, is seeking an independent investigation into allegations that a police officer refused to help the three Indian American victims because of their race.

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Related Topix: Edison, NJ, Indian-American, Middlesex County, NJ

Tue Jul 07, 2009

New America Media

Chinese Americans Encouraged to Display American Flag

On the eve of July 4, six council members from San Gabriel and Alhambra, two cities in Los Angeles County, encouraged Chinese Americans to raise the American flag as a display of patriotism, reports the Sing Tao Daily.

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Related Topix: Chinese-American, San Gabriel, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

Telegraph.co.uk

Chinese vent anger over the internet during Uighur clashes

But China's most popular internet portals and forums have carried a stream of abuse from Chinese directed at Uighur Muslims, the ethnic minority at the heart of the unrest in the country's far West.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Internet, Science / Technology,

South End Standard

Suspected brothels raided by vice cops

TWO Chinese women are facing deportation following raids on suspected brothels in Chalkwell and Westcliff.

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Related Topix: Chinese-American, US News, Illegal Immigration

Mon Jul 06, 2009

CBC

STD testing overlooked for South Asian women: activist

Women in Toronto's South Asian community are not being tested for sexually transmitted diseases during checkups as consistently as other women, a health activist says.

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Related Topix: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Medicine, Health, HIV/AIDS

Newsday.com

"Harold & Kumar" actor leaves White Castle for White House

Actor Kal Penn has started his new job as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities.

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St. Cloud Times Online

Drug arrests reflect trend in suburbs

MINNEAPOLIS - A series of drug raids across the Twin Cities this week highlights what authorities say is a growing national trend: Sophisticated pot-growing operations at homes in quiet suburban neighborhoods.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Minneapolis Metro, Vietnamese-American, US News

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Newkerala.com

Malaysian party to rope in NGOs to woo Indians

Kuala Lumpur, July 5 : The Malaysian Indian Congress wants to rope in a network of NGOs to reach out to the Indian community that it hopes to win back after last year's poll setback.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Malaysia, World News, Indian-American

Los Angeles Times

Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp

Togo W. Tanaka, a former journalist and businessman whose reports on life inside the Manzanar internment camp illuminated divisions in the Japanese American community after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the tensions that eventually erupted in riots at the World War II-era detention center, has died.

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Related Topix: Japanese-American, Journalism, Portland, OR, UC Berkeley, Cal State Fullerton

AndhraNews

S M Krishna wraps up visit to Japan

External Affairs Minister S. M Krishna on Sunday concluded his four-day visit to Japan.

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Related Topix: Indian-American

Sat Jul 04, 2009

India Gazette

Indian hockey captain to be made police officer in Haryana

India Gazette Saturday 4th July, 2009 Indian hockey team captain Sandeep Singh will be inducted as an officer in the Haryana police, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced Saturday.

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SavannahNow

Tim Giago: Good riddance to General Custer

When my Native Sun News broke the story about the Custer figurine astride a motorcycle, packed into a McDonald's Happy Meal, most Native Americans - particularly the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho - were not happy.

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Thanh Nein News

Vietnamese sex workers trapped in extortion racket

Less than three years ago, a young Vietnamese woman fell to her death from the 10th floor of a block of apartments in Singaporea s Toa Payoh District.

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Related Topix: Vietnamese-American, Wedding

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