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11 hrs ago | ABS-CBN News

5 gay Pinoys in Shanghai plead guilty to robbery

Four of five arrested Filipino men accused of drugging and then robbing foreign men they offered with sexual services have pleaded guilty, an online news provider reporter.

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Related Topix: Filipino-American

19 hrs ago | India Gazette

CSIR asks sacked Indian American scientist to vacate house

An Indian American scientist was Saturday asked to vacate his government house here in three days, nearly two weeks after being sacked from a senior post at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research .

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Related Topix: Indian-American, Science / Technology, Inventions

23 hrs ago | Asia Pacific News .Net

Five held in China for dressing up like women to loot men

Asia Pacific News.Net Friday 6th November, 2009 Shanghai Police have detained five Filipino men who allegedly disguised themselves as women to rob other men in bars, a media report said Friday.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Examiner.com

Start Your Business 101 with the Asian Women in Business

Whether you are thinking about starting your own business or already run a business, I highly recommend signing up for the "Start Your Business 101", sponsored by the Asian Women in Business organization of NYC.

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Related Topix: City University of New York

India Gazette

'Obamas are a typical juggling American family'

Whether it's nurturing a vegetable garden in the White House or tending to their children's needs amid all their work, the Obamas are like any other American family, juggling personal and professional lives, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said here Friday.

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Related Topix: Life, Home Gardening, Food, Home, Vegetables, Michelle Obama, Indian-American

India Gazette

Are Indian women ready for beachwear

When Ritu Sen, 23, went on a holiday to the Andaman islands, she was the only Indian woman in a swimsuit while others on the beach either wore salwar kameez or saris.

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Related Topix: Indian-American, World News, India,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

SF Sentinel

the Rise of Japan's 'Girlie Man' Generation

Forget the salarymen, Japan's new 'herbivore' generation of males believe that life is far more important than work Yasuo Takeuchi makes an improbable radical.

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Related Topix: Japanese-American

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KPHO-TV Phoenix

Woman Sentenced In Embezzlement Case

A bookkeeper has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for embezzling nearly $650,000 from a business on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale.

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Related Topix: Indian-American, Scottsdale, AZ, Mesa, AZ, Phoenix Metro

CNN

Marquee: Rising Asian-American stars

"I think that most people who know me know that I'm pretty reasonable, chill... and a not so angry a guy." That sounds funny coming from a guy who calls his blog angryasianman.com . "I adopted the name Angry Asian Man for the website because it's very provocative, and it's very in your face," he says.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Friday the 13th, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Tue Nov 03, 2009

National Post

Chief reaches out to Chinese community

Police Chief Bill Blair speaks to reporters, including some from Chinese newspapers, about the "misinformation" about David Chen's case.

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Related Topix: Chinese-American, Canada,

1010Wins

John Liu Aims To Be First Asian to Hold Citywide Office

New York City is poised to elect its first Asian-American to citywide office. Democrat John Liu is expected to easily defeat his Republican challenger, Joe Mendola, in Tuesday's election for comptroller.

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Tajikistan News.Net

Increasing number of Asian women getting boobs bigger to improve self-esteem

Tajikistan News.Net Tuesday 3rd November, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Nov 3 : An increasing number of Asian women are going for boob-boosting surgeries to improve their self-esteem. The rise in the number is also due to the techniques, which are getting simpler and much safer than before.

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia, Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Breast Enlargement

Mon Nov 02, 2009

WisInfo

'Taste of Toj Roob' highlights Southeast Asian community

"A Family Portrait: Gender Roles and Generation Gaps" is the theme for the ninth annual "Taste of Toj Roob - the Mountains" event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

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Related Topix: University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, University of Minnesota

New Delhi News.Net

Four Indian women boxers in finals of Asian Indoor Games

M.C. Mary Kom led the charge of four Indian boxers into the finals of the Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam Monday.

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MediLexicon

Study Shows How Differing Asian Cultures And Attitudes Impact Cancer Screening Rates

The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues.

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Related Topix: Sweden, World News, Japan, Vietnamese-American, Chinese-American, Korean-American

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Boston.com

Japanese-Americans, Texans they rescued reunite

Even though it was 65 years ago, Al Tortolano clearly recalls the one thought, the only thought, that ran through his mind as his military unit was surrounded by German soldiers during World War II.

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Shanghai Daily

Chinese American killed in bus rollover

A CHINESE American woman was one of two people killed when a shuttle bus heading for Shanghai's two international airports from Hangzhou overturned.

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Newkerala.com

S.M.Krishna promises Buddhi's family further assistance

New Delhi, Oct. 29 : External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has met Vikram Buddhi's family and has promised the latter's father that the Ministry of External Affairs will request United States Ambassador Meera Shankar to talk to Eric Holder, US Attorney General, to review the Buddhi case.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Prison, Indian-American

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WIBW-TV Topeka

Woman Poised To Be 1st Chinese-American To Represent N.Y.'s Chinatown

In politics, as in life, big things often come in small packages. Margaret Chin stands 4 feet 11, but the veteran community activist is casting a long shadow over the political landscape in New York.

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Related Topix: Chinese-American, Immigration Reform, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Newkerala.com

Malaysia approves citizenship for 2,220 Indians

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 31 : Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said that the Home Ministry has approved citizenship for 2,220 out of the 3,335 applications by the Indian community.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, World News, Indian-American

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