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	<title>FALLOUT CENTRAL -- News</title>
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		<title>Is it &#8220;Bad Karma&#8221; to mock Asians with &#8220;Chinky Eyes&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it &#8220;Bad Karma&#8221; to mock Asians with &#8220;Chinky Eyes&#8220;? Maybe Sharon Stone can shed some light on this one.

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/22/it-is-bad-karma-to-mock-asians-with-chinky-eyes/</link>
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		<title>Olympic Fallout &#8230; part Deux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found the news coverage of the Beijing Olympics provided thus far to be highly opinionated at best.  Why should persons of Chinese descent  living in America be concerned?  Because in a group setting, you&#8217;re the defacto &#8220;China customer service rep&#8221; and will be expected to address these issues from a &#8220;Chinese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/12/olympic-fallout-part-deux/</link>
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		<title>Olympic Fallout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the 2008 Olympic games draw near, you can bet the self-righteous will unite with the jackass in a China bashing frenzy.  So if you&#8217;re of Chinese descent and are tired of being the proverbial &#8220;catcher&#8221; of insults, read on for some pointers that may make it easier for you to address these unpleasant situations.
First [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/02/olympic-fallout/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Byron Wong, Writer, The Fighting 44s</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/30/podcast-episode-byron-wong-writer-the-fighting-44s/</link>
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		<title>Minority women and the issue of getting along</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of the times when I see another Asian girl that is a stranger on the street, for some reason I automatically act hostile towards them. We exchange unapproachable glances, and in my mind I am judging them by the way they look, the way the dress, who they are with, and sizing them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/12/minority-women-and-the-issue-of-getting-along/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Whatever It Takes (a documentary)</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/10/podcast-episode-whatever-it-takes-a-documentary/</link>
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		<title>1 Pack = 1 Vaccine commercial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tend to pride myself in not being overly sensitive, so perhaps this reaction could be considered a moment of weakness.  However, while watching Law &#38; Order (guilty pleasure) this afternoon, I happened to see the new Pampers 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine commercial.
In this commercial, a white mother and child receive the thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/05/1-pack-1-vaccine-commercial/</link>
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		<title>Planet B-Boy: Gripping yarn builds to spectacular battle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Benson Lees’ plan to make the continuing story of break dancers a success was made possible. The recording of Planet B-boy is now on its three years.
The possibility of making it more interesting than any other news or current events will be true, because f its ratings and audience impact.

Read more…

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/planet-b-boy-gripping-yarn-builds-to-spectacular-battle/</link>
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		<title>Next Step for Liu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Liu is ready to leave the City Council in 2009, but nobody knows what his plans are. They think that he is aiming for the mayoral position, but he is refusing it he doesn’t want to attempt to improve the city Council.
The soon-to-be-candidate is knocking into the office of the so called “voice of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/next-step-for-liu/</link>
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		<title>This Chinese Deliveryman Works at Google</title>
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A new film entitled “Take Out” will be shown in New York. This is about a Chinese delivery man who struggles to pay his debt to immigrant smugglers.
The actor is a Korean-American who is working in the marketing division of Google in New York and is getting a part time M.B.A. The movie trace to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/this-chinese-deliveryman-works-at-google/</link>
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		<title>Chinese-American Community Pioneer Ruby Chow Dies</title>
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Ruby Chow a pioneer of Chinese-American community died last Wednesday morning. She was a flourishing business woman and a politician as well. She holds the first Chinese restaurant outside of Chinatown. 
She has served well for three terms as a politician and she proved that women can do things that they think are limited to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/chinese-american-community-pioneer-ruby-chow-dies/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Olympic Hopefuls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several Asian-Americans are up to bringing home the gold from the 2008 Beijing. Some of them are:






Badminton: Howard Bach – Bach was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up in San Francisco. And he also continued to pursue his passion for badminton at YMCA in U.S






Cycling: Kim Hayashi – 22 years and was born in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/asian-american-olympic-hopefuls/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Business Group Signs Cooperative Agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last May 28 at the Mercury, Koreatown L.A. took place the formal signing of a collective agreement of Asian-American business owners in Southern California.
Envoys like Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai chambers of commerce in S. California have gathered together for the event in order for them to meet and exploit power and develop economic chances.
See [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/asian-american-business-group-signs-cooperative-agreement/</link>
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		<title>Asian Pacific Heritage celebrated at Bagram</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last may 28, Bagram Air field in Afghanistan celebrated Asian Pacific Heritage Month. They had colorful origami, paper cranes and some food and cultural show.
Making paper cranes is their traditional way of having sick people get well. They also had several performances like Hula from Hawaii performed by the Polynesian volunteers, Huka dance(war dance) which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/asian-pacific-heritage-celebrated-at-bagram/</link>
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		<title>18 Fil-Am Spellers at Scripps National Spelling Bee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several Filipino-American youth have joined The Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States. It is also the longest-running program by the E.W. Scripps Company. 
There are 18 youths who will be joining and contending for the title Spelling Bee Champion. The finals will be aired on ABC, Friday, 8pm-10pm ET. 

Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/18-fil-am-spellers-at-scripps-national-spelling-bee/</link>
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		<title>UFC 84 fighters test clean</title>
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The UFC fighter who have played last May 24 for the UFC 84 championships. It took place in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  
On the main event BJ Penn fought UFC lightweight title against the champion Sean Sherk.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/ufc-84-fighters-test-clean/</link>
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		<title>The Hard, Short Rise of Bruce Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bruce lee’s first break was the film enter the dragon, it is where he excelled as an artist with all of his signature moves in martial arts. Lou Gaul author of the book “The fist that Shook the World” said that Bruce lee was the only man who had introduce a new style of fighting, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/the-hard-short-rise-of-bruce-lee/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Film Festival on July 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American film Festival will be held on July 10, Thursday. They will be featuring 2 new films, Princess of Nebraska directed by Wayne Wang and Ping Pong Playa directed by Jessica Yu.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/asian-american-film-festival-on-july-10/</link>
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		<title>Korean-American Fund Manager Trades Grains for Gains</title>
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The Korean-American founder and CVO (Chief Visionary Officer) of MISFIT Financial Group Paul Kim is trying to save the prices of agriculture nowadays. He is planning to establish an agriculture-focused fund called Misfit-Delta, he is introducing it to Korea in order to help them recognize the prices of commodities.
Kim was born in Korea and later [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/korean-american-fund-manager-trades-grains-for-gains/</link>
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		<title>Are Asians hopeless romantics?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have come to find that in our generation many Asians are hopeless romantics and are more prone to melodramatic moods.
Within Asian media, content is centered around love centered themes. Dramas and mini-series deal with finding the perfect love. Even the content of Asian pop music is exclusively loved themed. While it’s true that almost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/are-asians-hopeless-romantics/</link>
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		<title>Sale of Little Tokyo mall stirs apprehension</title>
		<description><![CDATA[L.A.’s Little Tokyo the largest Japanese town in California has the largest indoor Japanese mall which was bought by six Korean-Americans. They have invested $35.5 million dollars for the shopping mall itself.
They will be converting it into Korean market, Korean-style spa and some Korean themed center. &#8220;We are not saying don&#8217;t come, you are not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/sale-of-little-tokyo-mall-stirs-apprehension/</link>
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		<title>Quake in China strikes home for son</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Ron Wang, a Ph.D from University of Iowa, has helped through Gulf coast Chinese-American Association to be of assistance to the victims of the earthquake in China.
&#8220;Out of all this terrible thing, there is something to be gained: That is what I wish for.&#8221; He says.
Gulf coast Chinese-American Association has raised almost $8,000 for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/quake-in-china-strikes-home-for-son/</link>
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		<title>Yao yaks with kids on Children&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last June 1, 2008, Sunday Yao ming celebrates the Children’s Day with the kids in China while in the U.S.A. He celebrated it through a telephone conversation with. They had a long chat and the kids were actually asking questions to him.
The questions and topics are limited during the conversation and the kids can ask [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/yao-yaks-with-kids-on-childrens-day/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: 8Asians.com</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/podcast-episode-8asianscom/</link>
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		<title>Bleeding Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the West, we get next month&#8217;s relationship predictions from the back of magazines based on our astrological horoscope sign.   What has become more and more popular among East Asians is compatibility and personality descriptions based on blood types.
Originating from Japan, this trend has spread to South Korea, China, and many South Asian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/01/bleeding-love/</link>
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		<title>Sometimes being a diligent Asian girl may not pay off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Succeeding in your own endeavors is easy because you are in control of your own expectations.  Succeeding in relationships is of course much harder.
Daily, women are redefining their roles in society.  Thanks to progressive thinking, women are excelling in academics as well as in the work field.  We are looking younger longer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/31/sometimes-being-a-diligent-asian-girl-may-not-pay-off/</link>
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		<title>Yao will play in Olympics, friend says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liu Xiang, a Chinese track star which is also Yao Mings’ friend said that Yao will make it to the Olympics this coming August. He is now under rehabilitation in preparation for His fight with his home country against United States where the NBA is.
&#8220;He said his foot was better and that he had started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/yao-will-play-in-olympics-friend-says/</link>
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		<title>Liu Wins Lawsuit after Calling DJ A Pedophile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DJ Torain or DJ Star of Power 105.1 has inhumanly assaulted DJ Envy’’s daughter and he also made racial and sexual disgrace to his wife.
Liu heard about what happened and called him a “racist pedophile” and told his employer to discharge him from the company.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/liu-wins-lawsuit-after-calling-dj-a-pedophile/</link>
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		<title>Chinese American Rally at State Capitol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victims of the recent earthquake in Sichuan province, China are receiving more and more donations and money for their needs. Lansing Chinese-American Association had prayers and rallies in order to raise funds for the victim.
All of it the funds and other things that the association are getting from their prayers and rallies will be going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/chinese-american-rally-at-state-capitol/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Notebook: Conferences to encourage college</title>
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     WHAT:   Pacific Islander Student Leadership Conference

     WHEN: Saturday, May 31
                   9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

     WHERE: Cal State Long Beach
  

The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/asian-american-notebook-conferences-to-encourage-college/</link>
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		<title>Bruce Lee&#8217;s former home to aid quake relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to news reports, Bruce Lee’s former house in Hong Kong will be sold to raise funds to help the victims of the earthquake in China.
Is a two-storey house at Kowloon Tong where Bruce Lee spent his last years before his mysterious death in 1973. The house will be arranged for selling by an 86 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/bruce-lees-former-home-to-aid-quake-relief/</link>
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		<title>Dining for $25 or less: China Chefs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese restaurant located in Hickory Ridge road Columbia, called China Chefs is serving great food at a low cost price of $25 or less.
This was opened 1989 and it is at the back of a hospital. The restaurant is not up to the competition, but they make their business stand out by giving their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/dining-for-25-or-less-china-chefs/</link>
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		<title>Inter-Asian dating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget interracial dating.  How about inter-Asian dating&#8211;dating across different cultural lines?
Inter-Asian dating is something that reveals stigmas even more severe than that of interracial dating. For our parents&#8217; generation, inter-Asian dating might pose problems dealing with the politics of culture, e.g., instilled hatred for the Japanese in Chinese and Korean cultures.  However, in our generation, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/inter-asian-dating/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Hollywood Chinese&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Arthur Dong who made “Licensed to Kill” has come up with a new film entitled “Hollywood Chinese.”
It’s a story of Chinese people entering Hollywood, their real life experiences and thought on the involvedness they had in dealing with it. 
Read more of the article…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/hollywood-chinese-2/</link>
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		<title>Top High School Students to Participate in National Multicultural Journalism Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian American Journalists Association has selected students who will compete for the J. Camp for journalism skills and academic achievement.
J. Camp will be on July 18-23, 2008 at Loyola University Chicago. &#8220;J Camp gives students the confidence to make a difference with a future career in journalism,&#8221; said Douglas W. Nelson, president and CEO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/top-high-school-students-to-participate-in-national-multicultural-journalism-program/</link>
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		<title>Planet B-Boy goes inside dancing life</title>
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Benson Lee’s film observes the lives of his B-boy crews as they raze the dance floor and following them n their competitions in Germany and around the world. 
“These guys love kung fu films because they relate to the main character’s journey: being on their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/planet-b-boy-goes-inside-dancing-life/</link>
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		<title>Lotus celebration fetes Asian culture</title>
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Lotus Celebration 
Asian Pacific American Heritage
May 29, 2008 at 5:30 to 8 p.m.
China Palace Restaurant
5052 N. West Lane
Tickets: $35
For information, call (209) 469-8860



Asian-American Chamber of Commerce in Stockton, Central Valley will be celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage. They will be doing it Lotus celebration, like what they are doing annually.
They will also be distinguishing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/lotus-celebration-fetes-asian-culture/</link>
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		<title>Asian American business body gives out biyearly awards</title>
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&#8220;Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business&#8221; was the title of the award given to 50 business men who has an excellent business programs in the nation. 
This award is entitled to those business men who have successfully built a business, a good vision and an exceptional leadership.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/asian-american-business-body-gives-out-biyearly-awards/</link>
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		<title>Is having an Asian Fetish the same thing as having a &#8220;type&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago, I was sitting with my girl friends in the library attempting to study.  Needless to say, that study session ended up in a girly heart-to-heart chatter.  During this time though, I got into a slight argument with all my friends about The Asian Fetish.
I told them that it was my number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/is-having-an-asian-fetish-the-same-thing-as-having-a-type/</link>
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		<title>Kings Bay Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month</title>
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Camden County High School students
perform the Carinosa, the national dance of
the Philippines, during the Asian Pacific
Heritage Month Celebration.





 
The event featured a wide assortment of
food tasting from Chinese, Japanese,of
Filipino, and Vietnamese kitchens catered
by local Asian restaurants.






During his speech, Capt. Robert Susbilla
asked everyone to closely examine the
Great Seal of the United States found on
any dollar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/kings-bay-celebrates-asian-pacific-heritage-month/</link>
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		<title>Last Night&#8217;s TV: Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World, BBC4 Imagine&#8230;Doris Lessing – The Hostess And The Alien, BBC1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Already acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Record; the biggest Chinese Restaurant in the world, which is called West Lake Restaurant located at Hunanese town in Changsha. 
It is composed of 300 cooks, small mass of waiter and waitresses and identified by their separate uniforms. And they also have their signature food which is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/last-nights-tv-storyville-the-biggest-chinese-restaurant-in-the-world-bbc4-imaginedoris-lessing-%e2%80%93-the-hostess-and-the-alien-bbc1/</link>
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		<title>Pinoys Among US Naval Academy Class of 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduates of Annapolis are assigned to be in the Navy or Marines. Among them are many Filipino-American who graduated in the U.S.A.
Master Chief Bernard Quibilan of Cebu is one of the Filipino-American who is honored during the graduation ceremony. He became the highest ranking officer of the Navy before he retired just early this year.
See [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/pinoys-among-us-naval-academy-class-of-2008/</link>
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		<title>Yao plays down Olympic chances</title>
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Yao is still vigilant on his chances for playing for the Olympics, because of his foot surgery, but he is trying to pursue the training, because he had started running just last week.
What is important to Yao Ming still is the safety of the people on the upcoming event, subsequent to the tragedy that happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/yao-plays-down-olympic-chances/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Plastic Surgeon Number One in Central Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American plastic surgeon Dr. Hugh Vu of Central Valley was voted the number one plastic surgeon in their place.
He specializes into reconstructive surgery. He intends to have a medical mission in Asia specifically in the Philippines and Vietnam, sponsored by Rotoplast. “There are a lot of people trying to get in it because it’s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/asian-american-plastic-surgeon-number-one-in-central-valley/</link>
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		<title>Library hosts South Asian Film Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American Theater Project is showing their short films at Middletown Main Library.


Screenings on June 2, 6-8:45 p.m. :
 &#8220;Little Terrorist&#8221; (narrative short)
    India
   15 minutes, Language: Hindi
 
&#8220;Whose Children Are These&#8221; (documentary feature)
   U.S.A
   27 minutes, Language: English

&#8220;Naamkoro/Naming Ceremony&#8221; (narrative short)
    India
  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/library-hosts-south-asian-film-festival/</link>
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		<title>How to: Be an attractive Asian male</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fact: Asian women are highly sexualized (a mixed blessing) and generally are very much aware of their powers of attraction
Problem: Asian men are not nearly as sexualized and are often emasculated.  This makes dating, which is an already daunting task, even more difficult for Asian men who may become overwhelmed and hindered by this gender [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/how-to-be-an-attractive-asian-male/</link>
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		<title>THEATER REVIEW: The directorial debut of writer David Mura offers incisive wit and grim paranoia</title>
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 WHAT: Q &#038; A

  WHO: By Juliana Hu Pegues. Directed by David Mura.
 
  When: 2 p.m. today and next Sunday,
   8 p.m Thursdays through Saturdays.
   Ends June 8. 

   Where: Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S. 4th St., Mpls.

   Tickets: $16-$18. 612-338-6131



Juliana Hu Pegues [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/theater-review-the-directorial-debut-of-writer-david-mura-offers-incisive-wit-and-grim-paranoia/</link>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month: Bronx&#8217;s Bangladeshi Community Proudly Grows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangladeshis has the largest Asian-born American, according to the survey the 5,600 Bangladeshi lives in Bronx and it went up at 1,600 in year 2000.
One man said that, the reason Bangladesh people are living in Bronx is that they are comfortable with the place, because rents are cheaper, hospitals are nearer as well as condominiums [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/asian-heritage-month-bronxs-bangladeshi-community-proudly-grows/</link>
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		<title>Local Veteran Shares Story on Memorial Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[





Ken Ugaki, a Japanese-American kept in mind his experiences during Pearl Harbor. He talked about his loss of freedom during that time, but that didn’t hinder him from combating freedom for other people.
A part of his interview was: &#8220;do you consider yourself an American?&#8221;
&#8220;yes.&#8221;
&#8220;A proud American?&#8221;
&#8220;A PROUD AMERICAN!&#8221; 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/local-veteran-shares-story-on-memorial-day/</link>
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		<title>Yao shaken by China&#8217;s earthquake tragedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[





Yao Ming is very worried and sad about what happened to the people in Sichuan, China when the earthquake occurred.
He wakes up every morning going straight away to his computer to check on updates for about the tragedy. He was at the press conference in promotion with Coca-Cola when he told that story. He already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/yao-shaken-by-chinas-earthquake-tragedy/</link>
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		<title>Bruce Lee musical slated for Broadway</title>
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David Henry Hwang and Bartlett Sher will make Bruce lee alive again in the form of a musical in the Broadway.
The musical production will be entitled “Bruce lee: Journey to the West”. The musical will be about Chinese culture and Chinese pop, and the plot will intertwine Bruce Lee’s rise to fame. It will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/bruce-lee-musical-slated-for-broadway/</link>
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		<title>Dating: the company we keep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no argument that Asian Americans and Asian (immigrants) are separate groups of people; indeed, both groups face different daily struggles in their attempts to exist/coexist with American (mainstream) culture.  A question I now pose is this: Do you think that being born in America or being born in Asia impacts one&#8217;s future choices in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/dating-the-company-we-keep/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: The Fighting 44s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Tony Lam
Director
The Fighting 44s : Uniting the Asian Conscience


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/26/podcast-episode-the-fighting-44s/</link>
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		<title>Verizon Wireless Celebrates Diversity Best Practices during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless is proud to inform that they employed 69,000 people for their company including Asian-Americans. 
That is the purpose of celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month to honor the hard work of Asian- Americans.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/verizon-wireless-celebrates-diversity-best-practices-during-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/</link>
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		<title>Gay and Lesbian Asian-Americans Struggle to Find Acceptance in Conservative Congregations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American gay and lesbians are begging for acceptance from their local and tradition church. “It’s important to recognize that there are Asian-American churches that are affirming of queer people,” Tai said.
Those who are open-minded, stereotype Asian-Americans that are closed to this issue are just denying themselves and, yet they are not true.
Read the original article…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/gay-and-lesbian-asian-americans-struggle-to-find-acceptance-in-conservative-congregations/</link>
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		<title>The Asian-American Minority Swing Vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American has voted for Hillary Clinton in big percentage. There is a group called 80-20 Initiative that has been supporting Clinton on Super Tuesday. It is called 80-20, because their objective or goal is to put all their votes and money to the candidate that they have endorsed.
Groups like these try to oppose any oppose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/the-asian-american-minority-swing-vote/</link>
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		<title>Yao Ming set for return to training in June</title>
		<description><![CDATA[





Yao Ming will head to China on June for a month of training in preparation for the Olympics 2008 that will be in August. He just recovered from his foot surgery and can now run for about three quarters of his full power.
Yao will be the hopes of team China in the basketball category this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/yao-ming-set-for-return-to-training-in-june/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Free Food for Millionares&#8217; Hit Bookstands</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/free-food-for-millionares-hit-bookstands/</link>
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		<title>Michael Joo Returns with New Exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

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&#8220;Relationalized&#8221; by Michael Joo is on display at the PKM Gallery in Seoul.



Korean art is back again in New York’s lime light. Michael Joo a Korean-American artist is again making his masterpieces. &#8220;There is still a search for identity in terms of race. But the exploration includes identity of certain mediums, like sculptures and paintings. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/michael-joo-returns-with-new-exhibit/</link>
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		<title>Local Chinese Americans raise $5,725 for quake victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese-Americans have collected $5,725 for the victims of the China earthquake. This amount of money will be sent to Sichuan Red Cross Society. 
The donation will be used for the victims’ daily, such as food, clothing, water and temporary shelter like tents.
Read more of this article…

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/local-chinese-americans-raise-5725-for-quake-victims/</link>
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		<title>Filipino-American Assoc. reaches out with community events in C.C.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


The Filipino-American Association of Charles City
hosted a basketball and potluck party Saturday at
Sportsmen’s Park to kick off a new age 14-and-up
basketball league it is sponsoring. The league, as
well as other activities being planned, are intended to
help everyone in the community —?regardless of
ethnic background — interact in fun and fellowship.





WHAT: “Play Ball”

WHO: Filipino-American Association

WHEN: every SATURDAY [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/filipino-american-assoc-reaches-out-with-community-events-in-cc/</link>
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		<title>Filipino-American ordained at St. Patrick’s Cathedral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


Fr. Perez gives his first blessing after ordination



Father Ronald P. Perez a Filipino-American from Batangas, Philippines is the oldest candidate that was ordained by Archbishop Edward Cardinal Egan of New York last May 10, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. He was a former paralegal at Midtown law firm.
His decision of becoming a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/filipino-american-ordained-at-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-cathedral/</link>
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		<title>Event Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian Heritage Month in Calgary has some events in order to enjoy the wealthy background of Asia.


Bus Tour
May 25 at 1 p.m
W.R. Castell Public Library, 616 Macleod Trail S.E.
tickets online at www.asianheritagecalgary.ca

Asian Night Market and Festival
Friday, May 30 at 2 p.m. - 11 p.m
Olympic Plaza
Free admission
For more information, please call 264-2778
E-mail info@asianheritagecalgary.ca or visit
www.asianheritagecalgary.ca

Breaking the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/event-highlights/</link>
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		<title>Liu and Yassky Push the Idea of Biking to Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[





John Liu and David Yaasky lead the National Bike to Work Day. This is for the purpose of the cars to be responsive of the bike lanes in opening their doors.
John Liu also helped facilitate in passing a bill about an automatic $50 charge for those who ride their bikes on the sidewalk.
Continue reading the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/liu-and-yassky-push-the-idea-of-biking-to-work/</link>
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		<title>SPI Named in Nation’s “50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses” by USPAACC-EF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC-EF) named the company Software Paradigm International (SPI) 	as one of the 50 fastest growing Asian American business in the nation. The declaration will be held during 23rd CelebrAsian Annual National Business Opportunity ’08 at the White House.
SPI is from North America. Their line of business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/spi-named-in-nation%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9c50-fastest-growing-asian-american-businesses%e2%80%9d-by-uspaacc-ef/</link>
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		<title>Asian girls are focus of retreat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

WHAT
“Where’s My-Space?”
Teen Retreat

WHO
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, St. Cloud Chapter for

WHEN
May 24-25, 2008, Saturday and Sunday 

WHERE
Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center,
Alexandria 



The retreat is for Asian American teen girls that are willing to learn more about careers, positive visions and identity issues, for them to have a greater future. The event is also a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-girls-are-focus-of-retreat/</link>
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		<title>U.S to Improve Chinese Relations and Prompt Further Investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Guttierez has sent a letter to American Chamber of Commerce in China telling them to appeal fo a greater investment in the United States. &#8220;Please come to the U.S. You will find no better market in the world in which to build a business, create wealth and create opportunities” was part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/us-to-improve-chinese-relations-and-prompt-further-investment/</link>
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		<title>Introducing CACS’s First Historical Book Canton Footprints: Sacramento’s Chinese Legacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
  
WHAT
Author Lecture, Book Signing and Dinner
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/introducing-cacs%e2%80%99s-first-historical-book-canton-footprints-sacramento%e2%80%99s-chinese-legacy/</link>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month: One-Fifth of Asian Americans Deal with Lack of Healthcare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People think that Asian-Americans have health insurance, because they believe that Asians can easily afford it, but they are the ones who lack health insurance compared to others.
The figure states that there are about 200,000 New Yorkers who can’t afford health insurance for their family and for themselves. Problem about not having health insurances actually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-heritage-month-one-fifth-of-asian-americans-deal-with-lack-of-healthcare/</link>
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		<title>Yao Ming concerns about quake-hit Sichuan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Yao Ming learned about the incident from a message through a cell phone, he then didn’t take his ear out for latest news updates on the web and television.
He became more sorrowful when he had received information that the number of deaths became higher. He donated millions of dollars and still wants to do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/yao-ming-concerns-about-quake-hit-sichuan/</link>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month: &#8220;Mayor of Mosel Avenue&#8221; Helps Chinese Neighbors Stay Safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

       



Staten Island’s Mosel Avenue Mayor George Lee is in the action. He has been helping his people from some situations that make them afraid. 
Chinese Americans are bothered by what is happening in their neighborhood, especially under Staten Island’s Expressway Overpass. There have been crimes like hitting and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-heritage-month-mayor-of-mosel-avenue-helps-chinese-neighbors-stay-safe/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American fest June 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tulsa City-County Library will be hosting the 6th Annual Asian-American Festival. It will be held on June 7, 2008 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
The celebration consists of performances like Dragon Dance, martial arts, and Asian regulations the whole day. There are also some authentic arts and crafts and food indulgence which will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/asian-american-fest-june-7/</link>
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		<title>$4.9 Billion Generated by 50 Asian American Businesses in 2007, USPAACC-EF Reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USPACC EF (US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation) has reported $4.9 billion dollars of sales that were produced by 50 Asian American Businesses in 2007.
&#8220;The continued robust growth of Asian American-owned businesses &#8212; even during tough economic times &#8212; is testament to the enduring quality of Asian Americans who, through innovation, hard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/49-billion-generated-by-50-asian-american-businesses-in-2007-uspaacc-ef-reports/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Americans in Washington donate nearly $300,000 to quake-hit homeland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese-Americans have donated almost $300,000 for the survivors of the destructive earthquake in China as of May 18.
The Chinese Embassy to the United States has been busy since the tragedy. They build up an emergency management system and a 24-hour hotline for those who would call for donations.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/chinese-americans-in-washington-donate-nearly-300000-to-quake-hit-homeland/</link>
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		<title>Chinese-American Librarians Appeal for Earthquake Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Min Liu, assistant director of the Long Island Library Resources Council had sent a group email to fellow librarians about supporting the victim of the earthquake that happened in China just recently. 
Liu just emailed this statement &#8220;The most touching scenery goes beyond all the bloody pain, the tears and crying of babies, parents, brothers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/chinese-american-librarians-appeal-for-earthquake-aid/</link>
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		<title>STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY: STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

           






         






         




For 63 years the Filipino veterans were denied by their rights. After 63 years the U.S. Senate finally passed a bill about this. The Filipinos were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/struggle-for-justice-and-equity-struggle-against-racism/</link>
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		<title>MISSION-CRITICAL: Filipino Veterans Equity Bill - Contact your Representatives THIS MORNING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends:
This is an appeal on behalf of our surviving Filipino WWII veterans. Out of the more than 400,000 listed after WWII, only about 20,000 remain. Time is of the essence as they are in their mid-80s and their numbers are dwindling. In a few years they will all be gone. For the first time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/mission-critical-filipino-veterans-equity-bill-contact-your-representatives-this-morning/</link>
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		<title>Michelle Maykin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Maykin was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in February 2007.  Right now, she&#8217;s down to the last few weeks and needs to find a bone marrow match by JUNE 21.  She is of Chinese/Vietnamese descent and it is more likely she&#8217;ll find a match within the same ethnic/racial group.
Right now, there is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/michelle-maykin/</link>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s Wing Luke Museum takes flight once more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Right: Workers install glass in front of a 1900s theater scrim in the museum.
The Wing Luke Asian Museum of Seattle reopens to fanfare on May 31, having been relocated to an early 20th-century building that once offered rooms, meals and social support to Chinese immigrants.
According to the Seattle P-I, the museum&#8217;s new &#8220;Historic Immersion Tours&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/seattles-wing-luke-museum-takes-flight-once-more/</link>
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		<title>Yao&#8217;s &#8217;stingy&#8217; China quake donation sparks debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

     
     
     Yao Ming



Yao Ming was criticized by the media one day ago for the amount of donations he was able to give to the victims of the quake in China.
He was said to be a thrifty person, in spite of how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/yaos-stingy-china-quake-donation-sparks-debate/</link>
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		<title>Chinese American entertainers stage benefit performance for China&#8217;s quake victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 200 entertainers performed at the Flushing Mall, Flushing New York City for the assistance of those victims of the May 12 China tragedy. The group includes martial arts practitioners, musicians, singers and many more.
The performance has been successfully done in three days and the feedback has been an amazing expression from the Chinese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/chinese-american-entertainers-stage-benefit-performance-for-chinas-quake-victims/</link>
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		<title>Interned Coeur d&#8217;Alene man gets UW degree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An 86-year old Japanese-American name Norman Sato was one of those requested to receive an honorary degree last Sunday at the University of Washington. 
Sato was one of those who are compelled by the Japanese fighters who attacked Pearl Harbor to be transferred in an internment camp. He was then a sophomore when he moved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/interned-coeur-dalene-man-gets-uw-degree/</link>
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		<title>Sponsor Spotlight: Yao Ming Appearance for Sponsor in Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

     
     
     Reebok&#8217;s &#8220;Fuel Yao&#8217;s
     Unlimited Power&#8221;
     campaign, launched in 
     2007, is its biggest 
     China marketing effort. 



Reebok has cancelled major plans for Yao [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/sponsor-spotlight-yao-ming-appearance-for-sponsor-in-question/</link>
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		<title>Report: Ethnic Pride Has Mixed Impact on Asian Americans  Ability To Deal With Discrimination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strong attachment to their ethnicity can lessen the negative effects of racism to some Asian-Americans brought out by the American Physiological Association.
18-75 years old Asian-American adults have been tested about any negative reactions they may have for the past 30 days, and they were also asked about their insights on racism and cultural unfairness…
Read more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/report-ethnic-pride-has-mixed-impact-on-asian-americans-ability-to-deal-with-discrimination/</link>
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		<title>Korean-American Killings Shake Communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a chain of killings of Korean-Americans in New York and New Jersey. In Tenafly, New Jersey, there are many Korean-Americans lived there, and a man in his 70’s, a woman in his 50’s and a young man in his 20’s were found dead in a house last Friday afternoon. The police do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/korean-american-killings-shake-communities/</link>
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		<title>Sorrowful Yao Ming appeals for quake relief aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

    
     Yao Ming and Chinese Olympians
     boost quake relief fund



Yao ming was very sorrowful about the earthquake that happened to China just recently. He and the other athletes are helping to give assistance for the victims.
His team Houston Rockets has already given two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/sorrowful-yao-ming-appeals-for-quake-relief-aid/</link>
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		<title>Liu: Reform Mayor&#8217;s Slush, Too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Councilman of Queens, John Liu said at an interview &#8220;&#8230;As we have all seen this week with the revelation of millions and millions of dollars of mayor&#8217;s discretionary funds, the truth becomes - the truth becomes clearer,&#8221;
This is with regards to Mayor Bloomberg’s unrestricted funds which has been bothering the government. They had planned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/liu-reform-mayors-slush-too/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s like dancing without the stars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you think you can only see break dancing during half times of the NBA or a history from the 80’s? That’s not true! Because this time Planet B-Boy can do it.
Benson Lee the author of Planet B-boy will be celebrating the city display of continual rhythm and amazing athletics. During the competition, Planet B-boy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/its-like-dancing-without-the-stars/</link>
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		<title>Minister remarks on Asian Heritage Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The responsible in releasing the concerns related to Asian Heritage Month is Greg Byrne(Minister, Population Growth Secretariat. The concern is the significance of Asian Heritage Month preferably the importance of Asian community to New Brunswick. 
In celebration of the Asian Heritage Month, it will be very useful in showcasing News Brunswick
As a friendly province that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/minister-remarks-on-asian-heritage-month/</link>
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		<title>Marc Katano, Eurhythmic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The fundamental basis of my work is the act of inscription itself.” This was Marc Katano’s description about his art. Marc Katano is a Japanese-American who works for Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts for 15 years. His vision of his art is making use of very simple movement of the hand and arms. His arts are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/marc-katano-eurhythmic/</link>
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		<title>Chinese American Students and the Communication Gap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese-American students are experiencing communication gaps when they go to school, especially those school that are for Americans or others, because they are having a hard time learning the language. Chinese-American students are academically intelligent are incompetent when it comes to their communication efficiency and it really affects his/her overall improvement. This situation is not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/chinese-american-students-and-the-communication-gap/</link>
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		<title>Wal-Mart cited for employment of Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wal-mart was documented to have employed 39,000 Asian-Americans and 5,000 Pacific Islanders. It is one of the Fortune 500 companies and it was published by the Asian Magazine the largest publication for Asian-American small businesses.

Read more…

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/wal-mart-cited-for-employment-of-asian-americans-pacific-islanders/</link>
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		<title>Web Exclusive: 5 Questions with John Liu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York’s finest and the only Asian American member of the city council is John Liu. He is the envoy of one of the largest neighborhood in New York City which is Flushing, Queens. And he has been very forthright in his admonition about racial-related crimes and physical attack in opposition with Asian Americans.
Q: You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/web-exclusive-5-questions-with-john-liu/</link>
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		<title>Japanese-American students get UW degrees decades after internment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
      
        Months after Japan attacked Pearl
        Harbor, 440 Japanese American 
        students had to leave the university 
        because their families [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/japanese-american-students-get-uw-degrees-decades-after-internment/</link>
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		<title>Beach volley: Ilustre-Pascua gains main draw</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heidi Ilustre and Diane Pascua both Filipino Americans are the Philippine Pair are into beach volleyball gaining points to be able to make it to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. These two have joined a lot of competition, and fortunately won those trophies and awards. The pair has already won at bronze medalist for the 2006 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/beach-volley-ilustre-pascua-gains-main-draw/</link>
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		<title>HEALTH AND FITNESS: Expo to offer screenings</title>
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        Philippine American Community Center of Michigan
        17356 Northland Park Court in Southfield. 
        May 17, 2008  From 9:00 am – 1:00 pm 
        Call 248-443-7037 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/health-and-fitness-expo-to-offer-screenings/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American communities especially hurt by tobacco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Study says that Asian Americans are more susceptible to illnesses caused by smoking, because they are the ones who smoke like chimneys, they are cigarette sticks more than they have to a day. 
Smoking puts everyone’s life at risk, because of the chemical that is in the cigarette itself comes out in the form of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/asian-american-communities-especially-hurt-by-tobacco/</link>
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		<title>Is Margaret Cho trying to redeem herself?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe Margaret Cho really does care about the Asian-American community. In her blog post, White-out vs Yellowface, Cho discusses why she will be boycotting the movie 21
Perhaps she&#8217;s trying to redeem herself for this.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/is-margaret-cho-trying-to-redeem-herself/</link>
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		<title>Ketchum man recalls his early years as an American captive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rod Tatsuno, a Japanese American man who lives in Ketchum, was interviewed on to his past experiences. At only one month old he and his parents were moved to imprisonment camp and then later on were released after two years.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not on my consciousness all the time, but it is back there in my subconscious,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/ketchum-man-recalls-his-early-years-as-an-american-captive/</link>
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		<title>Yao Ming comments on China earthquake disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“It is very hard putting into words how difficult it is to see this kind of destruction in Sichuan.  I am very saddened to hear of the large loss of life that has occurred…
“On behalf of the Houston Rockets, I want to offer my deepest sympathies to all who have been affected by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yao-ming-comments-on-china-earthquake-disaster/</link>
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		<title>What Happens to Asian American Identity When the &#8216;Home Country&#8217; is Criticized?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think the times are different because people feel more comfortable with their own identities and make a distinction between being Asian and being Asian American, said a senior art history major and Chinese minor At UC Berkeley .
Asian Americans do sometimes think that if their home country is being disparaged, they ought to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/what-happens-to-asian-american-identity-when-the-home-country-is-criticized/</link>
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		<title>Chinese-Americans open wallets for quake relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

        
         
          
        Margaret Tan, left, receives 
        contributions to a disaster relief, 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/chinese-americans-open-wallets-for-quake-relief/</link>
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		<title>God and a Few Close Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian groups are growing faster than the multi-racial groups. Rebecca Kim an associate professor at Pepperdine University has conducted a research about christian groups inside the campus of UCLA her results were two Korean American groups, one Asian American, one multi-racial group and one majority Caucasian group. Contented or comfortable was the main reason why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/god-and-a-few-close-friends/</link>
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		<title>Yao&#8217;s main concern is to stay on court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hopefully this time in our homeland we can give our people a surprise and for ourselves too.&#8221; This was Yao’s statement when he was interviewed by the press people of Beijing and New York. Yao ming wants to make it at least to the top eight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. There are no frail [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yaos-main-concern-is-to-stay-on-court/</link>
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		<title>Activist Training (Presented by APA&#8217;s for Progress)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my personal favorite organizations, APA&#8217;s for Progress, is hosting an activist training workshop. I really love what these guys stand for and what they do for us. The organizers of this workshop are also heavily involved in the production of Vincent Who?, a documentary about the historic case of Vincent Chin. The workshop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/activist-training-presented-by-apas-for-progress/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Tony Lam, Director, Vincent Who?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Tony Lam
Director
Vincent Who? : A documentary about the historic case of Vincent Chin and its impact on our community.


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/podcast-episode-tony-lam-director-vincent-who/</link>
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		<title>New York Times Bestselling Author, Marisa de los Santos, to Speak in Historic Filipinotown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

  Book Launch in Historic Filipinotown
  Friday, May 30 at 7:00pm
  Remy&#8217;s on Temple 
  2126 W. Temple St., Los Angeles
Author:
Marisa de los Santos
Contact Information:
   Filipino American Library (FAL)
   135 N. Park View St., Historic Filipinotown, Los
  Angeles, CA 90026-5215
  Contact Person:
  Jonathan Lorenzo
 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/new-york-times-bestselling-author-marisa-de-los-santos-to-speak-in-historic-filipinotown/</link>
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		<title>Pinoy envoy opens Asian Heritage Month celebrations in Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian Heritage Month is celebrating the role of Asians in Canada which was held at Parliament Hill. The underline of the celebration was about multiculturalism and the significance of Asian-Canadian’s contributions to Canada.

See the original article…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/pinoy-envoy-opens-asian-heritage-month-celebrations-in-canada/</link>
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		<title>Yao donates 500,000 yuan to earthquake victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yao Ming, a star player of Houston Rockets in the NBA, and one of china’s well-known athletes donated a $71,428 or 500.000 yuan for the victim of the earthquake who has killed more to 10,000 people. 
The Red Cross Society also opened bank accounts for the donations or help they might receive for the victims [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/yao-donates-500000-yuan-to-earthquake-victims/</link>
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		<title>Chinese-Americans Gather Resources for Quake Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emissaries from Chinese-American organizations have assembled together to help those who were affected by China’s tragedy last Monday. They facilitated the aid for those victims of the quake; the help comes from organizations and some businessmen. 
&#8220;The fastest and most efficient way to help is financial assistance, because money travels very fast and can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/chinese-americans-gather-resources-for-quake-relief/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Ams in Virginia flexing political, economic power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

      
        Officers and members of the Cebuano-Speaking
        Association of Tidewater (CSAT) put up one of their
        cultural extravaganzas, complete with period
        [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/fil-ams-in-virginia-flexing-political-economic-power/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American center in the works at Cornell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plans are already on their way for the Asian-American Center for a large ethnic group at Cornell University. The committee, the staff and other people form the university had been gathering for the things to do for the preparation in building the center. This would be a meeting place or some sort of an assembly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/asian-american-center-in-the-works-at-cornell/</link>
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		<title>Red Bood of the Dragon&#8217;s Psyche (flyer)</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/red-bood-of-the-dragons-psyche-flyer/</link>
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		<title>Art Exhibit: Red Blood of the Dragon&#8217;s Psyche</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Salomon Arts
83 Leonard St, 4th Fl
New York, NY 10013
TEL 212.966.1997
www.salomonarts.com
RED BLOOD OF THE DRAGON’S PSYCHE
June 5 to Aug 5 2008
[artists]
Chen Nong, Zhang Han, Fu Yue Hui, Zhao Bo, Zhang Yu Ying  
[curator]
Zhang Jie-Song
There is a substance more vital to our humanity than that which flows through our arteries, capillaries, and veins – it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/art-exhibit-red-blood-of-the-dragons-psyche/</link>
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		<title>China Quake Death Toll Rises to 8,500</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, state media reported. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was among the worst to strike China in decades&#8230;
China&#8217;s deadliest earthquake in modern history struck the northeastern city of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/china-quake-death-toll-rises-to-8500/</link>
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		<title>FILIPINO AMERICAN LIBRARY OUTREACHES TO FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filipino-American Library caters provides Filipino books for the people of Greater Los Angeles to read on. This library is the first and the largest one in the country and it has 6,000 titles. Its operation is to introduce more of the Filipino culture and some of the Filipino Americans through their books and leadership development [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/filipino-american-library-outreaches-to-families-of-southern-los-angeles-county/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating Asian culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are activities that are held in Frederiction this month and for the next, throughout Asian Heritage Month every May, the Asian Heritage Society of New Brunswick is celebrating this. Madhu Verma says it is important to recognize the rich culture and history of Asia and the significant contributions Asians have made to help build [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/celebrating-asian-culture/</link>
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		<title>AsianWeek the Nation&#8217;s Largest Asian American Weekly Announces New Director of Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian Week publicizes its new director of advertising and associate publisher, Nikki Nguyen Cranor. She’s an Aisian –American specifically a Vietnamese-American who symbolizes the growing number of Asian-Americans as professionals who has local, national and international wellbeing. She was also the former editor-in-chief of the International Examiner, an Asian American journal, and development director of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/asianweek-the-nations-largest-asian-american-weekly-announces-new-director-of-advertising/</link>
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		<title>Voters’ Rights, Conducting Voter Registration, and Election Rules for Nonprofits and 501(c) 3s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free legal trainings for Asian-American community-based organizations are given by AALDEF. These are given for the preparation of summer voter registration drive and the Fall Presidential Elections.
See the original article…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/voters%e2%80%99-rights-conducting-voter-registration-and-election-rules-for-nonprofits-and-501c-3s/</link>
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		<title>University of Washington awards honorary degrees May 18 to Japanese American students incarcerated during World War II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 18, the University of Washington will be honoring those Japanese-American students who were obligated to depart on their studies on 1942 during their imprisonment. The ceremony will be entitled “The Long Journey Home: Honoring UW Nikkei Students from 1941-42.” 
They are doing this for the students to learn that this should never happen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/university-of-washington-awards-honorary-degrees-may-18-to-japanese-american-students-incarcerated-during-world-war-ii/</link>
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		<title>Pax Americana-Koreana?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea wants to expand the relationship between South Korea and the United States. He is the previous mayor of Seoul and he was also the CEO of Hyundai’s Engineering and Construction Department. He was also called MD or bulldozer for his aggressive CEO style.
Myung-bak wants to the Korean-American relations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/pax-americana-koreana/</link>
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		<title>The Asian American Writers’ Workshop Announces New Executive Director</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken chen is the new Executive director of Asian American literature. The new executive director is suitable to lead The Asian American Writers’ Workshop. “I am honored and humbled to be a part of The Asian American Writers’ Workshop because of the organization’s strong commitment to diversity and excellence in literature,” said Chen. “
He graduated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/the-asian-american-writers%e2%80%99-workshop-announces-new-executive-director/</link>
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		<title>Some Asian Americans Choose Sons After Birth of Daughters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new analysis of the Census shows that U.S. born children with Asian parents increases the chances of having a baby boy if they already have a girl or two.
The findings &#8216;&#8217;suggest that in a sub-population with a traditional son preference, the technologies are being used to generate male births when preceding births are female, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/some-asian-americans-choose-sons-after-birth-of-daughters/</link>
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		<title>Empower a Village Founder Wins ASPIRE’s Top Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The founder and executive director of Empower A Village Mihiri Tillakaratne, has been awarded as “Outstanding Woman of the Year” at ASPIRE’s Asian American Women in Leadership Conference at Harvard University. Her parents are Sri Lankan and they are also on the advisory board of Empower a Village. 
Their organization is also into breast cancer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/empower-a-village-founder-wins-aspire%e2%80%99s-top-award/</link>
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		<title>Recovering Yao wants top-eight finish in Beijing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hopefully they treat the hosts better,&#8221; Yao joked Thursday. He is referring to the referees that would treat him the easier way this time, when China and U.S. are going to be together in one event. He wants big probabilities for his team to be on top eight at this year’s Olympics. 
Although he took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/recovering-yao-wants-top-eight-finish-in-beijing/</link>
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		<title>Court approves extradition of Korean-American murder suspect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Korean-American was arrested 10 years after Washington requested Seoul to hand him over. This Korean-American killed a former policeman at his own house and committed burglary as well, last 1996 and was released on bail after a year.
When the time came that he was arrested he even suspected the U.S. judiciary that if they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/court-approves-extradition-of-korean-american-murder-suspect/</link>
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		<title>The Fil-Am general’s mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brig. General Oscar Hilman US Army Commander of the Brigade Combat Team was considered a hero for the Filipino contract workers in the United States. It is because he protected the Filipinos from the Iraqi troops, the Iraqi once threatened a Filipino truck driver to behead him. That situation alarmed the President of the Philippines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/the-fil-am-general%e2%80%99s-mission/</link>
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		<title>Asian-Americans and affirmative action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting editorial on affirmative action. From the editorial:

The primary reason why Asian Americans are not considered active players in the affirmative action arena is because most Americans have accepted the idea of the &#8220;model minority myth.&#8221; The model minority myth has created a stereotype of Asian Americans as one monolithic ethnic group that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/1464/</link>
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		<title>Racial bias has different mental health effects on Asians: Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article talks about the &#8220;scarce&#8221; data on the psychological ramifications of Anti-Asian racism. Well duh. In any case, I&#8217;d like to give major props to Dr. Tiffany Yip of Fordham University, Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, of the University of California Los Angeles, and David T. Takeuchi, PhD, of the University of Washington, for attempting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/racial-bias-has-different-mental-health-effects-on-asians-study/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Justice Center - new website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The good people over at the Asian American Justice center have just revamped their website. Here&#8217;s a blurb from their mission statement:

The Asian American Justice Center is one of the nation&#8217;s leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community including: affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, immigration, language access, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/asian-american-justice-center-new-website/</link>
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		<title>Korean-Americans Try to Calm Mad Cow Fears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean-American organizations in Los Angeles, Washington and New York have received concerns about health alerts adjoining American beef in South Korea. There were information that a mad cow disease is spreading, but the organizations believed that these information were all overstated some anti-American people.
&#8220;There is no 100 percent safe food in the world. But American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/korean-americans-try-to-calm-mad-cow-fears/</link>
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		<title>Professor wants libraries to reflect cultural diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting take on the way media representations affect Asian Americans&#8217; daily lives. Basically, Dr. Chu views libraries as an extension of mainstream media, and by turning them around and allowing kids to see themselves (and people who look like them) in library materials, that they would feel less alienated. 

I want to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/professor-wants-libraries-to-reflect-cultural-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Global Advertising Strategies Ranked As One of the Top Asian American Marketing Firms in the Newly Released Ad Age Rankings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Asian-American firm ranked as one of the top marketing firms in the Ad Age Rankings. The reason for the rankings, it’s because they had an 80% growth in their market as of 2006-2007, specifically in Hispanic, African American and Asian markets. 
Givi Topchishvili (President and founder of Global Ad Strategies) states that: “sitting at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/global-advertising-strategies-ranked-as-one-of-the-top-asian-american-marketing-firms-in-the-newly-released-ad-age-rankings/</link>
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		<title>May spotlight on Asian heritage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


      DIVERSITY ON PARADE&#8230; Pupils of Cherrytree
      Public School celebrating Education Week with the
     explained the network&#8217;s internship program that
    theme: We Welcome the World. The children&#8217;s
    rendition of the popular Bollywood number Om
  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/may-spotlight-on-asian-heritage/</link>
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		<title>Korean-American CEO Invigorating Yahoo Korea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


        Yahoo Korea CEO Kim James Woo
    


Korean-American CEO Kim James Woo of Yahoo Korea. He grew up in Guam and has a bachelor’s degree in the University of Southern California in LA and an MBA from Harvard University. He is reviving their Yahoo website [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/korean-american-ceo-invigorating-yahoo-korea/</link>
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		<title>Asian American film festival opens with red-carpet gala</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American’s film festival Silk Screen is opening at the Harris Theater. They are describing it as “the most colorful and exotic party. There will be a night of different wears from all over Asia, as well as America. They will be serving exotic and one of a kind cuisine from Asia. Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/asian-american-film-festival-opens-with-red-carpet-gala/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Am Writer/Artist Randy Gener Debuts His Photography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Randy Gener a Filipino-American photographer celebrated his first exhibit at the LaMama La Galleria located in New York City. On show are 35 photographs of flowers from the countries in Asia, Europe and U.S.A. His theme is like a one world garden where he puts together different shots of flowers from all over the world. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/fil-am-writerartist-randy-gener-debuts-his-photography/</link>
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		<title>First statue of Korean in U.S. capital unveiled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bronze statue of a Korean-American who fought for Korean independence in early 20th century was revealed in Washington as a symbol of close union between the two countries.
The statue was Seo-jae-pil, also known as Dr. Philip Jaisohn. He was the first Korean to have U.S. citizenship; he also published the first Korean and English [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/first-statue-of-korean-in-us-capital-unveiled/</link>
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		<title>ABC reaches out to Fil-Ams but slur controversy rages on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


Fil-Ams, some coming all the way from New York
      and Pennsylvania, hear out ABC executives who
     explained the network&#8217;s internship program that
    could open more on-cam and behind-the-scenes
   opportunities in areas ranging from script writing to
   directing to financial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/abc-reaches-out-to-fil-ams-but-slur-controversy-rages-on/</link>
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		<title>Cynthia Park of Kang &#038; Lee Advertising Receives Advertising Women Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Changing the Game Award was given to Cynthia Park last April 30 in a Quantum Leap category. It is a kind of award that is given to women that have spurred in the way society views or thinks about something.
Park was the president of the top Asian-American multicultural consulting agency in North America, in that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/cynthia-park-of-kang-lee-advertising-receives-advertising-women-award/</link>
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		<title>Two honored as &#8216;local heroes&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean American Regina Clewlow who grew up in San Jose and received master’s degree in engineering at Cornell University. She is the founder of Engineers for a Sustainable World. This program is helping to heave knowledge about global sustainability, work in rising nations for a continuous access to water and to take their actions in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/two-honored-as-local-heroes/</link>
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		<title>Nordstrom Exhibit Celebrates Asian Pacific American Artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nordstrom is displaying works of art from nine American artists having Asian Pacific American inspired themes. Some of these artists are: MalPina Chan (Olympia, Wash.), Grace Chen (Oakland, Calif.), Jui Ishida (Long Beach, Calif.). 
The display will be showed off at the selected stores of Nordstrom and on their website the whole month of May.
Read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/nordstrom-exhibit-celebrates-asian-pacific-american-artists/</link>
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		<title>Teen prodigy Wie ready for LPGA comeback</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean-American Michellle Wie will be competing for the first time since she sprained her left wrist.  It will be held at LPGA Michelob Ultra Open.
Wie once quoted: &#8220;I expect myself to keep my head in it, not expect too much out of myself, just go out there and enjoy it, commit myself 100 percent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/teen-prodigy-wie-ready-for-lpga-comeback/</link>
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		<title>Yielding the Floor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OCA-NY is proud to co-host the screening of &#8220;Yielding the Floor,&#8221; a short film that documents the thoughts views and experiences of some of our most prominent Asian and Pacific Islander American leaders in Congress.  After more than a year of interviews conducted with six current and former members of Congress, the US Capitol [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/yielding-the-floor/</link>
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		<title>USAsian Wire: Annual Asian Heritage Awards a True Exercise in Diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annual Asian Heritage Awards a True Exercise in Diversity
May 06, 2008
SAN DIEGO—(U.S. ASIAN WIRE)— Fourteen different Asian ethnicities are represented in the Fifth Annual Asian Heritage Awards to take place Saturday, May 10, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego.
Categories include business enterprise, entrepreneurship, health/medicine, science/technology/research, cultural preservation, performing arts, art/philosophy/literature, legal affairs/government, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/usasian-wire-annual-asian-heritage-awards-a-true-exercise-in-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Korean-Americans Refute Danger of US Beef</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American beef are said to be in danger and has mad cow disease. Korean-Americans are alarmed by the news that maybe the kind of beef they eat has a certain disease that could cause them to be sick. &#8220;We hope our brothers and sisters in Korea will recognize a possible backlash from American consumers against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/korean-americans-refute-danger-of-us-beef/</link>
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		<title>Fujita exhibition, London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


  &#8216;Study of Wet (Couple)&#8217;, Gajin Fujita, 2007
    





Gajin fujita, a Japanese-American artist born in Los Angeles, CA has come up with a new art in the form of a wallpaper. The art itself is an inspiration of Samurai warriors, Geisha women, street graffiti and sex. It is made on paper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/fujita-exhibition-london/</link>
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		<title>2nd-generation Asian Americans embrace identity, enrich area</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


Soh Suzuki, 29, who is Japanese American, right, help
second-generation Hmong-American teens Paokia Yang
and Gao Vang strategize during a game last month. They
are part of the Detroit Asian Youth Project.
    





Al Itchon, 38, of Clinton Township and Steve Zeldes, 37, of
      Novi warm up before one of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/2nd-generation-asian-americans-embrace-identity-enrich-area/</link>
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		<title>The Government of Canada Launches Asian Heritage Month Activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our country was built by representatives of many cultural communities, and Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity to better understand Canada&#8217;s rich diversity by learning more about the achievements of the Asian-Canadian community,&#8221; said Secretary of State Kenney.
Hon. Jason Kenney invited Canadians to celebrate Asian Heritage Month. Canadian government has formally designated May as Asian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/the-government-of-canada-launches-asian-heritage-month-activities/</link>
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		<title>Filipino Night highlights culture, varies performances</title>
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Photo by Kristin Okinaka.
      Senior Natida Sribhibhadh performs with
      SAYAW, a traditional Filipino folk dance
      group, at Filipino Night 2008 last Sunday.
      The Filipino American Student 
      Association put on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/filipino-night-highlights-culture-varies-performances/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Shan Nair Named as 2008 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Shan Nair was awarded as one of the outstanding 50n Asian Americans in Business. Dr. Nair was a trained Ph.D nuclear physicist at Oxford University. Dr. nair alos has a background in high technology, software and accounting, and has also lived in 13 countries around the world as to becoming a multilingual person and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/dr-shan-nair-named-as-2008-outstanding-50-asian-americans-in-business/</link>
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		<title>FALLOUT CENTRAL Spotlight: Lee Fang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


      
      Name: Lee Fang
      Occupation: Student, U. of Maryland
      Place of Birth: Laurel, Maryland; U.S.A
      Hobbies: Reading
      Favorite Travel Destination: San Fancisco, CA
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/fallout-central-spotlight-lee-fang/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Am artist hold kut-kut workshops in Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino-American artist introduced kut-kut in Chicago. Kut-kut is a process of painting using layers of paint, drying, scraping and composing to produce a piece of art, which is composed of abstract lines, profound texture and a delusion of 3-D space.
This form of art came from Visayas Region particularly in Samar, which the Filipino American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/fil-am-artist-hold-kut-kut-workshops-in-chicago/</link>
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		<title>Sahais to be honored by state</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sahai Family awarding will be a part of the 2nd Annual Asian &#038; Pacific Islander Student Leadership summit. The summit will be focusing on diversity, political vigor, education and community contribution.
A poet, songwriter and author Ishle Yi Park will be the speaker of this event. She is awarded as the 2004 Poet Lureate from Queens. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/sahais-to-be-honored-by-state/</link>
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		<title>Is Anthony Kim the next great golfer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Compared to Tiger Woods, a 22-year old Korean-American named Anthony Kim was fated to be the next great golfer whether he wins or not for the Wachovia Championship. &#8220;I played with somebody who played extraordinarily good, almost Tiger-esque,&#8221; Jason Bohn said. When Kim misses a shot, he can recover exceedingly well.
He had recently finished a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/is-anthony-kim-the-next-great-golfer/</link>
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		<title>Planet B-Boy (Elephant Eye Films, Unrated)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Planet B-boy’s break dance artists were compiled by the German competitors to compete around the world. The documentary was an unoriginal one, because the program falls into a usual thing, the contestants are craving for the trophy and are bound to dance.
Planet B-Boy is filled with dancing and fans of breaking will enjoy the show, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/planet-b-boy-elephant-eye-films-unrated/</link>
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		<title>NORWOOD CLAIMS PBL SLAM DUNK CROWN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three perfect 50 scores, left-handed windmill jam, and two-handed slam off the backboard are the keys to having a slam dunk crown of 6 foot 5 Gabe Norwood. He was the new dunk king of the PBL at San Juan City last May 4, 2008.
Norwood arrived very early for the said event and left the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/norwood-claims-pbl-slam-dunk-crown/</link>
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		<title>Bainbridge survivors of Japanese internment are dying, and memorial not yet built</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Original members of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community was said to be dying…
Clarence Moriwaki, head of the committee on the proposal of building a memorial said: &#8220;Time is not our friend on this endeavor,&#8221;…
They are proposing for memorial at Eagle Harbor, for those Japanese Americans who died at the island. The said memorial will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/bainbridge-survivors-of-japanese-internment-are-dying-and-memorial-not-yet-built/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Regie Cabico, Co-Founder, The Sulu Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Regie Cabico
Co-Founder
The Sulu Series


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/04/podcast-episode-regie-cabico-co-founder-the-sulu-series/</link>
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		<title>Cultural Learning Links Series Concludes with Asian American Focus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 22 at MidAmerica Nazarene University&#8217;s Bell Cultural Events Center, there will be An Asian American panel discussion entitled “Celebrating Diversity and Honoring Unity.” The panel discussion will be talking about multiculturalism and sharing of stories and experiences.
The said event will be represented by Paulette Markel, Managing Partner, Imua Associates LLC.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/cultural-learning-links-series-concludes-with-asian-american-focus/</link>
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		<title>Questions About Reform In Midst Of Pol Scandal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a scandal happening at the office of the Council Speaker, the news said that millions of dollars from the taxpayer’s funds has been secretly concealed under some fake organizations.
After that, for all the investigation they are doing another and as the first situation was spread-out, another one came. Two council staff members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/questions-about-reform-in-midst-of-pol-scandal/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;U.S. Asian Wire Newsroom&#8221; </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: To: Subject: newsroom@usasianwire.com
For Immediate release
U.S. Asian Wire Exhibit at 7th Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo May
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, (U.S. ASIAN WIRE)-May 1, 2008 - U.S. Asian Wire will be exhibiting at the 7th Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo tomorrow at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event represents the largest and fastest growing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/us-asian-wire-newsroom/</link>
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		<title>“HOLLYWOOD CHINESE” HITS MANHATTAN MAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Fresh from its three-week extended San Francisco run and International film festival tour, including Toronto and a Best documentary win at Taipei’s Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese equivalent to the Oscars®, Hollywood Chinese is a “delightfully entertaining” (FilmFestival.com) look at the Chinese in American movies. Featuring a virtual who’s who of top Chinese and Chinese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/%e2%80%9chollywood-chinese%e2%80%9d-hits-manhattan-may/</link>
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		<title>OCA MONITORS NATIONAL DEBATE ON OLYMPICS IN CHINA FOR IMPACT ON ACE RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON DC — OCA, We restate that OCA does not take a position on the politics if any foreign country, but instead focuses on the welfare and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans. We also actively promote the need for thoughtful discussions and respectful language from all parties as we engage in this and other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/oca-monitors-national-debate-on-olympics-in-st1country-region-wstonchina-for-impact-on-ace-relations-in-the-united-states-op/</link>
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		<title>SENATOR GOLDEN TO HOST CELEBRATION OF ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State Senator Marty Golden (R-C, Brooklyn) today is announcing that he will
be hosting his 6th Annual Asian Pacific Heritage Festival at McKinley Park
on Sunday, May 4, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at McKinley Park,
located at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway, and is inviting the
community to join in this special event held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/senator-golden-to-host-celebration-of-asian-pacific-heritage-month/</link>
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		<title>CAPAC Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – Congressman Michael Honda (CA-15), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statement today in celebration of Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month, which takes place May of each year:
&#8220;Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a time for us to take pride in the diversity of our nation, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/capac-celebrates-30th-anniversary-of-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/</link>
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		<title>PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi to Chair Largest Asian American Business Opportunity Conference, CelebrAsian &#8216;08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Business Beyond Boundaries, Here &#038; Abroad,&#8221; is this year’s theme of the Largest Asian American Business Opportunity Conference CelebrAsian ’08 which is going to be held on May 27-29. There are a bundle of activities lined of on a three day conference, which includes workshops, informative meeting, networking sessions and many others that could help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/pepsico-chairman-and-ceo-indra-nooyi-to-chair-largest-asian-american-business-opportunity-conference-celebrasian-08/</link>
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		<title>New voices draw parallels in plight of illegal immigrants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SR march unites county Jewish, Asian communities with Latinos
A country-wide march whose aim is to bring awareness about the plight, causes and effects of Illegal immigration in the US happens today at downtown Santa Rosa.
The multi-racial march shows support for refugees and undocumented immigrants.
In opposition, there is a counter demonstration organized by the local chapter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/new-voices-draw-parallels-in-plight-of-illegal-immigrants/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American Designers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Building Dreams, Housing Futures&#8221;, this is the title of The Chinese American Service League&#8217;s (CASL) 19th Annual Corporate Dinner Benefit that will showcase the work of several talented Chicago fashion designers. This event reflects CASL’s way of helping Chicagoans approach new opportunities and have brighter future.
CASL, as a HUD-certified Housing Counseling Center, acts as the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/asian-american-designers/</link>
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		<title>Asian Americans top rising population</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to U.S. census date released today, May 1, Asian Americans population increased about 1.9% from 2006 to 2007 in Michigan. They outnumbered other ethnicities in the said state, making the Latinos second with the white and black Americans dropping their numbers. 
As reported by freep.com, the number of Asian Americans increased by 4,496 &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/asian-americans-top-rising-population/</link>
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		<title>South Korean consulate announces ‘sisterhood ties’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Association of Northern Virginia. This was established for, because of such place in Northern Virginia called “Korea Road” before named Korea, Va. 
Their activities are offering native foods and having free performances. In short, Koreans are very well pleased with the sisterhood ties…
“It is very special, not so common in any country to have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/south-korean-consulate-announces-%e2%80%98sisterhood-ties%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Am Spoelstra is new coach of Miami Heat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NBA’s Miami Heat Coach Pat Riley’s assistant now has his position. Filipino-American Erik Spoelstra is now the new coach of Miami Heat, after being the assistant for the past 13-years.
He was the one training young players like Dwyane Wade. His mother is a Filipino and his dad is a Dutchh-Irish.
Read more…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/fil-am-spoelstra-is-new-coach-of-miami-heat/</link>
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		<title>10-year old Fil-Am wins World Sport Stacking tilt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A record of 1.86 seconds for the Individual 3-3-3 Stack Division, this year’s champion is Filipino-American boy from Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He is also the champion for the Individual Stacking Division with the speed of 6.21 seconds.
Stacking is a sport where contestants stack up 12 cups in different order in a remarkable speed. 
See original article…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/10-year-old-fil-am-wins-world-sport-stacking-tilt/</link>
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		<title>Senators, CAPAC meet Asian American Pacific Islander Small Business leaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Small business owners in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities face unique challenges in accessing capital, government contracts and business counseling, particularly with language and cultural barriers,&#8221; as said by Rep. Mike Honda, Chair of CAPAC at indiapost.com…
The conversation was important, because it tackles the steps in evaluating the needs for the improvement and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/senators-capac-meet-asian-american-pacific-islander-small-business-leaders/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight on Asian Heritage events at PDSB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Grieve says in The Brampton News that: &#8220;Asian Heritage Month allows students to learn more about the rich culture and traditions of the Asian community, as well as the considerable contributions of Asian-Canadians,&#8221;…
Kindergarten to grade 12 students from Peel School Board will be celebrating Spotlight on Asian Heritage events with the help of multimedia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/spotlight-on-asian-heritage-events-at-pdsb/</link>
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		<title>Rose Chen Appointed SVP, Private Banking for Encore Bank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rose Chen is the new Senior Vice-President in Commercial Banking for Encore Bank. With 15 years of banking and financial proficiency, she could really be a good asset to the bank. She was the previous Senior Vice-President for Sterling Bank and MetroBank. 
She took up B.S. International Economics at Texas Tech University and with several [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/rose-chen-appointed-svp-private-banking-for-encore-bank/</link>
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		<title>Arts and Sciences &#124; First dean candidate visits SU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donald Hall, a new dean to be placed in the College of Visual &#038; Performing Arts went at the university to have a meeting with the administration and to have a press conference with the students. Two of the Asian-American students in that university attended the said conference and they have discussed about having an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/arts-and-sciences-first-dean-candidate-visits-su/</link>
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		<title>Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans names winners of prestigious annual awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Minnesotans Sri Lanka Foundation received an award for the good job they have done. One of the projects they had was the Boxing Day Tsunami Sri Lanka. The foundation is not just for recognizing the needs of the victims of tsunami, but to raise funds for them and help people find new living.
“If you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/council-on-asian-pacific-minnesotans-names-winners-of-prestigious-annual-awards/</link>
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		<title>Fallout Central at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to watch FalloutCentral at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards.




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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/fallout-central-at-the-2008-asian-excellence-awards/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Groups Dismayed by U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholding Voter ID Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court unsuccessfully distinguished that some groups are discouraging the Asian-Americans and other minority citizens of their right to vote. AALDEF have been monitoring voters ever since, but they just found out that there has been a discrimination happening to the Asian American voters. 
It was a 34 year old man who opened the case [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/asian-american-groups-dismayed-by-us-supreme-court-decision-upholding-voter-id-law/</link>
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		<title>What Maxine Hong Kingston dreams of &#8230; and writes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As quoted by Kingston from L.A. Times “I come from a culture that dreams are a part of”…
Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese-American author who imagines big and uses Chinese mythology in her writings. The editor David Ulin described her writings as very American; this novelist from Oakland says she described China like the one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/what-maxine-hong-kingston-dreams-of-and-writes/</link>
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		<title>Comedy Troupe Shows There’s ‘Room To Improv’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crystal Cove Auditorium was filled up by audiences as the Comedy Troupe performed a show entitled “Room To Improv”. Comedy Troupe is composed of world-class Asian-American performers who is doing different kinds and uniquely made shows.
The “Room to Improv” show had a mock political debate and making it a unique and fun show because they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/comedy-troupe-shows-there%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98room-to-improv%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Hip Hop Concert to Save Native American University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Hiphop concert featuring Kiwi and the Blue Scholars will be held on Friday May 2, 2008, at 7 pm at The Sacramento State University Ballroom. This is a project of UC Davis&#8217;s Students Organizing for Change and the Muslim Student Association in cooperation with Sacramento State University. 
Geologic aka Prometheus Brown of Seattle&#8217;s Blue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/hip-hop-concert-to-save-native-american-university-52/</link>
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		<title>OCA National Convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Washington, DC at the Washington Hilton
July 31 - August 3, 2008
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/oca-national-convention/</link>
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		<title>GETTY MULITCULTURAL UNDERGRADUATE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GETTY MULITCULTURAL UNDERGRADUATE
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 2008
The Chinese American Museum is offering two (2) paid, full-time summer internships for qualified undergraduate students from June 16- August 22, 2008.
One Curatorial/ Collections internship to catalog, organize, and research in support of our next permanent exhibit about Chinese American culture. The intern will also be assisting with preparing exhibition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/getty-mulitcultural-undergraduate/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; is a  documentary about the history of break dancing and its resurgence in urban cultures opened on Friday April 25, 2008.  The film directed by Benson Lee now has it&#8217;s breakin moves hittin Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas..
Read more&#8230;


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/planet-b-boy/</link>
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		<title>1903 - 2003: A Century of Korean Immigration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean American Historical Society presents
The Centennial of Korean Immigration to America
An exhibit of seventy-six select photos from collections in Hawai&#8217;i and the Pacific Northwest.
May 27 - June 20, 2003
Alvord Board Room
Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park
1400 E. Prospect St., Seattle WA 98112
Museum Hours:
Wed. - Sun., 10am - 5pm; Thurs. 10am - 9pm
Suggested admission $3 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/1903-2003-a-century-of-korean-immigration/</link>
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		<title>Glen Dale Couple On a Mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An average of 30 doctors and nurses, headed by Dr. Vic Chin of Glen Dale and his wife, goes to their home country every year for a medical mission. The group performs goiter removal, cleft lip repair and Lasik surgery in the Philippines with assistance from the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, the local Filipino-American Association [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/glen-dale-couple-on-a-mission/</link>
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		<title>Around the Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary Woodward&#8217;s book entitled “In Defense of Our Neighbors,” is expected to be distributed by September after expected printing next Month. Her parents, Milly and Walt Woodward, who supported the Bainbridge Island’s Japanese American community during the wartime was the main character of Mary&#8217;s book. 
Previously short funded for publishing, the book received several anonymous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/around-the-island/</link>
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		<title>MFA celebrates baseball&#8217;s Japanese-American connection</title>
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An exhibit titled &#8220;Rockwell and the Shinjin&#8221; (the Japanese word for &#8220;rookie&#8221;) displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will run through July 20. It showcases Red Sox memorabilia that includes Hideki Okajima&#8217;s 2007 World Series jersey and a ticket stub from the 2008 MLB Season Opener that was recently played in Japan. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/mfa-celebrates-baseballs-japanese-american-connection/</link>
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		<title>International Affairs: Implications for Asian Pacific Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inadequacy of representation for Asian Pacific Americans in US international affair was a force that moves the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP), a prestigious fellowship of the UNCF Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP). The organization helps Asian Pacific Americans and other college students of color to be prepared in the international arena.
 “Asian Pacific American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/international-affairs-implications-for-asian-pacific-americans/</link>
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		<title>Houston 80-20 Asian-American PAC Announces Sugar Land Endorsements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Wong was endorsed as Mayor by the Houston 80-20 Asian American PAC for the Sugar Land City elections. The said announcement on Sunday at Madras pavilion in Sugar Land also highlighted the group’s support for Tom Abraham and S.B. Gaddi as city councilmen. 
The 80-20 Initiative is a national, non-partisan, and Pan-Asian-American political organization. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/houston-80-20-asian-american-pac-announces-sugar-land-endorsements/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Min Jin Lee, Author, _Free Food For Millionaires_</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Author Min Jin Lee
Free Food For Millionaires

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/podcast-episode-min-jin-lee-author-_free-food-for-millionaires_/</link>
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		<title>China, and Eight other nations on &#8220;Priority Watch List&#8221; for not protecting American producers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has accused China, and eight other nations of not protecting American producers of movies, computer software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.
In addition to China, eight other nations have all been placed on a &#8220;Priority Watch List&#8221; for piracy: Russia, Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand and Venezuela. The placement of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/26/china-and-eight-other-nations-on-priority-watch-list-for-not-protecting-american-producers/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Sue CNN For $1.3 Billion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of Chinese people from the mainland filed a law suit against CNN asking CNN to pay $1.3billion which will pay every citizen of the country. It was after Jack Cafferty from CNN commented against their leaders and his anger against the lead-painted toys and other dangerous products being imported to the US. 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/chinese-sue-cnn-for-13-billion/</link>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

FIRST ASIAN GRAND PARADE IN BERGENFIELD JOINED BY ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COUNCIL OF NJ AND FILIPINO HERITAGE FOUNDATION (host) www.aahcnj.org 
The month of May was designated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In conjunction with the annual celebration of its culture and heritage, the Asian Americans organize festivities all over the United States.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/asian-heritage-month/</link>
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		<title>A new wave of Asian Americans makes significant strides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American now invades the TV and Film industry; many of the Asian-American are now playing lead roles on television and movies. They are not doing the usual roles that most Asians do, like martial arts that Jackie Chan always does. 
Before, they have been behind the lime light playing roles that are ethnic specific meaning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/a-new-wave-of-asian-americans-makes-significant-strides/</link>
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		<title>Possible hate crime in Windsor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vandalism boils down to “hate crime”… KKK group was the one who burned down the property of an ethnic minority in Windsor. Hmong family was attacked by a group of white citizens that have burned their truck and written “KKK” on both sides. 
This might not be done by kids who were just trying to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/possible-hate-crime-in-windsor/</link>
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		<title>Attack labeled a hate crime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Virginia Tech to Lone Hill… School crimes in Los Angeles again…   
An Asian man attacked by a 15-year old boy and a 20-year old boy with an unknown reason. The witnesses heard someone shouted. Police officers cannot prove if this was done by white supremacist group, but suspected that it happened, because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/attack-labeled-a-hate-crime/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Person of interest&#8221; arrested in hate crime stabbing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aaron Duggan, 27, of Bakersfield was suspected as the &#8220;person of interest&#8221; for a hate crime stabbing of a 22-year-old Asian man last Tuesday. Authorities arrested Dugan on a parole violation the next day. 
After the said incident, another 15-year-old suspect from the San Gabriel Valley was arrested for stabbing.
The two residents of the area, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/person-of-interest-arrested-in-hate-crime-stabbing/</link>
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		<title>Man gets 20 years in attack on Queens Chinese food deliveryman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Queens Attorney affirmed the that the 23-year old Manhattan thug David Moore was convicted guilty of attempted murder, assault and weapons possession. It was proven that David attacked Jian Lin Huang in October 2006 while trying to deliver food at the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria It was the fourth stabbing incident Huang encountered at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/man-gets-20-years-in-attack-on-queens-chinese-food-deliveryman/</link>
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		<title>Follow up #2: Race Hate Beating in Chinatown NYC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is update #2 to this recent race-hate beating in New York City&#8217;s Chinatown
100 Centre Street
Room 405, Part A
NY, NY 10013
May 7 - all day
This is a pre-trial hearing.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/follow-up-2-race-hate-beating-in-chinatown-nyc/</link>
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		<title>UPDATE: Senate Approves Filipino Veterans Equity; Bill Now Moves to the House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statement by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) 
Washington, D.C. April 24 - At around noon today, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1315 by a vote of 96-1. The omnibus bill includes a provision which restores U.S. veterans status and pension benefits to Filipino World War II veterans.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/update-senate-approves-filipino-veterans-equity-bill-now-moves-to-the-house/</link>
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		<title>REDWOOD CITY: SAN MATEO MAN APPOINTED TO COUNTY PARKS COMMISSION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Marico Enriquez, a board member of the Filipino American Coalition, was appointed to be a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission in San Mateo.  San Mateo County Supervisor Jerry Hill initiated the announcement of the board&#8217;s decision. 
He will contribute ideas and recommendations on management plans for the parks to the board of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/redwood-city-san-mateo-man-appointed-to-county-parks-commission/</link>
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		<title>Nakajo: Lessons in Life</title>
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Nakajo shared his perspective with Western Edition (San Francisco) News. “My comments are within the context of what happened and (are) my interpretation and perspective of those historical events.  Some people try to educate (others) that there was a Japantown here, or there is a Japantown, we are at the point. We are also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/nakajo-lessons-in-life/</link>
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		<title>BMOC: Black Men On Campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  North Carolina program works to increase numbers of minority male college students
&#8220;Changing the Image of Education: A Call to Action!” was a conference designed to promote having public and private institutions develop support systems for minority men at the state and community levels to improve college graduation and retention rates, enhance workforce preparedness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/bmoc-black-men-on-campus/</link>
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		<title>OCA president calls for support for Beijing Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) &#8212; President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday called on all OCA members…
   &#8220;Sport is sport, politics is politics. My idea is don&#8217;t bring politics to sport&#8230; They should not use sport as a tool,&#8221; he said.(&#8230;)
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/oca-president-calls-for-support-for-beijing-games/</link>
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		<title>UCA RECOGNIZES STUDENT-ATHLETES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
UCA Female Student-Athlete of the Year Lauren Merritt…
Senior Lauren Merritt from the track and cross country teams was named the Female Student-Athlete of the Year, while junior football player Nathan Brown was named the Male Student-Athlete of the Year at the banquet. 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/uca-recognizes-student-athletes/</link>
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		<title>When it comes to Filipino WWII Veterans, What is there to debate about?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate began debating on whether to give pension benefits to Filipino veterans of World War II. If you are a person of common sense, you&#8217;d be wondering, what the heck is there to debate about? These men fought valiantly alongside U.S. forces, and haven&#8217;t received a dime of what was promised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/when-it-comes-to-filipino-wwii-veterans-what-is-there-to-debate-about/</link>
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		<title>2008 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ASPIRE (www.girlsaspire.org) is excited to announce its 2008 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference, on Saturday April 26 at Harvard University in Boston, MA.  We have an exciting roster of Asian American women from across the nation taking part in our annual event, including our keynote speakers SuChin Pak of MTV News, and Kyung [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/2008-asian-american-women-in-leadership-conference/</link>
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		<title>What is R&#038;L?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[R&#038;L
Presented by the Asian American Theater Project
FREE Admission for all audiences! Invite your friends!
May 1-4 (Thurs to Sun)
8:00pm to 9:30pm
Location:
The Red Fountain (in front of Cecil Green Library)
Stanford University Campus
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
&#8220;R&#038;L&#8221; is an ode to a modern Asian America through a combination of vignettes and collaborative spoken word poetry. It is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/what-is-rl/</link>
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		<title>Excluded from the plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this op-ed written by Lee Fang regarding the Asian American studies program at the University of Maryland. It is in reference to this press release

As Asian-American students at this university, we are deeply concerned about the proposed version of the Strategic Plan. The current draft does not clearly outline the current state of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/excluded-from-the-plan/</link>
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		<title>Benson Lee&#8217;s B-Boys at the Box Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news for director Benson Lee. According to IndieWire, his documentary Planet B-Boy (recently shown at SFIAAFF to sold-out audiences) has made $140,860 since its release….
…The trailer is pretty easy on the eyes
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/benson-lees-b-boys-at-the-box-office/</link>
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		<title>Kings of &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The documentary &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; feels almost like a companion, in spirit, to last year’s underrated film, &#8220;The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters.&#8221;…
Much of the film is dedicated to discussing the B-Boy culture (which, apparently, exploded due to the film &#8220;Flashdance&#8221;) and how it became a ridiculous trend in the 1980s before returning to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/kings-of-planet-b-boy/</link>
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		<title>Ni Hao, Kai-Lan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is a children&#8217;s television show, which premiered on Nickelodeon in February 7, 2008. It was soon re-broadcast on Noggin.With characters Kai-lan Chow, Ye Ye, Tolee, Hoho, Rintoo, Lulu, San San, Stompy, Gu Nai Nai

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/ni-hao-kai-lan/</link>
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		<title>Heritage event yields discrimination talk</title>
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While enjoying Asian-inspired cuisine in the Munce Conference room of the Archer building, guests of the event listened as Eng discussed the origins of Asian Heritage Month and its importance in today&#8217;s society…
Eng, the guest speaker at Suffolk University&#8217;s opening ceremony for Asian Heritage Month.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/heritage-event-yields-discrimination-talk/</link>
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		<title>Liu Says City Government Needs &#8216;Real Reforms&#8217; Not &#8216;Political Cover&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Liu, speaking with reporters after the closed-door meeting at City Hall last night complained that the reforms Quinn announced are just &#8220;political cover.&#8221;
“It’s really of no value to be united under a leader who is basically a rubber stamp for the other branch of government,” Liu said…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/liu-says-city-government-needs-real-reforms-not-political-cover/</link>
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		<title>Opposition parties attack Korea-U.S. beef deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labeling the beef agreement an &#8220;unconditional concession&#8221; to the United States, opposition parties are moving to fend off the early ratification of the free trade deal, which has been pending in the respective legislatures of the two countries since September last year.
South Korea&#8217;s opposition parties are mounting an attack on the beef deal struck with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/opposition-parties-attack-korea-us-beef-deal/</link>
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		<title>Cubs pull Fukudome shirt after Sun-Times report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cubs management who received e-mails from offended fans immediately investigated and put a stop to the sale of Kosuke Fukudome T-shirt bearing a racist image. The Cubs also demanded to cease production of the &#8220;poor taste&#8221; t-shirts. 
Sun-Times reported on Friday the sale of the said T-shirts near Wrigley Field. The shirt used the traditional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/cubs-pull-fukudome-shirt-after-sun-times-report/</link>
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		<title>Police seek suspect in third armed robbery at UT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Third incident of robbery involving Asian students was reported at The University of Texas. The suspect described as a male standing 6 feet tall with a medium to muscular build was said to be wearing a mask and gloves and a brandishing weapon. He approaches students who walk alone and got away with cash and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/police-seek-suspect-in-third-armed-robbery-at-ut/</link>
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		<title>Filipino technopreneur takes over US-based GPS firm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines &#8212; Noted Filipino IT entrepreneur Diosdado Banatao has taken over the reins of American high-tech firm SiRF Technology, following the resignation of the company&#8217;s CEO.
According to the report, SiRF&#8217;s stock price rose on the NASDAQ following the announcement of Banatao as interim president and CEO….
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/filipino-technopreneur-takes-over-us-based-gps-firm/</link>
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		<title>CSUSB to revisit plight of Japanese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fight for America, or be imprisoned. These are the only choice left for the Japanese American who lived in California during the World War II.
&#8220;The Japanese American veterans were misled by the U.S. government into thinking the resisters criticized their stand,&#8221; Yashima said…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/csusb-to-revisit-plight-of-japanese/</link>
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		<title>Overseas Chinese in U.S. protest against media bias in Tibet issue coverage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;American media, you can muzzle our voices, but cannot smother the truth!&#8221; reads one banner….
“We Chinese American feel outraged by the biased Western media coverage on the Lhasa riots and Olympic torch relay, and I think it is time to have our voices heard”, said Ma Xiping, one of the organizers of the event. 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/overseas-chinese-in-us-protest-against-media-bias-in-tibet-issue-coverage/</link>
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		<title>Largest Asian American Opportunity Conference, CelebrAsian &#8216;08, to Provide Strategic Tools for Sustainable Growth in Today&#8217;s Global Marketplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Business Beyond Boundaries, Here &#038; Abroad.&#8221;..
CelebrAsian&#8211;the largest of its kind in the United States&#8211;connects hundreds of top-caliber Asian American suppliers and small business owners with buyers from Fortune 500 corporations, the Federal government, and the small/minority business community, through pre-scheduled one-on-one matchmaking meetings, informative summits, workshops, and networking sessions.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/largest-asian-american-opportunity-conference-celebrasian-08-to-provide-strategic-tools-for-sustainable-growth-in-todays-global-marketplace/</link>
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		<title>CONSTRUCTION WORKER WINS BACK WAGES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NYCWU along with Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has worked tirelessly to demand justice for Balvinder Singh for wages owed to him.
We have right to be paid for our work.&#8221; Singh won back his wages in an out of court settlement, without needing to file a law suit. &#8220;Workers just have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/construction-worker-wins-back-wages-2/</link>
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		<title>Liu Tees Off On Quinn&#8217;s &#8216;So-Called Reforms&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;nothing more than back-pedaling&#8221; that will weaken the body and accuses the speaker of being blinded by her own political ambition.
Queens Councilman John Liu is the first member to weigh in on the negative side with a very harshly-worded statement that rejects Quinn&#8217;s changes as…
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/liu-tees-off-on-quinns-so-called-reforms/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Far East Movement</title>
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Last week I had a phone and email interview with the members of the Far East Movement (FM), whose songs have gotten radio play on the West Coast, and in movies like &#8216;Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift&#8217;, and &#8216;Finishing the Game&#8217;.  They have a great sound and are starting to get some mainstream [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/interview-with-far-east-movement/</link>
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		<title>Journalist says U.S. faces Asian competition</title>
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About 225 people filled the seats in the SIU Law Auditorium, putting the room near capacity, to hear David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, lecture. Focusing much of his lecture on China, a country Sanger said has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, he examined how China, Japan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/journalist-says-us-faces-asian-competition-2/</link>
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		<title>Chinese-American protesters rally outside CNN&#8217;s Hollywood office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Cafferty  of CNN was demanded to be fired after commenting that china&#8217;s goods are &#8220;junk&#8221; and the leaders as &#8220;bunch of goons and thugs.&#8221; About five thousand Chinese American protested outside CNN&#8217;s Hollywood office on Sat, April 19,2008.

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/chinese-american-protesters-rally-outside-cnns-hollywood-office/</link>
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		<title>USC To Honor Wartime Japanese American Students - Nisei</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association will be holding a recognition ceremony at the group&#8217;s annual scholarship and awards gala on Friday, April 25, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. They will be honoring Japanese American Students-Nisei together with 25 scholars who have been impacted by the American-Japanese encounter during the World War II.
This gala will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/usc-to-honor-wartime-japanese-american-students-nisei/</link>
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		<title>Ester Soriano, Filipino activist, foreperson in Rodney King civil trial, dies at 61</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino activist, Ester Soriano, died at the age of 61 in Los Angeles. She was nationally recognized in mediation, worked for 37 years for the county and  created its Dispute Resolution Program. 
Soriano, a civil rights activist, worked as the jury foreperson in the civil damages trial of Rodney King. King, who was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/ester-soriano-filipino-activist-foreperson-in-rodney-king-civil-trial-dies-at-61/</link>
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		<title>Korean-American caucus challenged to grow church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (UMNS)&#8211;The United Methodist Church&#8217;s new president, Rev. James Chongho Kim, has challenged pastors and lay leaders to launch 500 Korean-American churches in five years. 
As per Kim, they have to &#8220;take advantage of a paradigm shift with which to see the church as a faith community and pioneer it in various ways.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/korean-american-caucus-challenged-to-grow-church-2/</link>
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		<title>NBA Notebook: Jazz capitalize on the absence of Yao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That&#8217;s a secret,&#8221; Yao said with a smile when asked if he&#8217;s going to play tonight in Game 2 against Utah. 
His absence seemingly affect the offense for the Houston Rockets. It makes way for the victory of Utah on Saturday with an ending score of 93-82. Yao is still facing a long recovery from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Asian makes things harder in H&#8217;wood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An actor named Kalpesh Suresh, known for his screen name Kal Penn says that his ethnic background, being an American Indian, made it tougher for him in Hollywood. He played a role that swivels cultural displacement in the film The Namesake.
It has been tough to find a role written with a specific &#8220;look&#8221; in mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal essay written by W. Huang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a youth I was a wild free gun slinging cowboy, a Firemen, a Police officer, FBI Agent, James Bond, I was who I wanted to be and I knew nothing could stop me from all these dreams. As I grew older the pieces from the puzzle started to connect and I realized that being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Asian American University of Maryland Students Mobilize To Save Asian American Studies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Lee Fang (301) 318-7351 Lhfang@gmail.com
April 19, 2008
Asian American University of Maryland Students Mobilize To Save Asian American Studies
(COLLEGE PARK, MD) &#8212; Students at the University of Maryland are stepping up to demand Asian Americans are included in the future of the University. The current draft of the University &#8220;Strategic Plan&#8221; – a document [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/press-release-asian-american-university-of-maryland-students-mobilize-to-save-asian-american-studies/</link>
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		<title>The new Le Cercle Rouge, Ang Lee&#8217;s autobiography and other movie news</title>
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Fans of French film might be interested to know that Jean-Pierre Melville&#8217;s 1970 classic Le Cercle Rouge (starring Alain Delon, Andre Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte and Yves Montand) is being remade in Hollywood by none other than Hong Kong action auteur Johnnie To. What&#8217;s even more weird is that Chow Yun-fat and Orlando Bloom are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao makes progress in recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yao Ming found a more modest source of happiness after returning from China and the periphery of the anticipation about the Beijing Olympics to Houston just before the start of the NBA playoffs. Yao returned to Houston and was cleared to stop using crutches in his recovery from surgery to repair the stress fracture in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium opens with IAAF Race Walking Challenge competition</title>
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This weekend (Fri 18 / Sat 19) China continues its gloriously successful race walking tradition as its best walkers will test their competitive skills at the biggest venue of their careers: Beijing’s National Stadium, the Bird’s Nest, for the &#8220;Good Luck Beijing&#8221; 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge meeting. Liu Xiang’s portrait may be hanging all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea relaxes U.S. beef import rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korea on Friday agreed to open up to U.S. beef imports after Washington pledged to raise safety standards, boosting prospects for a sweeping trade deal ahead of a summit between leaders of the allies later in the day. South Korea&#8217;s farm ministry said in a statement that imports of U.S. beef will be expanded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naperville schools give Chinese visitors a taste of U.S. culture</title>
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The contrast in cultures was obvious to the visitors from Beijing the moment they set foot in Naperville North High School on Thursday. Xiao Xiao, (center) part of a children&#8217;s performing troupe from Beijing, waits with other dancers and acrobats to perform at Mill Street School in Naperville on Thursday.
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		<title>Discover India Festival in downtown Dallas a learning opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian Indians make up 16.4 percent of the entire Asian-American community and are the third largest Asian-American ethnic group, after Chinese-Americans and Filipino-Americans. To learn more about our Asian Indian neighbors, visit the Discover India Festival at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora St., in downtown Dallas. Scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festival unites Asians for weekend celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, there are many Asian festivals in Arizona. The Arizona Asian Festival is where those cultures come together - where in one day, a person can take in an Indian yoga demonstration, an Indonesian Golden Deer dance, South Korean drumming, Hawaiian karate and a Japanese kimono demonstration. No fewer that 16 cultures are represented in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/festival-unites-asians-for-weekend-celebration/</link>
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		<title>Conference introduces South Asian hip-hop in first North American forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DJ Rekha, MC Kabir, Yogi B and Natchatra, Chee Malabar, Abstract/Vision: They might not be familiar to most American music fans, even to hard-core connoisseurs of hip-hop. But in some pockets of the United States—say, Chicago’s Devon Avenue or Jackson Heights in Queens, N.Y. —they are bona fide stars. Yogi B and Natchatra, a band [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALTRA Magazine Hosts Asian American Media Panels at the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, April 27th, 2008, Nancy Moran of ALTRA will be moderating two Asian American Entertainment and Media Q&#038;A Panels at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The panels are free and open to the public at the Edwards Islands Cinemas from 3:15-5pm. ALTRA Magazine has teamed up with Southern California&#8217;s Newport Beach Film Festival to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/altra-magazine-hosts-asian-american-media-panels-at-the-2008-newport-beach-film-festival/</link>
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		<title>UN chief praises new South Korean president&#8217;s support for UN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greeted the new president of his native South Korea on Wednesday. Saying he was encouraged by Lee Myung-bak&#8217;s support for the U.N.&#8217;s fight against poverty and its far-flung peacekeeping operations, Ban told reporters that the South Korean leader said his country would do as much as it can to support U.N. activities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/un-chief-praises-new-south-korean-presidents-support-for-un/</link>
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		<title>TIMELINE: Key events related to Samsung Group probe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A South Korean special prosecutor investigating corruption at the Samsung Group on Thursday. The article listed a timeline of key events related to the investigation.
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		<title>Jet Li gets Best Actor</title>
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Martial arts star Jet Li was honoured with the best actor prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in the film &#8216;The Warlords&#8217;. The Warlords was also recognised for its cinematography, art direction and special effects.
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		<title>Seagal vs. Chan</title>
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Hey would-be Beijing protestors, watch out for Jackie Chan. The Hong Kong action hero isn&#8217;t putting up with any lip. How would Chan hold up in a head-to-head with a certain celebrity Tibet champion? No, not Steven Spielberg, but Steven Seagal. The two martial artists are friends, or at least so says IMDB, but to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support comedians that ridicule the Asian American community for personal gain!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like to support comedians that ridicule the Asian American community for personal gain, here&#8217;s your chance!
(she wrote that comedy routine at a time when the Asian American community was enraged by this incident on &#8220;The View.&#8221;)
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Looking for Audience Members in LA
The producers of &#8220;The Cho Show&#8221; are currently seeking audience members for an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drive the subject of inter-racial dating to a place that actually increases understanding in our community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drive the subject of inter-racial dating to a place that actually increases understanding in our community


Porche 911

Invite Fallout Central to your college campus to host an &#8220;Asian American Male Sexuality&#8221; workshop.


7 Series Beamer

Asian American Men: Make personal choices in your daily life that increase your dating options.
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		<title>One Year Later: Korean Americans Remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead, including the tormented shooter, a Korean American student named Seung-hui Cho. Following the shooting, hysteria and confusion engulfed Korean immigrants all over the country, including Los Angeles County, which has the largest Korean American community in the nation. The Council [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/one-year-later-korean-americans-remember/</link>
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		<title>Chinese American organization calls for CNN&#8217;s sincere apology for insulting remarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington-based World Chinese League Wednesday urged U.S. TV network CNN to sincerely apologize for one of its political commentator&#8217;s insulting remarks about Chinese. The Chinese American organization said in a statement that all Chinese-Americans and Chinese were infuriated by Jack Cafferty&#8217;s outrageous comments aired on April 9 when Beijing Olympics torch relay was held in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/chinese-american-organization-calls-for-cnns-sincere-apology-for-insulting-remarks/</link>
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		<title>Survey: companies optimistic about M&#038;A in Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Respondents to an M&#038;A survey predict a higher level of activity in the next 18 months with China, India and Southeast Asia ranking high on both perceived opportunity and attendant risks. M&#038;A activity in the region is expected to grow, according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit with Marsh, Mercer and Kroll, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/survey-companies-optimistic-about-ma-in-asia/</link>
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		<title>Journalist says U.S. faces Asian competition</title>
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About 225 people filled the seats in the SIU Law Auditorium, putting the room near capacity, to hear David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, lecture. Focusing much of his lecture on China, a country Sanger said has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, he examined how China, Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallout Central is now on Technorati</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technorati Profile
Technorati is a service that will allow you, our faithful fans, to indicate which content you want to see more of.

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		<title>Madison Ave. Charts Some Progress in Meeting Diversity Hiring Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AN initial report card on efforts to diversify the long-homogeneous upper ranks of Madison Avenue shows some improvement, but much more left to be done. According to a summary provided on April 15 by the New York City Human Rights Commission, the 15 agencies that agreed to be monitored for three years on their minority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health disparities: genetics plays an important role in cancer detection, prognosis among minorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Association for Cancer Research suggests at the 2008 Annual Meeting from April 12 to 16 that poorer outcomes for breast cancer and prostate cancer among minorities may be due to biologic factors. Researchers also present a new theory on why a recent decline in breast cancer rates was less pronounced among African-American women, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/health-disparities-genetics-plays-an-important-role-in-cancer-detection-prognosis-among-minorities/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Am Is Most Severely Wounded Iraq Veteran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Jay Briseno Jr. who became quadriplegic and blind after the war. Jay now lives with his parents and siblings in Virginia and requires full-time, around-the-clock care.His family has transformed their basement into an intensive care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area Benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A series of activities will be held from April 25 to May 8 which include a fundraising dinner hosted by the California Culinary Academy for the upcoming Slow Food Nation festival in San Francisco on April 25, an evening of wine and food prepared by 15 Bay Area chefs on May 2 at Five-Star Night, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Unveil 50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation will reveal the final ranking of its &#8220;50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses&#8221; during the 23rd Anniversary CelebrAsian &#8216;08 Annual National Business Opportunity Conference, on May 27-29 at the Hilton Washington hotel in Washington, DC.This program highlights the robust growth of Asian American-owned companies over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/us-pan-asian-american-chamber-of-commerce-unveil-50-fastest-growing-asian-american-businesses/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Film from 1916 is a rare gem</title>
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The filmmaker Arthur Dong was amazed when he uncovered the earliest known Chinese-American feature film which had been in one family&#8217;s possession since 1916 and which is still shedding light on the lives of Chinese Americans in the Bay Area. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences considers this a gem because the Asian images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hispanics and Other Ethnic Markets Will Spend $60 Billion on Telecommunications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, US ethnic communities will spend $59.8 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for over one-third of all residential telecom expenditures, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.The ability to tap into the increased spending power of the Hispanic-American, African-American, and Asian-American communities will be crucial to the survival of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pageant Crowns Cultural Queen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen contestants showed off their heritage at the second annual Miss UT Asia Pageant hosted by the Asian American Culture Committee on April 15.These contestants competed in areas of cultural talent, dress and knowledge and they were chosen for their diversity and represented different cultures from across Asia.
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		<title>What fuels Asian American activism?</title>
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      Writing a letter to the offender that is endorsed by several activist organizations, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are my comments?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A word on comments
To all of our faithful fans&#8211; about 6 or 7 months ago, when Fallout Central was wrapped up in a controversy involving &#8220;The Doghouse,&#8221; a former CBS radio show that featured a segment that was highly offensive to Asian Americans, we found ourselves in an unfortunate situation where lots of angry non-Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hero for Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As baseball is celebrating the 61st anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, we also should take time to reflect and appreciate the Asian baseball pioneer Ichiro Suzuki.
While Ichiro may not be the first Asian player in Major League Baseball, he was the first position player. The first Asian players and still the majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Fallout Central!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Fallout Central!
Fallout Central has just completed it&#8217;s first year of operation, and I&#8217;m proud and also surprised that we&#8217;ve made it this far. Activism (and going beyond the basic task of &#8220;raising an awareness&#8221;) is a ridiculously draining, stressful, and energy-consuming process. First and foremost, I&#8217;d like to thank all of our faithful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of awareness&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To further underscore the importance of awareness, think about how little the mainstream media understands the social, political, and personal attitudes of Asian American adults. 
Why do you think Asian American men are practically never portrayed as normal individuals? Well, I&#8217;d venture to guess that it&#8217;s because no one has ever widely circulated a survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese whalers blame &#8217;sabotage&#8217; by activists as fewer whales are killed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese fishing fleet is expected to return from its latest expedition having killed just over half its target number of whales. The 8,000-tonne Nisshin Maru factory ship and five other whaling vessels were due to dock in Japan last night after returning from the Antarctic laden with the meat from 551 minke whales caught [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/japanese-whalers-blame-sabotage-by-activists-as-fewer-whales-are-killed/</link>
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		<title>Korean-American caucus challenged to grow church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new president of the Korean-American James Chongho Kim, caucus of The United Methodist Church has challenged pastors and lay leaders to launch 500 Korean-American churches in five years. The elected president issued the challenge during the national caucus meeting March 30-April 3.
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		<title>Jackie Chan says Olympic Games represent peace and unity, not politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chan, who arrived Monday to promote his latest kung fu movie &#8220;The Forbidden Kingdom,&#8221; said the games represent &#8220;unity, love and peace&#8221; and should not be used as a platform for people to express their opinions. &#8220;I hope people do not mix sports with politics. This is wrong,&#8221; said Chan. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer Ding leads Asian snooker assault</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 20-year-old Ding Junhui from Jiangsu province is the youngest player ever to win three ranking titles &#8212; the China Open and UK Championships in 2005 and the Northern Ireland Trophy in 2006. When the masters of the green baize cue off at the World Snooker Championships in England on Saturday, tens of millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forbidden Kingdom</title>
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When you mix &#8220;The Wizard of Oz,&#8221; &#8220;The Karate Kid,&#8221; &#8220;Rush Hour&#8221; and &#8220;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon&#8221;, you get a hodgepodge titled &#8220;The Forbidden Kingdom,&#8221; which will please its core audience but won&#8217;t enthrall anyone over the age of 16. You want to know the reason? Let’s check the review by Stephen Farber.
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		<title>UWGB celebrating Asian Pacific American heritage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A discussion of life in Asian countries will help kick off today&#8217;s Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event, set for 4 p.m. in the University Union&#8217;s 1965 Room, will feature presenters who are students native to Asian countries and students who have lived and studied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Groups Fight to Change Eatery&#8217;s Name</title>
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Joseph Groh&#8217;s popular eatery in a blue-collar neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia has been serving them up pretty much the same way since it opened in 1949. The restaurant, which is called Chink&#8217;s Steaks, was opened by Samuel Sherman, who was nicknamed &#8220;Chink&#8221; as a child because of his supposedly slanted, Asian-looking eyes. The problem is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Awareness Month raises concern of under-representation in the UIC community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At UIC, April is Asian American Awareness Month. But many people are unaware of the fact.  However, the goals of AAAM reflect the need for an increased appreciation for the struggles, the successes, and the overall spirit of the Asian American community - at UIC and across the country. Why would Asian Americans feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The unfortunate case of Minghui Yu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at these two headlines. One from a prominent mainstream news source (WCBS), and another from a less-widely-circulated news source (The Columbia Spectator):

NYPD: Suspect Says He Tried To Stop Yu&#8217;s Fatal Run (WCBS)
Court Charges Suspect for Assaulting Yu (The Columbia Spectator)

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		<title>PRESS ALERT: NCAPA Unveils 2008 Platform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
William Yoshino
JACL Midwest Director
Midwest@jacl.org
773.728.7170
Asian Americans Push Candidates on Information, Access, and
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
WHAT: NCAPA news conference
WHERE: JACL, 5415 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
WHEN: 11 a.m., April 15, 2008
Chicago, IL, April 8 – The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) calls on presidential candidates, Congressional, state and local lawmakers to address the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awareness is good, but often not good enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have often seen descriptions of conferences, workshops, blogs, and forums, whose purpose is to &#8220;raise an awareness.&#8221; 
Raising an awareness is a good thing because it is a necessary step forward in rallying people behind a cause. There is, however, a danger of complacency in awareness. It is all too easy to get caught [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/awareness-is-good-but-often-not-good-enough/</link>
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		<title>NBA: Oh, How the Playoffs Will Be FUN!</title>
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The next two months will bring some of the most intense moments and clutch play on the basketball court that we have seen in a long time. Phoenix is very choppy, the Lakers are still young, the Pistons are too old, the Magic have a lot to learn, but the newly built Celtics and Good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/nba-oh-how-the-playoffs-will-be-fun/</link>
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		<title>Anniversaries: 10 and 30</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The month April marks Phil Tajitsu Nash&#8217;s 10th year as an AsianWeek columnist and his 30th year as a regular contributor to Asian Pacific American community journalism. His article describes how many young Japanese Americans, including himself, were trying to fit into an American mainstream and he hopes to highlight some of the people, remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/anniversaries-10-and-30/</link>
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		<title>ASNE Survey: Over Last Year, Dailies Shrank Their Newsrooms By Biggest Margin In Three Decades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a survey given by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE),CHICAGO U.S. daily newspapers shrank their newsrooms by 2,400 journalists in the past year, a 4.4% workforce decrease in ranks with 52,600 people work full-time in daily newspaper newsrooms now. Minority journalists are most likely to be reporters, with just 11.4% of supervisors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/asne-survey-over-last-year-dailies-shrank-their-newsrooms-by-biggest-margin-in-three-decades/</link>
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		<title>Reinventing &#8216;American&#8217; Chinese food</title>
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Traditional Asian cuisine loaded with colorful vegetables is a perfect model for meal planning. However，conventional Chinese take-out choices are usually far from healthful and they create the perfect opportunity for tasty meal makeovers. With a few tweaks here and there, it&#8217;s easy to bring &#8220;Americanized&#8221; Chinese food back to its native, healthy roots.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/reinventing-american-chinese-food/</link>
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		<title>The celebr-Asian begins in April</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baruch students have come together to help kick off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month which was originally celebrated during the first 10 days in May to commemorate the the contributions of people of Asian and Pacific Islander and to honor their descendants in the United States.It is imperative to recognize different countries and their cultures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/the-celebr-asian-begins-in-april/</link>
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		<title>Cultural club showcases their members’ best in play</title>
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The cultural club held its Annual Asian Night with the themes of change and self-discovery on Friday. The show was a combination of live performances and short films performed by some Greek organizations, the Chinese Student Association and a more varied group of collaborators.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/cultural-club-showcases-their-members%e2%80%99-best-in-play/</link>
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		<title>Fashion Show Makes Statement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by the Asian American Association, a fashion show which is entirely run by the students took place on April 12.The show was divided up into four segments—Harajuku, Student Design, His/Hers and Hip-Hop to demonstrate the way students convey their sense of self through clothing choices and the use of fashion to make cultural statements.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/fashion-show-makes-statement/</link>
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		<title>AsiaWatch: American Electric Technologies Strengthens Asian Presence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Electric Technologies, Inc., with current joint venture operations in China and Singapore, has entered into its third Asian joint venture with a new strategic partnership in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under the terms of the agreement, the new joint venture will concentrate on the service and marketing of power delivery products to benefit the burgeoning Indonesian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/asiawatch-american-electric-technologies-strengthens-asian-presence/</link>
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		<title>A few thoughts on Asian American Student Conferences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I attended NYCAASC (the New York City Asian American Students Conference) as a representative of Fallout Central, and provided my perspective on their &#8220;Bloggers Panel.&#8221; In this panel, we went back and forth with the students on various aspects of blogging, some of which I thought were totally frivolous, and some of which I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/a-few-thoughts-on-asian-american-student-conferences/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Singer/Songwriter Taiyo Na</title>
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Interview with Singer/Songwriter Taiyo Na
New Album: Love Is Growth


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/podcast-episode-singersongwriter-taiyo-na/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;K&#8217; tells Montel About Asian Nose, Eyelid Plastic Surgery</title>
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In my opinion, this is &#8220;must see&#8221;. It reminded me of some older Tyra Banks talkshow clips on the same subject, however this segment is even more blatant and clear so that there is no mistaking what is going on.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/k-tells-montel-about-asian-nose-eyelid-plastic-surgery/</link>
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		<title>Student group holds Korean Culture Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean Culture Night was hosted Wednesday evening by the Korean student group Hanoolim. It was combined modern elements and cultural performances into a play titled “Jung” to express the importance and value of family and friendship. For more than 20 years, Korean Culture Night has been held annually at UCLA to highlight the Korean community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/student-group-holds-korean-culture-night/</link>
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		<title>Pushing Chinese Taboo in ‘Lust, Caution’</title>
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Film critic John Powers reviews Ang Lee&#8217;s film, Lust, Caution, which was recently released on DVD. He says that Lust Caution pushes against Chinese taboos. The movie sets during the Japanese occupation of China, the film tells the story of a resistance fighter who has an affair with a Chinese collaborator.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/pushing-chinese-taboo-in-%e2%80%98lust-caution%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>JACKIE CHAN - CHAN DOES HIS OWN LAUNDRY</title>
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The thrifty Rush Hour star JACKIE CHAN insists on washing his T-shirts, underpants and socks in his hotel suite, and then hangs them all over the room to dry. He refuses to let professionals clean his underwear when he&#8217;s staying in hotels - because it&#8217;s too expensive.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/jackie-chan-chan-does-his-own-laundry/</link>
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		<title>Asian women’s activist to visit Columbia College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[V. Mohini Giri, a women’s rights activist in India and Nobel Prize nominee, will speak at Columbia College May 5, sharing her story of helping women in India. The internationally known social activist will offer her ideas on what American women and men can do to make a difference throughout the world. The Lessons in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/asian-women%e2%80%99s-activist-to-visit-columbia-college/</link>
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		<title>Asian Stocks Rise in U.S.; Chunghwa, Taiwan Semiconductor Gain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian stocks advanced in U.S. trading after Chunghwa Telecom Co.&#8217;s profit beat analysts&#8217; estimates and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported sales jumped. Chunghwa climbed 50 cents to $25.05. Taiwan Semiconductor, the world&#8217;s largest supplier of made-to- order chips, said its sales in March increased 21 percent to NT$26.562 billion. The stock advanced 32 cents to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/asian-stocks-rise-in-us-chunghwa-taiwan-semiconductor-gain/</link>
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		<title>Students to compete for Mr., Ms. Asia titles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ninth annual “Mr. and Ms. Asia” , which are determined by Traditional costumes, Asian cultural trivia and a talent show, begins at 6 p.m. Sunday in the IU Auditorium. The event will help celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/students-to-compete-for-mr-ms-asia-titles/</link>
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		<title>Hollywood Chinese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Arthur Dong, who created Coming Out Under Fire, Licensed to Kill, Family Fundamentals and other LGBT films, has finished a new film Hollywood Chinese, a vivid and entertaining journey tracking the experience of Chinese Americans in America’s film industry. The film opens in the Bay Area on April 11 at San Francisco’s Sundance Kabuki [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/hollywood-chinese/</link>
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		<title>NYC Asian American Student Conference</title>
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The 2nd NYC Asian American Student Conference takes place at NYU this Saturday, April 12. This year&#8217;s conference theme is &#34;redefine&#34;; a broad range of subjects will be up for discussion. I&#8217;ll be speaking on a panel entitled Challenging the Mainstream: Asian Americans in the Ethnic Blogosphere, along with Carmen Van Kerckhove (Racialicious), Jenn Fang [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/nyc-asian-american-student-conference/</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Organization of Chinese Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Elizabeth R. OuYang, Executive Vice President, 718-596-0143
Vicki Shu Smolin, President, 646-263-6044
OCA-NY CONDEMNS ACTIONS BY NEW YORK CITY SPELLING BEE ORGANIZERS
April 10, 2008 - Today, the Organization of Chinese Americans, New York
Chapter (OCA-NY) condemned an incident where a Chinese American student
was denied the right to participate in a city-wide spelling bee, after
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/press-release-organization-of-chinese-americans/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Model minority&#8221; goes nutzoid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Link to the article
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&#8220;Dark Matter,&#8221; the filmmaking debut of Chinese-born opera and theater director Chen Shi-zheng, gets full credit for slamming head-on into any number of hot-button topics in American society. First and most interestingly, Chen&#8217;s film captures, from the inside, the strange and insular world of the Chinese graduate students who increasingly dominate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/model-minority-goes-nutzoid/</link>
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		<title>Document Jam Could Keep Immigrants from Voting</title>
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Immigrants in the United States are now active members of the American society and equal to native-born Americans after many years of hard work and struggle.This year, though, many immigrants who thought they would be able to vote in the November presidential election may not be eligible because of delays in processing their applications for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/document-jam-could-keep-immigrants-from-voting/</link>
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		<title>College Republicans, Dems Square Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Multiracial Greek Council hosted a debate which consisted of eight questions reflecting current political issues facing presidential candidates.Among the most heated debate topics was the Iraq War.Healthy political banter filled the air at the Asian American Culture Center when the UConn College Democrats and College Republicans went face-to-face in a debate.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/college-republicans-dems-square-off/</link>
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		<title>Colgate program looks at Asian art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colgate University’s Picker Art Gallery will host Asian Art Study Day from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12. Asian Art Study Day will provide an opportunity to learn about the Asian and Asian-American art in current exhibits and in the gallery’s permanent collection. It will also include presentations and discussions, and a light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/colgate-program-looks-at-asian-art/</link>
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		<title>Smart vs. Cool: Culture, Race and Ethnicity in Public Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from different cultural backgrounds hold different views about studies. Many Latino students are choosing cool over school which means that they are not good at studying. However, all the parents value education and expect good grades&#8230;.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/smart-vs-cool-culture-race-and-ethnicity-in-public-schools/</link>
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		<title>The Byuti and Danger of Performing Transgender and Transnational Belonging</title>
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300,000 foreign workers were brought in to do jobs Israeli’s could not or did not want to perform to fill the service labor gap among Israelis after the second intifada in 2000 when Israel closed its borders and expelled Palestinians who were no longer welcome as service labor in Israel. Pressure is put upon the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/the-byuti-and-danger-of-performing-transgender-and-transnational-belonging/</link>
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		<title>Views differ here on China Olympics</title>
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The Olympic torch concluded a topsy-turvy tour of San Francisco on April 9, its only North American stop, after chaotic protests in Paris and London. After its parade route was shifted and shortened to prevent disruptions by massive crowds of protesters, the closing ceremony planned for the San Francisco Bay waterfront was canceled and moved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/views-differ-here-on-china-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Beyond the Flower Drum Song</title>
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The new Arthur Dong film Hollywood Chinese is considered as a film devoted to the history of Chinese people in American feature films.The major thesis of this movie is that the American film industry has long traded on depicting Asian women as exotic eye-candy, the playthings of white men, while at the same time feminizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/beyond-the-flower-drum-song/</link>
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		<title>Forum in Dallas Encourages Asian-American Youth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Angie Chen Button just won the Republican primary in the race for retiring state Rep. Fred Hill&#8217;s seat and became one of the two Asian-American women seeking election to the Texas House. While there appears to be a growing interest in public service, it is still painfully clear that Asian-Americans are still lagging behind.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/forum-in-dallas-encourages-asian-american-youth/</link>
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		<title>Gang charged over UEA race attacks</title>
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Scale 4 Physical Attack: The majority group vandalize minority group things, they burn property and carry out violent attacks on individuals or groups. Physical harm is done to members of the minority group. Examples: lynchings of blacks, pogroms against Jews in Europe, tarring and feathering Mormons in the 1800s.


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/gang-charged-over-uea-race-attacks/</link>
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		<title>Be a Racist Douchebag: Buy this T-Shirt</title>
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Just look at the expression on this guy&#8217;s face. He doesn&#8217;t need this T-shirt to look like a douchebag, but it sure completes the ensemble.
If you want to be a racist douchebag just like him, call toll-free: 1-877-BUSTED-3 (1-877-287-8333).
All phone calls paid for by Bustedtees.com, so ring them to your heart&#8217;s content.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/be-a-racist-douchebag-buy-this-t-shirt/</link>
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		<title>Jackie Chan to sing for Olympic film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jackie Chan, Lee-Hom Wang, Zhang Ziyi and Stefanie Sun will team up to sing &#8216;Stand Up,&#8217; the theme song for &#8216;The One,&#8217; a film about China&#8217;s first Olympian. The film, which is being made as a tribute to the 2008 Beijing Games, is based on sprinter Liu Changchun, who represented China at the 1932 Summer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/jackie-chan-to-sing-for-olympic-film/</link>
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		<title>Introducing: The WRITE Questions for Marianne Villanueva</title>
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Writer Marianne Villanueva has just had a interview at the Book Passage in the Ferry Building in San Francisco on Wednesday April 9th at 6 p.m. Marianne was gracious enough to respond from a trip to Tel Aviv, and on the way back to California in the Frankfurt airport.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/introducing-the-write-questions-for-marianne-villanueva/</link>
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		<title>Japanese-Americans receive honorary degrees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, Yasui, 84, and three other former students were back on the Eugene campus. The university awarded honorary degrees to all 20 of the expelled students on what President Dave Frohnmayer called &#8220;a day of many emotions, of joy and regret.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/japanese-americans-receive-honorary-degrees/</link>
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		<title>First Korean Astronaut Goes Into Space</title>
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The Soyuz-FG rocket blasted off successfully from Kazakhstan&#8217;s Baikonur Cosmodrome or Space Center about 2,100 km southeast of Moscow at 8:16:39 p.m. on Tuesday by Korean standard time. The first Korean has gone into space. Carrying South Korea&#8217;s first astronaut Yi So-yeon (30) and two other astronauts.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/first-korean-astronaut-goes-into-space/</link>
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		<title>Remembering April 9, 1942</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fall of Bataan is on April 9, 1942. The Battle of Bataan between the Japanese Empire and the United States—and the Commonwealth of the Philippines—was a defining event. Japan had to capture the Philippines to control the Southwest Pacific, put Indonesia (then called the Dutch East Indies) under its control and become supreme throughout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/remembering-april-9-1942/</link>
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		<title>Olympic torch protests chagrin many Chinese-Americans</title>
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Now, a booming China is hosting the 2008 Olympics and is sending the Olympic torch to San Francisco. Many Chinese Americans are upset about the demonstrations planned by thousands of Tibetans, Burmese, Falun Gong believers, and others to protest China&#8217;s human rights record.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/olympic-torch-protests-chagrin-many-chinese-americans/</link>
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		<title>Is Chinese search engine Baidu endorsing Barack Obama?</title>
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Baidu has chosen US presidential candidate Barack Obama as the sixth face to grace its homepage logo. Following more general features including Hong Kong entertainers and snow storm survivors, Obama comes as Baidu&#8217;s first foreign installment. In the drawing, a smiling Obama is joined by a dapper donkey as he throws a &#8220;net&#8221; over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/is-chinese-search-engine-baidu-endorsing-barack-obama/</link>
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		<title>Asian inflation begins to sting U.S. shoppers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mounting inflation in the developing world, especially Asia, is threatening the arrangement of which Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries, and not just in China, where rising energy and labor costs have already made exports to the United States more expensive, but in the lower-cost alternatives to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/asian-inflation-begins-to-sting-us-shoppers/</link>
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		<title>FALLOUT CENTRAL is looking for writers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If our mission statement is consistent with your beliefs, then perhaps you&#8217;d like to write for Fallout Central! 
Drop us a line at comments@falloutcentral.com today!
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/fallout-central-is-looking-for-writers/</link>
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		<title>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NCAPA news conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NCAPA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: 
William Yoshino
JACL Midwest Director
773.728.7170
Midwest@jacl.org
Asian Americans Push Candidates on Information, Access, and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
WHAT: NCAPA news conference
WHERE: JACL, 5415 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
WHEN: 11 a.m., April 15, 2008
Chicago, IL, April 8 – The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) calls on presidential candidates, Congressional, state and local lawmakers to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/for-immediate-release-ncapa-news-conference/</link>
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		<title>Excitement, wariness as Beijing counts down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With an annual springtime transformation, color is returning to Beijing with a wide spectrum of greens, yellows, pinks and whites as the capital city of the People&#8217;s Republic of China prepares to host the 2008 Summer Games. Beijing not only doubled its subway system but also opened the dragon-shaped Terminal 3 at Peking Capital International [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/excitement-wariness-as-beijing-counts-down/</link>
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		<title>Riders may pay cost of traffic fee’s defeat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver decided the bill was so unpopular that even holding a vote was pointless on April 7, mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing dream finally ended.New York may have lost $354 million in federal funds yesterday, but U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has already been looking for greener pastures.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/riders-may-pay-cost-of-traffic-fee%e2%80%99s-defeat/</link>
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		<title>Asian, Pacific Islander events mark celebration at MSU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Missouri State University’s Office of Multicultural Student Services is presenting a month-long celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.A variety of workshops and activities will take place during the months of April and May recognizing the history and cultures of these communities.The celebration is co-sponsored by the Asian American Pacific Islander Organization (AAPIO), the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-pacific-islander-events-mark-celebration-at-msu/</link>
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		<title>Pan Asian Rep Opens &#8216;Missing Woman&#8217; Tonight, 4/7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in association with The Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) announces the North American premiere of THE MISSING WOMAN which is written and directed by NGUYEN Thi Minh Ngoc and music by TRAN Vuong Thach and HAI Phuong.THE MISSING WOMAN is performed in Vietnamese with English narration and plays April [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/pan-asian-rep-opens-missing-woman-tonight-47/</link>
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		<title>Class tackles challenges of running a modern day law practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association, the D.W. Perkins Bar Association and the Hispanic Bar Association have teamed up to sponsor the continuing law education seminar which is held from 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday at Florida Coastal School of Law in Room 425.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/class-tackles-challenges-of-running-a-modern-day-law-practice/</link>
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		<title>AAHOA Annual Convention Attracts Almost 3,500</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Close to 3,500 attendees descended on San Antonio, Texas, for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Annual Convention, which was held March 26-29, 2008. In addition, almost 450 vendors participated in the much anticipated Trade Show, which is also part of the event.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/aahoa-annual-convention-attracts-almost-3500/</link>
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		<title>Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look At Race, Ethnicity And Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Utah School of Medicine hosted a no-cost conference for minority and women college students in the state who are interested in careers in medicine, pharmacy, nursing and physical therapy  on April 5. The conference was geared toward American Indians, Hispanics, blacks, Pacific Islanders and women in an effort to increase the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/kaiser-health-disparities-report-a-weekly-look-at-race-ethnicity-and-health/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American becomes highest ranking LAPD officer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Terry S. Hara is being promoted from commander to deputy chief and is slated to head the West Bureau operations section which makes him the highest ranking Asian- American in Los Angeles Police Department history today. The promotion ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on the Athletic Field at the Los Angeles Police Academy, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-american-becomes-highest-ranking-lapd-officer/</link>
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		<title>Filipino quantum physicist conducts &#8220;Guerrilla Physics&#8221; from his NYC home.</title>
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In the spirit of scientific expose in 19th century salons, Filipino quantum physicist Dr. Amador Muriel shares the thrill of scientific pursuit from the intimacy of his dining room table.
&#8230;what was a mini lab doing on his dining table? Well, since he wasn’t connected with academe, he didn’t have a laboratory. “I used to teach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/filipino-quantum-physicist-conducts-guerrilla-physics-from-his-nyc-home/</link>
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		<title>Breakdance pioneer Frosty Freeze dies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hip-hop pioneer Wayne &#8220;Frosty Freeze&#8221; Frost whose acrobatic performance helped set off a worldwide breakdancing craze died at the age of 44 on April 3 in New York after a long illness. Frosty was known for his energetic style, intricate choreography and fearless moves including back flips and head spins. He toured the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/breakdance-pioneer-frosty-freeze-dies/</link>
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		<title>Yao Ming on Meds?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With months to go before the Beijing Olympics, no one in China wants to see their most famous athlete Yao Ming who had a stress fracture in his left foot on the sidelines for the country’s biggest sporting event ever.The Chinese government is using the combination of Chinese medicine herbal in nature to ensure that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/yao-ming-on-meds/</link>
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		<title>Health care for Asia Pacific Islanders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of Project Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity were joined by Assembly Members Richard Gottfried and Ellen Young, City Council Members Alan J. Gerson and Robert Jackson, and the Asian &#038; Pacific Islander Health Forum, to launch a four-year national campaign to eliminate health disparities in the Red Room, City Hall in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/health-care-for-asia-pacific-islanders/</link>
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		<title>Aspiring cooks compete in Iron Chef competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Student Development-Multicultural Programs and Services hosted the fourth-annual Iron Chef competition which brought seven teams made up of between two and four people to Quigley Hall on April 5.The event was part of Asian American Heritage Month and students of every race showcased their cooking prowess, hoping to be this year&#8217;s Iron Chef. Finally,the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/aspiring-cooks-compete-in-iron-chef-competition/</link>
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		<title>Construction worker wins back wages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Construction Workers United along with Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund has worked tirelessly to demand justice for construction workers for wages owed to them.Worker Balvinder Singh was presented a check of $3,500 by Executive Director Javaid Tariq of New York Construction Workers United on sunday March 30, at the Baba Makhan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/construction-worker-wins-back-wages/</link>
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		<title>Countless Asian Americans Without Health Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders, Korean Americans and Southeast Asians lack health insurance according to a study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian &#038; Pacific Islander American Health Forum on April 1. The disparity is particularly acute in California, home to a third of the nation’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/countless-asian-americans-without-health-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Asian Awareness Night presents issues with &#8216;The Real World&#8217; spoof</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian American Association hosted the Asian Awareness Night at the International House on April 2 for the third time. Attendants were treated with Asian cuisine from local restaurants and comedic skits performed by the Asian American Association. This Awareness Night focus more on Asian-American issues and include a wider Asian representation.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/asian-awareness-night-presents-issues-with-the-real-world-spoof/</link>
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		<title>An Asian American Viewpoint On China, Tibet and the Olympics</title>
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San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors could not help but join the fray about Tibet by calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies and by protesting the passage of the ceremonial Olympic torch through San Francisco on April 9. These actions feed an undercurrent of anti-Chinese sentiment that all too often spills over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/an-asian-american-viewpoint-on-china-tibet-and-the-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: What is the FIVE POINTS VARIETY HOUR?</title>
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Interview with Feliza Mirasol, Producer of THE FIVE POINTS VARIETY HOUR


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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/06/podcast-episode-what-is-the-five-points-variety-hour/</link>
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		<title>iW PROFILE &#124; &#8220;My Blueberry Nights&#8221; Director Wong Kar Wai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Apple Store in Soho was packed with visitors trying to catch a glimpse of movie director Wong Kar Wai:

when asked to elaborate on the themes of his films Wong remained quiet, admitting that he follows the Matisse quote that &#8220;artists should cut out their tongues&#8221; for fear of not letting their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/iw-profile-my-blueberry-nights-director-wong-kar-wai/</link>
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		<title>Conviction in vicious attack on Queens Chinese food deliveryman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another story to add to our list of Chinese food deliverymen who were murdered/brutally attacked:
The Associated Press reports:

A man who lured a Chinese food deliveryman to a housing development and then viciously stabbed him has been convicted of attempted murder, the Queens district attorney&#8217;s office said Wednesday.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/conviction-in-vicious-attack-on-queens-chinese-food-deliveryman/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Studies @ University of Pennsylvania : Restored</title>
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The Asian American Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania has been restored. College Dean Dennis DeTurck said that the new budget will guarantee:

&#8220;a stable level of funding for the ASAM program for at least three years.&#8221;
  
&#8220;I&#8217;m quite pleased that we&#8217;ve agreed to a budgetary plan that will allow the Asian American Studies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-american-studies-university-of-pennsylvania-restored/</link>
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		<title>Korean, Japanese Foreign Ministers Meet Today</title>
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan began his four-day trip to Japan Thursday to discuss closer ties with Japan. He will meet with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura today on ways to boost bilateral cooperation in economy, international security and the nuclear problem with North Korea. The two ministers will also discuss details [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/korean-japanese-foreign-ministers-meet-today/</link>
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		<title>Yao Ming arrives in Beijing for medical tests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NBA All-Star Yao Ming arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport Thursday night, April 3, 2008. The Houston Rockets center who is sidelined because of a season-ending foot injury, will undergo tests by Chinese medical experts. Yao recently started training on his upper body but his left foot is still swollen after a stress fracture. Stuffing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/yao-ming-arrives-in-beijing-for-medical-tests/</link>
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		<title>Asian Woman Owned Firms Highest Sales Among Female Minorities</title>
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According to the Survey of Business Owners, 2002, there were 8547 female minority owned businesses in Minnesota with 608 million dollars in sales. 895 of these firms had employees employing 5449 with an annual payroll of 90 million dollars. Nationally, there were 1.5 million minority female owned businesses with $119 billion in revenue employing close [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-woman-owned-firms-highest-sales-among-female-minorities/</link>
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		<title>LAUSD Chinese program may grow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students of all ages in the Los Angeles Unified School District may have the opportunity to learn about the Mandarin Chinese language and culture if a new program is adopted. There are currently about 800 students enrolled in the new Mandarin programs. By 2020, every high school and middle school and 100 elementary schools in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/lausd-chinese-program-may-grow/</link>
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		<title>Margaret Cho comes to Warner Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’d like to support an entertainer that has ridiculed our community for her own personal gain, check out Margaret Cho! She’s the bomb-diggity.
Want of find out just how much Margaret Cho supports us? Check out this awesome video!





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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/margaret-cho-comes-to-warner-theatre/</link>
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		<title>Support given to Asian Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Asian Americans&#8217; achievements and culture as well as promote diversity on campus, Student Senate passed a resolution 27-0-1 in support of an Asian American Heritage Month in April. Currently, the population of Asian American students on campus is 3.29 percent, according to the resolution, and while UW-Eau Claire holds other heritage months, there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/support-given-to-asian-americans/</link>
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		<title>Ramiele Malubay&#8217;s wobbly Dolly song gets her booted off &#8216;American Idol&#8217;</title>
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According to the NY Daily News:
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One of only two Asian-Americans ever to break into American Idol&#8217;s Top Ten saw her dreams of becoming the first such singer to win the prize dashed Wednesday night. Ramiele Malubay, who is of Filipino descent, was sent home for her wobbly rendition of &#8220;Do I Ever Cross Your Mind,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/ramiele-malubays-wobbly-dolly-song-gets-her-booted-off-american-idol/</link>
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		<title>Asian Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring festivities are well underway and The Asian American Student Association will be hosting their 25th Annual Asian Night this weekend. A cultural spectacle, the night will be unveiling a myriad of performances and demonstrations presented by Five-College students. On April 5, the show will commence at 7 p.m. Advertising and invites through posters and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-night/</link>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This letter was recently sent to Fallout Central: 
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Lets analyze why this show is freaking racist to Asians. First the offensive caricatures featuring stereotypical slanted eyes, bun hair, fu manchu whiskers, and dumb martial arts outfits. Second the name of the show, what do you get when you combine chinks and gooks? You guessed it, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/letter-to-the-editor/</link>
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		<title>‘Forbidden Kingdom’ preview</title>
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On April 18th, Jackie Chan and Jet Li will once again fight their way into the American box office, this time together. THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM marks the historic first onscreen pairing of these two screen-fighting legends in what looks to be an epic martial arts adventure that has it all.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/%e2%80%98forbidden-kingdom%e2%80%99-preview/</link>
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		<title>Largest Asian American Career Event in the U.S. to be Held for the Seventh Straight Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian Diversity, Inc., the leading career resource that specializes in connecting Asian American professionals to multinational corporations and government agencies, is holding its Seventh Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on May 2, 2008. The event is held every May to celebrate Asian Heritage month and support the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/largest-asian-american-career-event-in-the-us-to-be-held-for-the-seventh-straight-year/</link>
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		<title>Study: If you already have 2 daughters, your third bundle of joy will probably be a son</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having sons is important to many Asian cultures, and now American families from those groups seem to be asserting the same preference. A new analysis of the 2000 Census shows that among U.S. born children of Chinese, Korean and Asian Indian parents the odds of having a boy increase if the family already has a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/study-asian-american-families-appear-to-choose-sons-2/</link>
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		<title>Japanese Baseball Team Heading to St. Paul for Exhibition Game with Saints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago the St. Paul Saints explored Japan and played exhibition games against teams from the Far East. In 2008 one of those teams will travel to St. Paul to play an exhibition game against the Saints. On Tuesday, April 29 the Saints will play a day/night doubleheader. At 12:05 p.m. the Saints will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/japanese-baseball-team-heading-to-st-paul-for-exhibition-game-with-saints/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;American Idol&#8217; eliminates Ramiele Malubay, reveals Top 8 finalists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ramiele Malubay was revealed to be the fourth finalist eliminated from American Idol&#8217;s seventh season during last night&#8217;s live results show broadcast on Fox. The 20-year-old from Miramar, FL was ousted from Idol&#8217;s seventh season based on home viewer votes cast immediately following Tuesday night&#8217;s live performance episode broadcast that saw the Top 9 finalists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/american-idol-eliminates-ramiele-malubay-reveals-top-8-finalists/</link>
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		<title>Fewer Korean Students Make It to Ivy League Schools</title>
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A teacher at a special-purpose high school that operates an international program for students who want to study overseas sighed heavily. The score sheet of students’ admissions tests at American universities this year showed him that the number of students who were admitted to Ivy League schools including Harvard University dwindled sharply compared with last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/fewer-korean-students-make-it-to-ivy-league-schools/</link>
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		<title>7 Things Never to Say to Asian-American Executives</title>
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&#8220;You must be the IT person.&#8221;
&#8220;You aren&#8217;t like them&#8221; or &#8220;You don&#8217;t act very Asian.&#8221;
&#8220;Asian Americans are not risk takers.&#8221;
&#8220;Where are you from? No, where are you really from?&#8221; or &#8220;When are you going to go home?&#8221; Or &#8220;How often do you go home?&#8221;+
&#8220;Oh, you speak English good!&#8221; Or &#8220;Do you speak your language?&#8221;
 &#8220;You&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/7-things-never-to-say-to-asian-american-executives/</link>
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		<title>Study Reveals Health Care Woes of Asian Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National health care studies often treat Asian Americans as a homogenous, and largely healthy group. However, a new study analyzing three years of government-compiled data has revealed substantial pockets of poor health and low insurance levels within the population. Korean Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders clock in with lower levels of insurance than African [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/study-reveals-health-care-woes-of-asian-americans/</link>
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		<title>Awareness to Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United under the theme &#8220;Awareness To Action,&#8221; the Asian Educators Alliance invites you to the 4th annual AsEA National Conference. This year&#8217;s Conference will take place on April 18 – 19 at the Chinese-American International School in San Francisco. We are honored to have as our confirmed speakers at the conference:
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/awareness-to-action/</link>
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		<title>Wellesley Asian Student Union Presents: FALLOUT CENTRAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why can&#8217;t you say &#8220;sexual&#8221; and &#8220;Asian Man&#8221; in the same sentence? Why aren&#8217;t Asian American Guys allowed to date white women? Why do so many Asian American women prefer white guys?
No topic will be off limits in this open dialogue about the Asian man&#8217;s place in America&#8217;s sexual food chain. 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/wellesley-asian-student-union-presents-fallout-central/</link>
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		<title>Award-Winning Documentary Chronicles Diversity, Transformation of Breakdancing</title>
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&#8220;Planet B-Boy,&#8221; which recently earned best documentary at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, develops the backdrop leading up to the Battle of the Year with sequences that follow a rhythmic pace.It vivaciously represents the dance&#8217;s emergence from these roots. Director and co-producer Benson Lee traces b-boy&#8217;s genesis as urban subcultural dance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/award-winning-documentary-chronicles-diversity-transformation-of-breakdancing/</link>
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		<title>10 Unwrapped: The Chen Twins</title>
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There is dancing in the streets at Arrillaga on the afternoon of Apr 1, 2008 with the stunning news of the verbal commitment of two of the highest-potential prospects in the history of basketball. Highly-skilled 7&#8242;8&#8243; identical twins Chen-Lo and Xien Chen appear headed to the Farm in 2010, giving coach Trent Johnson a formidable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/10-unwrapped-the-chen-twins/</link>
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		<title>Grants available for colleges to serve Asian American population</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the College Cost Reduction and Access Act was signed into law in September, colleges and universities can now apply for federal money to plan, develop, undertake and carry out programs to improve and expand their capacities to serve Asian American students.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/grants-available-for-colleges-to-serve-asian-population/</link>
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		<title>Get hyped for Asian Awareness Night</title>
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The Asian American Association at UT host their annual Asian Awareness Night on April 2 at the International House.The event promotes awareness of Asian American issues, serves as a representative voice of the Asian American community, and celebrates the diversity and commonalities of Asian Americans with the theme called Real Asian World which is based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/get-hyped-for-asian-awareness-night/</link>
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		<title>New findings on depressive symptoms in Chinese youth</title>
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SF State psychologist Linda Juang found in her latest study that Chinese American teenagers who are adjusting to U.S. culture at a different rate than their parents are more likely to suffer symptoms of depression. The study examines how different generations&#8217; attitudes toward parenting affect the mental health of teenagers and find a wide variation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/new-findings-on-depressive-symptoms-in-chinese-youth/</link>
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		<title>How to cause divisions and conflict between Asian American men and women: a tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it wonderful how the mainstream media is able to cause division and conflict among Asian Americans simply by printing headlines? Here&#8217;s a wonderful example of how this is accomplished every day, in so many ways, by the mainstream media:
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From this article:
American families from Asian groups seem to prefer sons to girls now. Some findings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/study-asian-american-families-appear-to-choose-sons/</link>
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		<title>ECC Shows Strong Presence at Asian American Leadership Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five Covenant ministers and administrators led workshops in the recent Asian American Leadership Conference and drew 350 participants from around the country. The Covenant is developing a good reputation among the Asian American community, and is raising up Asian American leaders within the denomination.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/ecc-shows-strong-presence-at-asian-american-leadership-conference/</link>
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		<title>Abbreviation Nation: MVP Credentials Defined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Choice for the NBA&#8217;s 2008 Most Valuable Player is hard to make for most of people because there have been at least a dozen players mentioned at one time or another this season as MVP candidates and there are only five spots on an official ballot. 
Click here for the original article
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		<title>LAUSD talking about speaking more Chinese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Unified School District is gearing up an ambitious program to offer Mandarin Chinese language and culture courses at all of its middle and high schools.The plan calls for the courses to be offered at about 200 middle and high schools. It&#8217;s a very practical measure, as China is the No.1 trade partner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/lausd-talking-about-speaking-more-chinese/</link>
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		<title>Steven Spielberg speaks out against Hollywood racism</title>
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LOS ANGELES &#8212; In an effort to fend off accusations of hypocrisy, film producer and director Steven Spielberg has spoken out against the systemic racism and racial discrimination of Hollywood.
Spielberg, who resigned in February from his role as advisor to the 2008 Beijing Olympics over the Chinese government&#8217;s role in the Darfur genocide, asked his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/steven-spielberg-speaks-out-against-hollywood-racism/</link>
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		<title>West Side Breakfast Feels Like 2009 Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many politicians who are running for office in 2009, flocked to the New York Historical Society for a few moments at the microphone during the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations of the West Side&#8217;s legislative breakfast on March 30.The president of the Bronx, Adolfo Carrion and several other declared and likely candidates for comptroller, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/west-side-breakfast-feels-like-2009-preview/</link>
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		<title>Taste of Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The seventh annual Taste of Asia show and dinner will be taking place at 7 p.m. on April 19 in the Jemison concert Hall. It will include the foods and entertainments of a culture that is very unique and amazing. Taste of Asia not only brings together several cultures but also has successfully brought many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/get-a-%e2%80%98taste-of-asia%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Support those that don&#8217;t support us?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like to support an entertainer that has ridiculed our community for her own personal gain, check out Margaret Cho! She&#8217;s the bomb-diggity.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/from-burlesque-to-boston-cho-tours-with-beautiful/</link>
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		<title>Asian Community Center Plan Discussed at Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian and Asian-American communities met at a forum on March 31 to discuss a resolution that the Student Assembly passed in November for an Asian community center on campus. The forum began with a round of applause as Siv Somchanhmacong grad, opened the meeting. He presented information about the growing number of Asians enrolled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/asian-community-center-plan-discussed-at-forum/</link>
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		<title>EUR FIM REVIEW: American Zombie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grace Lee made a brilliant directorial debut with The Grace Lee Project, a documentary during which she interviewed dozens of Asian-American females to show that despite certain cultural similarities in how they were raised, each Grace had her own unique personality. The film eventually settles down to focus on the day-to-day lives of&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/eur-fim-review-american-zombie/</link>
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		<title>21 Discriminatory Casting?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The movie ‘21’ outraged many Americans when it was released. This movie was the perfect chance for Hollywood to overcome its history of discrimination towards Asian American males, and to showcase talented Asian American actors, and they blew it. Major change probably will not happen until fair-minded non-Asian Americans get offended too. Good luck waiting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/21%e2%80%99-discriminatory-casting-unjustifie/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Benson Lee (partial transcript)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(** This is a partial transcript of the Fallout Central Interview with Benson Lee.)
William: It&#8217;s with great pleasure that we welcome to the Fallout Central Podcast&#8211; Benson Lee. How are you doing?
Benson Lee: I&#8217;m great! Thank you for having me.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/interview-with-benson-lee-partial-transcript/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Benson Lee, Director of Planet B-Boy</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/podcast-episode-benson-lee-director-of-planet-b-boy/</link>
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		<title>NO, 21 is NOT a Racist Movie.</title>
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Yeah, I said it&#8230; NO, 21 is NOT a racist movie.
21 is not exactly racist. The re-working of the details to appeal to a broader audience was not exactly racist either. The people who enjoyed the movie are not necessarily racist. Let&#8217;s be clear about that. These were simply business decisions. The film 21 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/no-21-is-not-a-racist-movie/</link>
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		<title>City dedicates Korean War memorial</title>
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More than 100 veterans, students and others remembered the veterans of the Korean conflict Sunday during the Korean War Veterans Memorial Dedication at Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve in Cape Coral. The group dedicated the memorial. The ceremony included speeches from Cape Coral Mayor Eric Feichthaler, Brig. Gen. Yonghyun Jeong of the Korean Delegation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/city-dedicates-korean-war-memorial/</link>
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		<title>Funeral homes expand their cultural vistas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Asian population continues to expand in the Chicago area - it grew 15 percent in Cook County from 2000 to 2006 - funeral homes have joined hotels, restaurants and other businesses in accommodating their needs. Ten to 15 specialty funeral companies opened in the Chicago area in recent years, mostly to accommodate Hindu, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/funeral-homes-expand-their-cultural-vistas/</link>
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		<title>Film festival reunites Ang Lee, Roger Ebert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oscar-winning director Ang Lee will be back at the University of Illinois for the 10th annual Ebertfest. The event is hosted by the noted film critic and Lee&#8217;s fellow Illini graduate Roger Ebert.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/film-festival-reunites-ang-lee-roger-ebert/</link>
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		<title>Jackie Chan, Gong Li bring charm to the world</title>
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Renowned Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping, with film actress Gong Li and action star Jackie Chan sitting by his sides, at the &#8220;You Bring Charm to the World&#8221; awards ceremony in Beijing on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The three were among a dozen individuals or groups honored at the annual awards as influential Chinese people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/jackie-chan-gong-li-bring-charm-to-the-world/</link>
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		<title>65 years, 1 legacy</title>
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A little more than 65 years ago, 2,600 young Japanese-American soldiers, who had all volunteered to join the Army&#8217;s segregated unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team , stood in formation in new khakis bedecked with orange leis and gas masks hanging from their shoulders in front of Iolani Palace just before they left for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mining the Home Movie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before the Internet, photo albums, diaries, scrapbooks and home movies represented the only ways that one person or one family could make order of their world and share it with others. Ishizuka’s work allows us to see a multi-hued and multifaceted history that serves as a bulwark against those who would gloss over or forget [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/mining-the-home-movie/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American Women Dip Their Toes into U.S. Politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), only two of the 86 women serving in the 110th U.S. Congress are Asian Americans; only 30 of the 1,741 women state legislators serving nationwide are Asian-American women. To help Asian-American women learn about the basics of U.S. governments and politics, CAWP launched in 2007 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/asian-american-women-dip-their-toes-into-us-politics/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Heritage Month kicks off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chilly weather and an overcast sky didn&#8217;t stop the grills from smoking at the Asian barbeque Saturday. About 70 people attended the event, which started at 1 p.m., to show their support and get a taste of the free food prepared hot off the grill while grooving to the sounds of a DJ playing Asian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/asian-american-heritage-month-kicks-off/</link>
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		<title>Editorial Review: &#8220;21&#8243;, submitted by John Yao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most movie reviews focus in on the how great the special effects were in the film or how great the acting. My review will not focus in on those two topics but on the basic facts to which the film &#8220;21&#8243; is based on. 
Hollywood has always exploited minorities.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/29/editorial-review-21-submitted-by-john-yao/</link>
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		<title>Blackjack morality tale &#8216;21&#8242; doubles down on cynicism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was pretty blown away by this article, which isn&#8217;t written by an Asian American person, and was not published in an Asian American publication (it&#8217;s from the Boston Globe):
According to this article, one key problem with the movie &#8216;21&#8242; is that:

Ethnics go to the back of the bus. The name of the hero of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/blackjack-morality-tale-21-doubles-down-on-cynicism/</link>
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		<title>MANAA BLASTS WHITE-WASHED CASTING OF KEVIN SPACEY’S &#8220;BASED ON A TRUE STORY&#8221; NEW FILM &#8220;21&#8243;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guy Aoki of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans states in this press release:

Asian American actors rarely get the opportunity to shine by playing meaty roles, and even when there’s a project crying out for their casting- like in 21- they get pushed aside so white people can play them instead.

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/1186/</link>
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		<title>21 Casting Unlucky for Asians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, Jeff Ma indicated that:

“I was more interested in having someone play me who captured my personality and I think Jim did that very well.”

My heart is saddened by the fact that not a single Asian American male lead could be found to accomplish the goal of capturing Jeff Ma&#8217;s personality.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/21-casting-unlucky-for-asians/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew, and America&#8217;s Most Humble Dance Crew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was so relieved when I learned that the JabbaWokeez (an Asian American male dance crew) won the grand prize and title of America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew. I was on my cell phone sending in my votes via txt message all day. Part of their unique style is the matching masks which served as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/editorial-americas-best-dance-crew-and-americas-most-humble-dance-crew/</link>
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		<title>Linkin Park’s Joseph Hahn releases The Seed on iTunes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Seed, a short film produced and directed by Linkin Park DJ Joseph Hahn and presented by Shorts International has made its debut on iTunes. Hahn, whose directorial credits include such award-winning videos as Linkin Park’s “In The End” (2002’s VMA “Video of the Year” winner) and “Somewhere I Belong” (2003’s VMA “Best Rock Video” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/linkin-park%e2%80%99s-joseph-hahn-releases-the-seed-on-itunes/</link>
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		<title>Tang: The United States should help Iraqis by doing what it does well — resettling refugees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tang, who lives in Austin, teaches Asian American history at Harvard University, specializing in refugee migration and resettlement. As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, he thinks The United States should help Iraqis by resettling refugees.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/tang-the-united-states-should-help-iraqis-by-doing-what-it-does-well-%e2%80%94-resettling-refugees/</link>
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		<title>A.B.C.: Gene Yang&#8217;s &#8216;American Born Chinese&#8217;</title>
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It was surprising when Gene Yang&#8217;s graphic novel, &#8220;American Born Chinese&#8221; was nominated for the National Book Award for Young People&#8217;s Literature in 2006. With accolades like a nomination for the National Book Awards pouring in, there&#8217;s no doubt that it&#8217;s going to be landing into the hands of a lot more readers.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/abc-gene-yangs-american-born-chinese/</link>
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		<title>Columbia Museum of Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the Asian archipelago&#8211; music, dance and other performances at the Columbia Museum of Art, starting Friday, March 28. there will be performances, poetry readings, puppet shows, lectures and dance workshops. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/asian-persuasion/</link>
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		<title>V for Vindication: Filipinas at the heart of this year’s ‘Vagina Monologues’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual V-Day women’s movement continues on March 31 with the Filipina Women’s Network’s fifth annual presentation of Eve Ensler’s highly acclaimed play, The Vagina Monologues, at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The Filipina Women’s Network, a nonprofit organization that provides resources for women of Filipino descent in abusive relationships, has also organized performances [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/v-for-vindication-filipinas-at-the-heart-of-this-year%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98vagina-monologues%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>MAYOR NEWSOM COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS March 26 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Newsom announced today the following new appointment and reappointments to San Francisco’s Commissions. He appointed Nínive Clements Calegari to the Arts Commission and reappointed Min Paek, the Executive Director of the Korean American Women Artists and Writers Association (KAWAWA), to the Taxi Commission-Reappointments.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/mayor-newsom-commissions-appointments-march-26-2008/</link>
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		<title>Shanghai Quartet and Chanticleer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A striking new co-commissioned piece by Chinese American composer Chen Yi, &#8220;From the Path of Beauty,&#8221; unveiled March 13 in San Francisco and reprised Tuesday night at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The composer calls her 37 1/2 -minute, seven-movement evocation of ancient Chinese arts &#8220;a song cycle for mixed voices and string quartet&#8221;.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/shanghai-quartet-and-chanticleer/</link>
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		<title>Multicultural center plays host to Asian-American conference</title>
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The Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center will host its first major regional conference this weekend when around 400 delegates gather for the Midwest Asian-American Students Union Spring Conference. Delegates from 24 schools throughout the Midwest will come to the University of Kansas from March 28 to 30 to attend workshops, a career fair and banquets in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/multicultural-center-plays-host-to-asian-american-conference/</link>
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		<title>Are you still complaining?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you upset that there aren&#8217;t enough positive portrayals of Asian American men on television? Well, here&#8217;s your chance to make a difference. The JabbaWockeeZ is an Asian American male dance crew. Help yourself by helping them.
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This is your last chance to cast a vote for your Randy Jackson Presents America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew favorite! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/are-you-still-complaining/</link>
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		<title>Coronary calcium testing predicts future heart ailments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is said in the March 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting overall cardiac health. Supported by the National Institutes of Health, the study is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/coronary-calcium-testing-predicts-future-heart-ailments/</link>
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		<title>T-Mac, Rockets Beat Timberwolves 97-86</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Houston Rockets got a 97-86 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night.Tracy McGrady scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Luis Scola had 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.The Rockets outrebounded the Wolves 58-38 and scored 14 second-chance points to win for the 19th time in their last 21 home games.It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/t-mac-rockets-beat-timberwolves-97-86/</link>
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		<title>Readers say yes, Asians do have a sense of humor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to  this article,    people now find that Asians also have a sense of humor. You be the judge.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/readers-say-yes-asians-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Planet B-Boy&#8217;: Break-dancing goes global</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
    The release of the new documentary Planet B-boy directed by Benson Lee, shows that the global reach of hip-hop extends to b-boying.The stories in &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; might surprise some who view hip-hop as a destructive force. However,what hip-hop is really about is those socially and politically conscious dancers. B-boying helped focus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/planet-b-boy-break-dancing-goes-global/</link>
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		<title>Congestion pricing nearing a vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(New York City) 
Congestion pricing advocates are making their final efforts to persuade city and state lawmakers to support a congestion pricing plan that would decrease traffic in Manhattan’s central business district as well as raise money for mass transportation projects.The plan is controversial and is opposed by people from Queens and Brooklyn who drive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/congestion-pricing-nearing-a-vote/</link>
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		<title>Half of subways are clean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 9th annual “subway shmutz” survey (New York City) released by the Straphangers Campaign shows that 50 percent of subway cars are clean. Although the E train ranked at the bottom of the list at 29 percent, that was a significant increase from a sorrowful 2 percent in the 2005 survey. City Councilmember John Liu [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/half-of-subways-are-clean/</link>
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		<title>Which would you prefer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Which would you prefer?
A) Living in a Chinese Orphanage
B) Being adopted into a white family and getting your head beaten in by blunt force trauma
White people who adopt Asian kids are awesome!
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/which-would-you-prefer/</link>
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		<title>Filipino artist uses Pinoy influences to do more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Artist Michael Arcega is trying to make art with his latest piece being showcased in L.A.’s “One Way or Another” exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum. He commonly employs practices that aren’t overtly Filipino. Wanting to speak to a bigger and more varied audience, Arcega thinks that he should not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/filipino-artist-uses-pinoy-influences-to-do-more/</link>
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		<title>APIA month celebrates diversity of Asian identities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Asian Pacific Islander/American Heritage Month, officially celebrated by the U.S. in the month of May, began at the tail end of MULTi week with a workshop by Carmen Van Kerckhove on interracial dating. Events scheduled throughout the month, including a workshop and a performance which aim to raise awareness of issues [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/apia-month-celebrates-diversity-of-asian-identities/</link>
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		<title>New York Worker’s Rights Clinic for Non-English Speakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Councilman John C. Liu announced an upcoming clinic on worker’s rights in collaboration with the Urban Justice Center. The clinic will offer one-on-one sessions to consult with attorneys on issues ranging from unpaid wages to unfair treatment. It will take place on Monday, March 31, at the office of Councilman Liu in Flushing, Queens. Language [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/new-york-worker%e2%80%99s-rights-clinic-for-non-english-speakers/</link>
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		<title>The truth about arnis, escrima and kali</title>
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Arnis, escrima and kali—by whatever name you call it—are recognized the world over to possess the most effective knife fighting techniques on earth. However, few Filipinos know about Filipino martial arts (FMA), which the special forces of various countries train to learn. Now, let us get to know the truth of this Filipino martial arts.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/the-truth-about-arnis-escrima-and-kali/</link>
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		<title>China Angle: &#8216;China Games And The Troubles&#8217;</title>
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In Gamasutra&#8217;s latest China Angle column, Frank Yu says that with the booming of China&#8217;s online population, the games industry is growing increasingly nervous about government crackdowns following the shuttering of online video sites, and looks at recent controversy over the Beijing Olympics website&#8217;s co-option of some casual games. China has got the largest Internet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/china-angle-china-games-and-the-troubles/</link>
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		<title>PCN: Celebrating Pilipino Culture the Fil-Am Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On campuses throughout the United States, thousands of Filipino American students are now gearing up for what has become an annual FilAm ritual: The PCN. The PCN began sometime in the 1970s in California where Filipinos steadily emerged as one of the largest Asian American communities.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/pcn-celebrating-pilipino-culture-the-fil-am-way/</link>
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		<title>Entries invited for Asian Americans in Business Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award is now open for 2008 nominations and entries. The Outstanding 50 ,organized by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), is the first and largest business award program of its kind, allowing the best of Asian American business professionals to showcase their achievements and benchmark their successes. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/entries-invited-for-asian-americans-in-business-award/</link>
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		<title>To B or Not to B</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Asian American hip-hop dancers Kaba Modern and Jabbawockeez recently grabbing the limelight on MTV&#8217;s hit reality show &#8220;America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew,&#8221; Jeff Yang talks with Benson Lee, director of the newly released feature documentary &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; on how rhythm and body rocking have become universal languages from San Francisco to Seoul.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/to-b-or-not-to-b/</link>
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		<title>Ni Hao, Kai-lan: Tigers and Dragons and Mandarin Lessons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ni Hao, Kai-lan (&#8221;Hello, Kai-lan&#8221;) is Nick Jr.&#8217;s latest preschool series, and the first on TV to explore Chinese culture and language. Teaching Mandarin to 3- to 5-year-old viewers might seem a fool&#8217;s errand, but that is way down on the list of the show&#8217;s actual intentions. With a week&#8217;s worth of new episodes premiering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/ni-hao-kai-lan-tigers-and-dragons-and-mandarin-lessons/</link>
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		<title>Asian festival winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Om Shanti Om,&#8221; a Bollywood epic written and directed by Farah Khan, won the audience award for best narrative feature at the 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival concluded Sunday. Benson Lee&#8217;s &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221;, about the resurgence of break-dancing, took the audience award for documentary feature.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/asian-festival-winners/</link>
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		<title>The Unfortunate Case of Mandy Lin</title>
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This article provides some background on the case of Mandy Lin, a woman who is in the middle of a 7 year legal battle. 
If you would like to assist Mandy Lin (you can also hear her story on our 3/23/08 podcast episode), you can sign this petition.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/the-unfortunate-case-of-mandy-lin/</link>
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		<title>Watch Planet B-Boy</title>
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PLANET B-BOY has been extended in NYC and we still need to get people to the theater this weekend MARCH 28-30. The director Benson Lee will be back for Q&#038;A Friday and Saturday nights for the 7pm and 9:30pm shows. Thanks to everyone who already came out and please forward if you liked the film! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intern needed for Hate Crimes Project and Voter Registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STUDENT NEEDED
PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH OCA-NY
May 15-August 30, 2008
The Organization of Chinese Americans-New York Chapter (OCA-NY) seeks a college summer intern to work full-time on its hate crimes prevention and voting rights projects.  The hate crimes prevention project is a collaboration between OCA-NY and youth organizations serving minority youth to organize an art [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/intern-needed-for-hate-crimes-project-and-voter-registration/</link>
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		<title>New York City Asian American Student Conference (NYCAASC)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York City Asian American Student Conference is an annual gathering dedicated to promoting awareness of APA issues and history among college students.
This year, we have chosen the theme &#8220;Redefine&#8221; for our conference. Our theme explores the evolution of the APA community, highlighting its past, present and future.
Through our conference, we hope to bring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/new-york-city-asian-american-student-conference-nycaasc/</link>
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		<title>Warriors not counting out Nowitzki-less Mavericks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Dirk Nowitzki may be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time, but the Warriors aren&#8217;t ready to count out the Dallas Mavericks. Nowitzki is the reigning league MVP, but the Houston Rockets showed that team&#8217;s can adapt. They lost All-Star center Yao Ming midway through a 22-game winning streak.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/warriors-not-counting-out-nowitzki-less-mavericks/</link>
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		<title>Asian American students confront stereotypes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Lisa Chan and other members of the Asian American Student Association set up a display in the Union Food Court on March 25 (Tuesday) to raise awareness about historical and contemporary examples of racism and stereotypes used against Asian Americans. The presentation is part of this year&#8217;s Asian American Awareness week. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/asian-american-students-confront-stereotypes/</link>
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		<title>Tots easily learn languages while they pick up English</title>
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    Early education is especially important for learning a language and combining a language-learning program with daily exposure to foreign language media increases the chances that a child will acquire language proficiency. However, few schools integrate second-language education into preschool or elementary education. Therefore, parents should look for a program with well-trained [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/tots-easily-learn-languages-while-they-pick-up-english/</link>
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		<title>AP Interview: Wayne Wang says he enjoys versatility in eclectic body of work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     The 58-year-old Chinese-American director Wayne Wang says that aversion explains his eclectic body of work. Wang told the Associated Press in an interview on the sidelines of the Hong Kong International Film Festival that he did not want to follow the way that Chinese director making Chinese-American material. However, after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/ap-interview-wayne-wang-says-he-enjoys-versatility-in-eclectic-body-of-work/</link>
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		<title>Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?</title>
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Long Duk Dong, created by the writer-director John Hughes, represents one of the most offensive Asian stereotypes Hollywood ever gave America and has became one of the most enduring characters of the decade&#8217;s teen comedies. Though the situation for Asian-American men in Hollywood has improved a bit since 1984, Asian-American actors are still trying to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/long-duk-dong-last-of-the-hollywood-stereotypes/</link>
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		<title>American Cancer Society to address needs of Asians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Cancer Society&#8217;s Asian Initiatives Unit will host a community health fair on March 29 at the Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354 to help promote cancer prevention and early detection in the Asian community. The health fair will provide attendees with the opportunity to obtain cancer and other health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/american-cancer-society-to-address-needs-of-asians/</link>
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		<title>We Have A Dream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama who occupies the middle space between black and white is able to reflect upon his life in the white, black and APA communities, and has gone further than any previous non-white campaigner on the presidential campaign. It is believed that Asian Pacific Americans would be the first minority to win the White House. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/we-have-a-dream/</link>
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		<title>UIC Raises Awareness of High Rates of Asian Suicide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicides account for a higher percentage of deaths in Asians than in whites, blacks, and Hispanics. For raising awareness of the high rate of suicide in the Asian community, nursing faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing hope to prevent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/uic-raises-awareness-of-high-rates-of-asian-suicide/</link>
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		<title>Two organizations team up for Asian Awareness Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian American Student Association and the Vietnamese American Student Association are hosting the fourth annual Asian Awareness Week today through Friday. Asian Awareness Month is normally held in May in conjunction with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which former President George H. W. Bush dedicated in the 1990s, according to a March 2006 O’Collegian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/two-organizations-team-up-for-asian-awareness-week/</link>
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		<title>Asian comedian addresses modern society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slam poet Beau Sia addressed everything from Asians&#8217; inability to like unicorns to being Asian in modern society during the Spotlight Asian America event in HUB Heritage Hall Friday night. The event&#8217;s purpose is to highlight Asian-American issues and culture.
Click here for the original article
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/asian-comedian-addresses-modern-society/</link>
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		<title>SFIAAFF 2008: Ni Hao, Confusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Asian American cultural criticism to do with Nick Jr.&#8217;s Ni Hao, Kai-Lan? The writer of this article gave a &#8220;review&#8221; not in any traditional sense, but some reflections on Asian American television inspired by a viewing of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/sfiaaff-2008-ni-hao-confusion/</link>
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		<title>Asian and Pacific Islander/American (APIA) Month Begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[APIA Heritage Month began last Friday with a workshop on interracial dating—one of many events hosted by SAO that will continue through late April. The goal is mainly “to increase awareness about these communities” , according to SAO president Arthur Chyan. The event was co-sponsored by MULTi at the end of their own awareness week, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/asian-and-pacific-islanderamerican-apia-month-begins/</link>
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		<title>Packed With a Punch: Asian Action Figures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do Lucy Liu, George Takei and Bruce Lee all have in common? Jason Nou can proudly say he owns them, or at least their tiny replicas, which are all part of his growing collection of Asian American action figures.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/packed-with-a-punch-asian-action-figures/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Harold&#8217; Star Sets Bar &#8216;High&#8217; for Asian Actors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Actor John Cho, 35, star of the upcoming, marijuana-laced comedy Harold &#038; Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, took time during the 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival to chat with New America Media contributor Peter Micek and reporters Matthew Hui of the Univ. of California&#8217;s Hardboiled and Erin Pangilian of the Philippine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/harold-star-sets-bar-high-for-asian-actors/</link>
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		<title>FIL-AM  DOCTOR  TO GET  U.S.  EXCELLENCE  AWARD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino doctor whose name is Christopher M. Guerrero spearheads yearly medical outreach projects in far flung and depressed areas of the country. He will be one of 50 medical practitioners in the United States who will receive the prestigious American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award. Dr. Christopher M. Guerrero will be the first Filipino-American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/24/fil-am-doctor-to-get-us-excellence-award/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Steven Chung, United Chinese Association</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Steven Chung, United Chinese Association

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/23/podcast-episode-steven-chung-united-chinese-association/</link>
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		<title>East or West, Yao&#8217;s fans split on what&#8217;s best</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yao’s fans worldwide heaved a sign of relief when the March 4 surgery on his left foot in Houston, Texas, was declared a success. However, the media reports of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) being used to speed up Yao&#8217;s recovery caused an online debate between Chinese and American fans of basketball superstar Yao Ming. 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/east-or-west-yaos-fans-split-on-whats-best/</link>
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		<title>Bd 7 Calls For New School Site Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Department of Education plan to lease 35 existing buildings citywide to turn into schools to relieve overcrowding and provide new facilities. Community Board 7 unanimously passed a resolution calling on the state senate to amend S.6393 to pass a new school site bill.
Click here to go to the original page
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/bd-7-calls-for-new-school-site-bill/</link>
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		<title>San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival: ‘Santa Mesa’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The movie Santa Mesa will screen on Saturday, March 22. The movie tells about the story of a young Filipino American boy named Hector who grieves the loss of his mother, hurdles language barriers and braves the isolation of being an American in another country. It is a delightful film that brings a fine balance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/san-francisco-international-asian-american-film-festival-%e2%80%98santa-mesa%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>(Editorial) Sometimes It Causes Me to Tremble: America&#8217;s Anti-Americanism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though America has a proud history of democracy and civil liberties, it sometimes has disregard for other cultures and peoples. 
Click here to go to the editorial.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/sometimes-it-causes-me-to-tremble-americas-anti-americanism/</link>
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		<title>Break Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The movie Planet B-Boy,directed by Benson Lee, is in theaters on March 21. This movie shows international teams of break dancers — or b-boys — battling to win best-in-the-nation status in their home countries and going on to compete in the 2005 world finals.The movie is fun, sometimes thrilling and packed with illuminating details and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/break-time/</link>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger Chooses More Minorities For Judgeships Than GOP Predecessors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed more judges of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds which proves the skeptics of some minority bar associations leaders were wrong. 
According to the article: 

About 22 percent of Schwarzenegger&#8217;s judicial appointees to date identify themselves as Asian-American, Latino or African-American, up from a cumulative total of about 16 percent just 18 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/schwarzenegger-chooses-more-minorities-for-judgeships-than-gop-predecessors/</link>
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		<title>Emory Hosts Korean Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Emory hosted the 22nd annual Korean American Students Conference from March 13 to 16. The conference aims to encourage its attendees to explore a broad spectrum of career opportunities and to pursue their passions without being afraid of breaking away from traditional career. Most of the attendees thought that the conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/21/emory-hosts-korean-forum/</link>
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		<title>APA Obama supporters opening Philly Chinatown office</title>
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Right: Date Farmers Obama 2008 campaign poster
Obama for America will open an office in Philadelphia&#8217;s Chinatown this Saturday, March 22, with festivities starting at 11:30 a.m.
The office space, donated by Obama supporter Lee Deng, is located at 924 Cherry Street, 2nd floor rear, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Deng, who says Obama&#8217;s message of inclusion and hope had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/apa-obama-supporters-opening-philly-chinatown-office/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Jack Tsao&#8217;s &#8216;mirror therapy&#8217; eases the pain of Iraq War amputees</title>
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Here&#8217;s an unsung hero of the Iraq War you should know about: Dr. Jack Tsao, a Navy neurologist with the Uniform Services University, who has instituted &#8220;mirror therapy&#8221; at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to ease the phantom pain of soldiers who have lost limbs in Iraq.
As many as 95% of amputees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/dr-jack-tsao-eases-the-pain-of-iraq-war-amputees/</link>
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		<title>Sneak Peek Thursday&#8217;s &#8216;Lost&#8217;</title>
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&#8220;Meet Kevin Johnson&#8221; - Sayid confronts Ben&#8217;s spy on the freighter, and Ben urges his daughter, Alex, to flee Locke&#8217;s camp in order to survive an impending attack, on &#8220;Lost,&#8221; Thursday on ABC. 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/sneak-peek-thursdays-lost/</link>
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		<title>indieWIRE INTERVIEW &#124; &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; Director Benson Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Director Benson Lee had just taken a interview held by indieWIRE. They talked about how the idea for &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; came about and the challenges that Lee met. His next project is the feature adaptation of &#8220;Planet B-boy,&#8221; which is going to show some of the illest dance battling you&#8217;ve ever seen, minus all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/indiewire-interview-planet-b-boy-director-benson-lee/</link>
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		<title>Yao May Become Mainland&#8217;s First Relay Runner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beijing - Chinese basketball All-star Yao Ming may become the mainland&#8217;s first torchbearer. Yao is a shoe-in to be the first to run a 200m stretch with the torch. The follower will be Yi Jianlian. Yao had a successful operation earlier this month after he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left foot. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/yao-may-become-mainlands-first-relay-runner/</link>
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		<title>The Media were Intended Target for Obama&#8217;s Speech on Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama delivered his speech on race Tuesday in Philadelphia. To no one&#8217;s surprise, the media were the intended target of Sen. Obama&#8217;s speech.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/the-media-were-intended-target-for-obamas-speech-on-race/</link>
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		<title>Lots of Screaming Asians in Tropic Thunder Trailer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trailer for the comedy Tropic Thunder recently hit the web. Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. star as self-absorbed actors in a big-budget war movie and the cast ends up in the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys. Really REALLY baaaaaaaaad guys.
Click here to go to the original [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/20/lots-of-screaming-asians-in-tropic-thunder-trailer/</link>
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		<title>Ichiro on ESPN Magazine Cover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This just in from my mailbox&#8230;

&#8220;For making singles sexy and taking baseball global, Ichiro is a perfect 10&#8243;
The Seattle Mariners outfielder representin&#8217; on the cover of ESPN Magazine. Granted, this is one of many covers created for this issue, but Ichiro made it to the front of this one!
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/19/ichiro-on-espn-magazine-cover/</link>
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		<title>21 Movie: Boycott this movie or buy it in Chinatown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Producers William S. Beasley, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ryan Kavanaugh, Brett Ratner, Kevin Spacey are all racists for casting white people (Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth) in lead roles to portray people who were Asians in real life.
If you pay money to see this movie, you will be sending the message that you support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/19/21-movie-boycott-this-movie-or-buy-it-in-chinatown/</link>
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		<title>Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland or UGNAYAN)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Concerned why poverty continues to exist in the Philippines?
Interested to know about the Filipino people&#8217;s history and our history of migration?
Want to learn about the Philippine progressive movement now and then?
SIGN UP NOW FOR PHILIPPINES 101!
Jointly sponsored by Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland) and John Jay College of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/18/ugnayan-ng-mga-anak-ng-bayan-linking-the-children-of-the-motherland-or-ugnayan/</link>
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		<title>New York, NY: Happy hour for John Liu TONIGHT</title>
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Readers and listeners in the New York area: Tonight, People for John Liu will host a happy hour fundraiser in the councilman&#8217;s honor.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Tonic East
411 Third Avenue at 29th Street
6 to 33rd Street
$25 for Guest
$100 for Host
Special priced drinks
(Personal checks payable to &#8220;People for John Liu&#8221; and credit cards accepted)
Please RSVP to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/18/new-york-ny-happy-hour-for-john-liu-tonight/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Amazin Le Thi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Amazin Le Thi

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/17/podcast-episode-amazin-le-thi/</link>
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		<title>Obama wins Mississippi primary; Texas caucus win estimated</title>
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Sen. Barack Obama claimed victory by a wide margin over Sen. Hillary Clinton in Mississippi&#8217;s Democratic primary Tuesday.
Obama won 61 percent of the vote, and rest went to Clinton.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/obama-wins-mississippi-primary-texas-caucus-win-estimated/</link>
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		<title>Tastes from the Far East</title>
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Chinese restaurants have sprung up in every corner of the country, some claiming to be authentic. However times and tastes keep changing, and, with the ordinary Indian turning more experimental, food from the Far East is slowly but surely invading our palates. For centuries India has maintained strong maritime relations with the islands that constitute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/tastes-from-the-far-east/</link>
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		<title>Nun can stop these teachers</title>
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Sister Jacinta explains the rules for changing the letter Y at the end of a word to students in her first grade classroom Tuesday at St. Francis of Assisi School on Wilson Avenue in Gallup.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/nun-can-stop-these-teachers/</link>
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		<title>Photographs from journey on exhibit</title>
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Read about Mark Rice&#8217;s photo exhibit in Vietnam&#8217;s largest city, Can Tho.

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		<title>The Third Space: Cultural Identity Today at Mead Art Museum</title>
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The Third Space: Cultural Identity Today is part of a year-long interdisciplinary initiative at Amherst College on the theme of “Art and Identity in the Global Community.” Two of the artists in the show, Indonesian Entang Wiharso and Ghanaian-German Daniel Kojo, are resident Amherst College Copeland Fellows for the 2007-2008 academic year. French-Algerian Zoulikha Bouabdellah [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/the-third-space-cultural-identity-today-at-mead-art-museum/</link>
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		<title>Korean actress Kim gains spotlight in the U.S.</title>
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An established actress in her native Korea for almost 10 years, Kim Yunjin’s star is still on the rise. Her career in Korea started out with parts in TV dramas and quickly advanced into film with her debut in the groundbreaking Korean film Shiri
It was her role in this blockbuster that earned her star status [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/korean-actress-kim-gains-spotlight-in-the-us/</link>
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		<title>Chicken soup has global appeal</title>
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Chicken soup&#8217;s curative powers have been traced back to ancient Egypt with modern research supporting that the mix of nutrients and vitamins in a typical bowl does slow the activity of white blood cells.
Chicken soup knows no geographic or socio-economic boundaries; it shows up everywhere, from street vendors in China and Mexico to diners in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/chicken-soup-has-global-appeal/</link>
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		<title>Olympians air a gripe about Beijing</title>
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The Beijing Olympic clock (R) is barely visible as smog engulfs the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China.
Fearing the pollution, some will train offshore and may wear masks; others talk of skipping all or part of the Summer Games.
Click here to read the original article.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/olympians-air-a-gripe-about-beijing/</link>
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		<title>Dinner honors Korean War vets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, resulted in 54,000 U.S. dead and 103,000 wounded
A group called Healing Peace organized  a dinner treat to honor those Korean veterans who fought in that war to serve their country.
This event will be held Sunday at Virginia Tech&#8217;s Squires Student Center, and the sponsors are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/dinner-honors-korean-war-vets/</link>
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		<title>Indian dock workers protest in US; embassy sends probe team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the 500 Indian dock workers who filed a lawsuit accusing their US employer and recruiters of human trafficking held a rally in New Orleans, even as India suspended the licenses of two Indian recruiting agents who sent the workers to the US on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Indian embassy in Washington decided to send [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/indian-dock-workers-protest-in-us-embassy-sends-probe-team/</link>
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		<title>California Provides Glimpse Into Asian Gambling Culture</title>
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The state of California routinely provides sites like Gambling911.com with more traffic than any other of the 49 U.S. states each day, much of that is fueled by the heavy congregation of Asian American gamblers living there
Casinos and card rooms near Los Angeles and San Francisco estimate that Asian Americans often account for 80% of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/california-provides-glimpse-into-asian-gambling-culture/</link>
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		<title>Film Listings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
The 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival runs March 13-25 at the Castro, 429 Castro, SF; Kabuki, 1881 Post, SF; Clay, 2261 Fillmore, SF; Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft, Berk; and Camera 12, 201 South Second St, San Jose. Tickets (most shows $11) and additional information available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/12/film-listings/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Lust, Caution&#8221; actress banned in China</title>
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Lust, Caution&#8221; star Tang Wei has been banned in the Chinese media. Even the new television commercial starring Tang for the skin care brand Pond&#8217;s was to cease broadcast immediately. All print ads and feature content using the actress also were to be pulled. The memo gave no reason for the ban.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/lust-caution-actress-banned-in-china/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;d all have Gucci if we could&#8230;</title>
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One in five of the 25,000 people questioned for this poll named it the number one luxury brand they would like to buy from if money wasn&#8217;t an issue.
Interestingly, different regions displayed quite different preferences with the Chinese choosing Chanel, shoppers in Hong Kong and the Philippines preferring Louis Vuitton, Russians choosing Christian Dior, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/wed-all-have-gucci-if-we-could/</link>
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		<title>Col. Carl Bernard, 81; From Korea To Berkeley, He Found Right Tactics</title>
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Col. Carl F. Bernard&#8217;s military assignments took him to China, Korea, Laos, Germany and Kansas. One sensitive assignment: reviving ROTC at the University of California at Berkeley 
Carl F. Bernard, 81, a retired Army colonel and decorated combat veteran who died  of a stroke March 4 at his Fort Belvoir home, found himself on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/col-carl-bernard-81-from-korea-to-berkeley-he-found-right-tactics/</link>
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		<title>US singer brings hip-hop cool to Japanese folk songs</title>
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Jerome White Junior, better known in Japan as &#8220;Jero,&#8221; has smashed through the benchmark Oricon music charts, hitting fourth place with his debut single released last month and setting a sales record for a debut &#8220;enka&#8221; folk song.
26-year-old African-American &#8212; whose grandmother was Japanese &#8212; has impressed old and young alike with his soulful singing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/us-singer-brings-hip-hop-cool-to-japanese-folk-songs/</link>
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		<title>Today in History - March 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Highlight in History:
On March 11, 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, &#8220;I shall return,&#8221; kept that promise more than 2 1/2 years later.)
On this date:
In 1810, Emperor Napoleon I of France was married by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/today-in-history-march-11/</link>
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		<title>Sony&#8217;s mylo</title>
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The second-generation device is more of a disappointment than a delight due to delays in connecting to the Web
The Good: Touchscreen and larger display make this more fun to use than the first-generation mylo; ability to download podcasts and use Skype a plus
The Bad: Web sites load too slowly, in some cases not at all; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/sonys-mylo-no-match-for-itouch/</link>
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		<title>Tibetan Groups, Supporters in NY Protest Beijing Olympics</title>
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Tibetan refugees, activist groups and other supporters in New York City marked the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule by demanding independence and protesting the upcoming Beijing Olympics.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/tibetan-groups-supporters-in-ny-protest-beijing-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Shanghai Set to Become China&#8217;s First &#8220;Wireless City&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2010  World Expo is near by shanghai is on a verge to become the first wireless city in china.
Shanghai’s Municipal Informatization Commission and China Telecom Shanghai revealed that wireless demonstration areas will be ready for use in 2008.
Shanghai is a logical starting point to begin China’s wireless ascension. The city is the backbone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/shanghai-set-to-become-chinas-first-wireless-city/</link>
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		<title>Tibetans protest Olympic torch in SF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tibetan immigrants protesting Chinese control of their homeland vowed Monday to make San Francisco, the only U.S. city to host the Olympic torch relay, the focal point of American demonstrations against the Beijing Games.
Demonstrators unfurled a Tibetan flag over the flight of white stone steps leading into San Francisco City Hall and held a portrait [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/tibetans-protest-olympic-torch-in-sf/</link>
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		<title>Forum targets crimes against Asians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Tammy Peng walked out of a popular Asian supermarket in Hacienda Heights and was attacked by a man trying to steal her purse.
Peng, a lawyer with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, said she was lucky to get away with just bumps and scratches. But she said many others in the Asian community have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/forum-targets-crimes-against-asians/</link>
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		<title>Boston Politician Embroiled in Clinton-Obama Race</title>
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Sam Yoon  is the  first Asian American to be  elected to office when he won his seat in Boston 2005.
Since then the Princeton and Harvard alum has charted a progressive legislative track that&#8217;s brought him much positive attention and garnered him a spot on the Democratic National Committee&#8217;s Rules Committee.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/boston-politician-embroiled-in-clinton-obama-race/</link>
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		<title>UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center Welcomes New Advisors</title>
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Maria Fang and Carolyn Gan
These two members have recently joined as  a new members of the Honorary Council for Asian Heart and Vascular Center

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/11/ucsf-asian-heart-and-vascular-center-welcomes-new-advisors/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Lack of Asian American Studies at Hunter College</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/podcast-episode-missing-asian-american-studies-at-hunter-college/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Am Malubay Lands In &#8216;American Idol&#8217;s&#8217; Top 12</title>
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Filipino-American Ramiel Malubay made it as one of the Top 12 of this year&#8217;s &#8220;American Idol.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/fil-am-malubay-lands-in-american-idols-top-12/</link>
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		<title>March 08 in History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vietnamese Trung Trac and sister Trung Nhi lead an uprising against northern Han domination, claiming independence for Viet Nam with Trung Trac as empress. One year later, the Han sent a 200,000-strong army to Vietnam and reoccupied the country. The Trung sisters drowned themselves to preserve their honour.
Birth of Ly Cong Uan (died 1028) later [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/march-08-in-history/</link>
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		<title>150,000 AMERICAN SOLDIER SUICIDES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi citizens kill American soldiers weekly. GIs kill Iraqi citizens daily. Experts say a million Iraqi men, women and children suffered death at the hands of Americans and Islamic fighters. Two million Iraqi refugees languish in Turkey, Iran and Syria. Death, disease and misery haunt Iraq 24/7. As the Iraq War continues, death reaps its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/150000-american-soldier-suicides/</link>
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		<title>The Vietnam Photography Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Vietnam fisherman 

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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/the-vietnam-photography-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Village reflects China&#8217;s growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Athletes coming to this summer&#8217;s Olympics will eat in a cafeteria big enough to seat 5,000, will enjoy showers heated by a modern solar power system and can worship in a new prayer center designed to accommodate the world&#8217;s most popular religions.
Those are some of the marquee features of the Beijing Olympic Village, prospective home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/village-reflects-chinas-growth-2/</link>
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		<title>Bad Student&#8221; Li Yuchun</title>
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Chinese singer Li Yuchun performs at her solo concert held at the Shanghai Grand Stage on Sunday, March 9, 2008, ahead of her 24th birthday on Monday. At the show, Li Yuchun shed light on &#8220;Cha Sheng&#8221; (&#8221;Bad Student&#8221;), her first single this year which she co-wrote and also directed its music video. Emerging on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/village-reflects-chinas-growth/</link>
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		<title>Ethnic Cuisine: A Healthy Way to Eat Out</title>
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It’s easy to eat healthy in Chinese restaurants. Simply order steamed vegetables and grilled salmon or steamed chicken with sauce in the side. Chinese cooks really know how to steam vegetables to retain their crunch, which means they’re still loaded with beneficial enzymes, and you’ll get a heaping helping of vitamins and minerals.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/ethnic-cuisine-a-healthy-way-to-eat-out/</link>
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		<title>Baseball cast light in shadow of war</title>
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Japanese American  Kenichi Zenimura, who had dedicated his prior life in Fresno, Calif., to baseball, saw no reason to surrender his devotion behind the barbed-wire fences of Gila River.
Zenimura built a ball field in the middle of nothing. He marshaled fellow captives to create a genuine diamond in the rough, one blade of grass, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/baseball-cast-light-in-shadow-of-war/</link>
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		<title>Generations of Girl Scouts in county</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first Asian-American national Girl Scout president, Connie Matsui, was elected.
- Nearly 4 million Girl Scouts and leaders tackled illiteracy with first lady Barbara Bush in the Right to Read service project
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/generations-of-girl-scouts-in-county/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Eats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its surprising that in United States, there are more Chinese restaurants than all the McDonald’s, Burger Kings and KFCs combined. 
Many Asian dishes are served family-style instead of a la carte; meals bring us together in the spirit of sharing. Eating with others nourishes our souls, as well as our sense of tradition and culture. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/10/asian-american-eats/</link>
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		<title>Margaret Cho is “Beautiful”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like to support a comedian who has used the Asian American community as the butt of her jokes for her own personal wealth-building, then you need to check out Margaret Cho&#8217;s comedy tour. See the youtube video below for an example of just how much respect she has for Asian Americans. To learn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/08/margaret-cho-is-%e2%80%9cbeautiful%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>China&#8217;s basketball star Yao vows to battle back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 It&#8217;s great news for Yao Ming fan&#8217;s as he has successfully gone through his operation. Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming promised his countrymen that he would do his utmost to recover from a broken foot so that he can represent his country in forth coming olympics.
He is expected to have to wait three to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/chinas-basketball-star-yao-vows-to-battle-back/</link>
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		<title>Five charged over &#8216;$3m sex trafficking ring&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A GROUP of South Korean women were falsely lured to Australia and forced to work up to 20 hours a day in a Sydney brothel, police say.
Federal Police officers raided six inner-Sydney properties yesterday, arresting three women and two men allegedly linked to a sex trafficking syndicate worth more than $3 million a year.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/five-charged-over-3m-sex-trafficking-ring/</link>
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		<title>Kashmir Dispute: Causes and Consequences-III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According this article, no one can predict whether the United States is dictating orders to Pakistan or India on the Kashmir issue. Pakistan is playing a vital role in the US global war on terrorism
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/kashmir-dispute-causes-and-consequences-iii/</link>
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		<title>Suspect in infamous &#8216;pinky-ring murder&#8217; captured</title>
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Mohamed Kamaludeen glances toward the prosecutor at the opening of his preliminary hearing in the muder of Judy Calder Friday in Reno Justice Court.
Kamaludeen is accused of &#8220;hiring or inducing&#8221; another man - illegal Carlos Filomeno - to carry out the fatal attack on Calder.
In the Bimbi killing, a longtime criminal who testified as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/suspect-in-infamous-pinky-ring-murder-captured/</link>
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		<title>Full of Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean-American filmmaker Grace Lee traveled the world to meet other people with her name and examine the stereotypes that come with it. Her findings are documented in &#8220;The Grace Lee Project,&#8221; which screens tonight at Gallery 263 in Cambridge as part of this weekend&#8217;s International Women&#8217;s Day Film Festival. Since producing the film, Lee has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/full-of-grace/</link>
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		<title>China set for 30 years more years of fast growth: World Bank&#8217;s Lin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to world bank chief Justin Lin Yifu gave a statement on Friday that China&#8217;s economy will keep growing fast for up to 30 more years. China is growing because of its  vast domestic market and foreign investment. China&#8217;s historic economic transformation began 30 years ago when the nation&#8217;s then-leader, Deng Xiaoping, began a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/china-set-for-30-years-more-years-of-fast-growth-world-banks-lin/</link>
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		<title>Strong link between smoking and stroke in Chinese men</title>
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A man who recycles usable coal smokes a cigarette as he rests at a cinder dump site on the outskirts of Changzhi, north China&#8217;s Shanxi province October 16, 2007. One in seven strokes among Chinese men is due to cigarette smoking, researchers in China and the United States said citing a large-scale study that identified [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/strong-link-between-smoking-and-stroke-in-chinese-men/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Cinco de Mayo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cinco de Mayo celebrates
The legendary Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, in which a Mexican force of
4,500 men faced 6,000 well-trained French soldiers. The battle lasted four
hours and ended in a victory for the Mexican army under Gen. Ignacio
Zaragoza. Along with Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16, Cinco de Mayo
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/us-census-bureau-facts-for-features-cinco-de-mayo/</link>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Next Top Model: &#8220;The Bay Area Search&#8221; Winner selected.</title>
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Tina Nguyen, of San Jose has been selected as the  first &#8220;Bay Area Search&#8221; for America&#8217;s Next Top Model. 
She credits her parents for being her biggest inspirations and a key factor in her modeling aspirations. Tina will also be flown to meet with the casting team for the next cycle of America&#8217;s Next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/americas-next-top-model-the-bay-area-search-winner-selected/</link>
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		<title>Warner Bros. Buys South Korea&#8217;s Chaser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. has picked up remake rights to South Korea&#8217;s surprise hit &#8220;The Chaser&#8221; from director Na Hong-jin, reports Variety.
The deal, announced in Seoul on Thursday, is for $1 million plus various incentives based on the remake&#8217;s box office performance. Kim Su-jin, head of production house Bidangil Pictures, will also receive a co-production credit.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/warner-bros-buys-south-koreas-chaser/</link>
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		<title>ING Forms Alliance With Largest Asian-American Insurance Professional Associationork, NY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Windsor ING U.S. Insurance group announced today the formation of an alliance with the newly formed Asian American Insurance and Financial Professional Association (AAIFPA). The alliance will be launched at the organization&#8217;s first conference to be held March 7-8 in Industry Hills. AAIFPA is  dedicated to the insurance profession and the financial professionals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/07/ing-forms-alliance-with-largest-asian-american-insurance-professional-associationork-ny/</link>
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		<title>Afghan women face harsh male attitudes</title>
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According to this article, women in Afghanistan are trapped by a &#8220;backward society, ignorance, illiteracy and cultural retardation.&#8221; Most are treated as property once they are married and few enjoy equal rights in the post-Taliban constitution.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/afghan-women-face-harsh-male-attitudes/</link>
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		<title>Forex - Yen Down Against Majors Amid Japanese Economic Data [USD/JPY]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3/6/2008 12:08:22 AM Amid the release of Japanese leading and coincident indices for January, the Yen traded slightly down against its major counterparts. As of 12:05 am ET, the yen was worth 100.21 against the Franc, 103.95 against the dollar, 158.84 against the Euro and 206.95 versus the Sterling.
3/6/2008 1:25:41 PM The Yen climbed versus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/forex-yen-down-against-majors-amid-japanese-economic-data-usdjpy/</link>
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		<title>Lee, Bush to hold Camp David summit next month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Washington next month for summit talks with U.S. President George W. Bush. Lee, who chose the U.S. as his first overseas destination after taking office on Feb. 25, will be the first South Korean president to go to Camp David, an American presidential retreat since 1942. Lee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/lee-bush-to-hold-camp-david-summit-next-month/</link>
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		<title>WWII Lessons Come Alive in Japanese Americans&#8217; Tales</title>
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Terry Shima, Japanese American Veterans Association director, discusses the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II. Other speakers last week were Mary Tamaki Murakami, Grant Hirabayashi and Joe Ichiuji

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		<title>Nissan launches luxury brand in Europe</title>
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The arrival of a new Japanese luxury car in Western Europe has been celebrated at a glitzy launch party on the sidelines of the Geneva motor show - two years after its market entry into Russia and two decades after its North American launch.The world premiere of the Infiniti FX50 sports utility vehicle was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/nissan-launches-luxury-brand-in-europe/</link>
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		<title>Health care attracts visitors to Malaysia</title>
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Malaysia offers western-style medical treatment to Europeans and North Americans who choose to come for &#8220;healing holidays.&#8221;
Healing holidays are the latest trend in travel &#8212; &#8220;hospital-ity&#8221; in the purest sense. Click here to read more.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/health-care-attracts-visitors-to-malaysia/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to start understanding Chinese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese language studies to be offered by North Attleboro High School through a grant from the Chinese government. The Chinese will pay for salary for the program and for textbooks, and the school district need only provide a room with a desk for the teacher. China&#8217;s Ministry of Education predicted a couple of years ago [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/its-time-to-start-understanding-chinese/</link>
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		<title>Air travel defies trend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A SOFTENING global economy is not expected to affect business travel in the Asia-Pacific. American Express Business Travel&#8217;s quarterly survey of airfare trends found that ticket prices across the Asia-Pacific rose by 1 per cent in the last quarter of 2007, down from 3 per cent the previous quarter. Fares in Australia were flat for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/air-travel-defies-trend/</link>
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		<title>4 US Marines in Japan face court-martial</title>
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The U.S. military says it will court-martial four U.S. Marines in Japan for the alleged rape of a Japanese woman.
Master Gunnery Sgt. John Cordero of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni in southern Japan said Thursday that the courts-martial are to be held beginning next month.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/4-us-marines-in-japan-face-court-martial/</link>
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		<title>Berkley Rep 2008/09 Season includes &#8216;Arabian Nights,&#8217; &#8216;Inishmore&#8217; &#38; &#8216;Yellow Face&#8217;</title>
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David Henry Hwang is the first Asian American to win the Tony Award for Best Play he made  his debut with Yellow Face, a satirical self-portrait of a writer caught in a controversy of his own creation.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/berkley-rep-200809-season-includes-arabian-nights-inishmore-yellow-face/</link>
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		<title>From teacher to supervisor</title>
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Asian American and Ethnic Studies teacher, Eric Mar, is running for supervisor of San Francisco&#8217;s Richmond District in the November 2008 election.
Mar, a community activist, began as a student at SF State in 1984, and then became a lecturer in 1992.
Now he is  campaigning for the election if elected he would  change the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/06/from-teacher-to-supervisor/</link>
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		<title>One man suspected in attacks on 21 women, girls</title>
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Seattle police say a man who has forcibly groped women in South Seattle may be responsible for as many as 21 attacks over the past three years, including four in the past two months. Police fear that the man is becoming increasingly violent after he tried to drag a woman into a dark driveway last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basketball. Yao surgery a success</title>
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Houston Rockets all-star center Yao Ming has undergone successful surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot, the team said on its website. Yao, 27, hopes to recover in time to play for China at the Beijing Olympics in August.
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		<title>Scholars Meet the Correspondent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Filipino American Jaime “Jimmy” Florcruz is CNN’s bureau chief and correspondent. He’s the one we see on TV, covering China for CNN. Click here to read the original article. 
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		<title>Scholar Studies Ethnic Identity</title>
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Tiffany Yip, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Fordham University, is  Chinese American. She was born in the U.S. and was raised in many different places like California, Texas, Illinois and Hong Kong. In her school she was one of the very few Asians. Yip’s ethnic identity wasn’t always easy for her to understand. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shoreline Mayor Cindy Ryu has very personal reasons for getting involved in government</title>
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Shoreline&#8217;s new mayor Cindy Ryu a Korean American Born in 1957, she is the first female Korean-American mayor in the United States. She is also only the second female mayor in Shoreline&#8217;s 13-year history. Shoreline has a one third population of immigrants. Ryu is  fluent in both English and Korean.
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		<title>U.S. lawmaker says FTA approval impossible this year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korea and the U.S. signed the trade accord in June, a year after the negotiations began. They worked against a deadline to have the deal covered under the U.S. trade promotion authority&#8211; temporary legislation that requires Congress to vote up or down on FTAs (Free Trade Agreements)negotiated by the government. The Congress would not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/05/us-lawmaker-says-fta-approval-impossible-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Such Desolate Beauty</title>
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&#8220;HEART MOUNTAIN, WYOMING&#8221; is one of the pieces in &#8220;The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps / 1942-46&#8243; at the Benton Museum in Storrs


Artworks Created In Wartime Internment Camps On Display At UConn&#8217;s Benton
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		<title>Ling says petty theft charges stem from &#8216;innocent mistake&#8217;</title>
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Chinese-born actress Bai Ling was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of shoplifting items worth 16 U.S. dollars, Bai Ling says she made an &#8220;innocent mistake&#8221; when she allegedly took a pack of batteries and two tabloid magazines at Los Angeles International Airport without paying for them.
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		<title>Asia carmakers eye wider horizons at Geneva auto show</title>
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Chinese and Indian carmakers struck a buoyant tone at the Geneva Auto Show Tuesday, fuelled by booming domestic demand along with a cautious eye on established Western markets.
China&#8217;s BYD and India&#8217;s Tata comes in marked contrast to the cautious outlook and revised growth forecasts of their European and North American rivals.
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		<title>SAME-SEX COUPLES ASK CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN MARRIAGE BAN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for same-sex couples presented arguments to the California Supreme Court today in a historic lawsuit seeking to strike down a state law that bars lesbians and gay men from marriage. In the last 55 years there have been enormous changes in California law concerning lesbian and gay people. The California Supreme Court has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAHOA salutes Calif. Rep., calls Santos ‘respect leader’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Atlanta-based Asian American Hotel Owners Association members own 22,000 hotels, totaling $60 billion in property value, and was established in 1989. The Asian American Hotel Owners Association will miss the great leader Tom Lantos. After his recent death, the community expressed its public condolences. He will be greatly missed by all those who were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/05/aahoa-salutes-calif-rep-calls-santos-%e2%80%98respect-leader%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Journalist speaks about hip-hop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Journalist Jeff Chang will be having a hip hop informal question and answer session at 3:30 p.m. and a lecture at 7 p.m. today in the auditorium at Willard J. Walker Hall. His first book &#8220;Can&#8217;t Stop, Won&#8217;t Stop&#8221; is a history of the Hip hop Generation which examines the last three decades of hip-hop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/05/journalist-speaks-about-hip-hop/</link>
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		<title>Good as gold</title>
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India is the world’s largest consumer of gold. South Asian jewelry is generally of higher purity than western jewelry - 22 karats, compared to 14 karats
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		<title>In praise of stupid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guy thinks that Harold &#038; Kumar is a &#8220;stupid&#8221; movie series. 
Hmmm&#8230;. go figure. I actually thought that watching them run around in those orange jump suits was kinda intelligent.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/04/in-praise-of-stupid/</link>
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		<title>US confirms desire to boost its relations with Viet Nam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill yesterday asserted the administration’s determination to boost permanent multifaceted ties of co-operation with Viet Nam
He also thanked the Vietnamese Government and people for their co-operation in finding the Americans missing in action in the Viet Nam War. 
Vietnamese officials re-affirmed the importance of the ties with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom of missing Burgos takes campaign to find him to US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos has brought to the United States her campaign for the government to return her son to her and hopes to meet with Representative Barbara Lee,
Lee, a Democrat representing Oakland, California, has been instrumental in getting human rights language tied to this year’s US military aid to the Philippines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internees are ‘not so nostalgic’</title>
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Ramsay Hishinuma reflected on the time his grandfather Jinjuro Hishinuma spent at the Honouliuli Internment Camp during a forum and gathering yesterday at the Japanese Cultural Center marking the camp&#8217;s 65th anniversary.
Former residents of Honouliuli camp have mixed feelings 
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		<title>Actress Bai Ling Charged With Petty Theft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles City Attorney&#8217;s office has charged film actress Bai Ling with petty theft for allegedly stealing items from an airport shop last month.
Ling, who starred in The Crow and Anna and the King, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport following the alleged incident.
(She) was charged based on an arrest that occurred Feb. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Feature: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.
The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important
milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United
States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and contributions of
Chinese workers to the building of the transcontinental railroad, completed
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		<title>Cops, family search for woman who disappeared at O&#8217;Hare</title>
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Cops, family search for a woman who disappeared at O&#8217;Hare International Airport on Feb. 26
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		<title>Hitting Chinese is Very Fun</title>
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Scale 4 Physical Attack: The majority group vandalize minority group things, they burn property and carry out violent attacks on individuals or groups. Physical harm is done to members of the minority group. Examples: lynchings of blacks, pogroms against Jews in Europe, tarring and feathering Mormons in the 1800s.


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		<title>Who Says Asians Can&#8217;t Dance?</title>
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San Diego-based Jabbawockeez  and Orange County natives Kaba Modern dance crews are chock full of Asian Americans.
Kaba Modern’s Asian American male and female members got slapped with the roles of nerds and hotties, along with them even San Diego-based Jabbawockeez has proved that Asian community has their unique talent and has the abilities to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close, Howard, Curry, Hansen to Receive 29th Annual Common Wealth Awards</title>
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The 2008 Common Wealth Award winners are: Glenn Close, celebrated actress of stage, screen and television, for Dramatic Arts; John Howard, four-term prime minister of Australia, for Government; Ann Curry, news anchor of NBC&#8217;s Today, co-anchor of Dateline NBC, for Mass Communications; James Hansen, preeminent climate scientist, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/04/close-howard-curry-hansen-to-receive-29th-annual-common-wealth-awards/</link>
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		<title>Racial Issues Smolder in Korean American&#8217;s New Book</title>
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Susan choi a Korean American writer has been receiving acclaim from the press and literary circles in the U.S; she was born to a Korean father and a Russian-Jewish mother and grew up in the U.S. Susan Choi&#8217;s &#8220;A Person of Interest&#8221; deals with the subtle racism that lurks in everyday American life. Her first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Previous brushes with US troops make young Moros wary of Balikatan</title>
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Aida Ibrahim, chair of the Moro youth organization Liga ng Kabataang Moro (LKM) in Marawi said the Moro youth will do everything they can to drive the U.S. troops away.
The U.S. Embassy announced that the U.S. troops are in Central and Western Mindanao from February 18 - March 3 on “humanitarian mission” to build bridges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramiele Malubay American Idol Lesbian Photo Scandal</title>
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  Ramiele Malubay is the latest American Idol wannabe that has been caught up in an early American Idol scandal .
The young Filipino-American appears in photos being sent across the Net that show her breasts being groped by other females, hence, the act by some is being dubbed as an &#8220;American Idol lesbian scandal&#8221;.
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		<title>Vietnamese-American educator returns home to teach</title>
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Vietnam Net Bridge - Hong Nga Natalie Thi Pham, 25, Deputy Director of Academics at the Ho Chi Minh City’s American International School (AIS), is one of five Vietnamese American teachers has a dream of educating global citizens in her homeland-Vietnam.
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		<title>Vietnamese-American group sues San Jose over choice of &#8216;Saigon&#8217; name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A local Vietnamese-American group Friday filed a lawsuit accusing the San Jose City Council of repeatedly flouting the state&#8217;s open-meeting law.
The lawsuit by theVietnamese-American Community of Northern California asks a judge to declare that San Jose broke the Brown Act open-meeting law in a Nov. 20 vote that designated a &#8220;Saigon Business District&#8221; on Story [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/03/vietnamese-american-group-sues-san-jose-over-choice-of-saigon-name/</link>
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		<title>Fair gets more diverse: Local residents display and explain their cultures with neighbors</title>
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Chris Ocariza, 8, poses near the Philippine hut display on Saturday at the Sierra Vista Diversity Fair at Buena High School. Ocariza also entertained fair attendees while dancing traditional Filipino dances with other performers.
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		<title>This day in history</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II.
Ten years ago: Presidential confidant Vernon Jordan testified before the grand jury investigating the Monica Lewinsky matter. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that his company wasn’t a monopoly out to crush rivals in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;where&#8217; of Chinatown</title>
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Proposed location for new Chinatown
A pair of restaurateurs is looking to start a new Chinatown near the intersection of Charles Street and North Avenue in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District.
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		<title>The Value of Asian Voters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian American voters will play a important role in coming U.S. presidential election. According to a recent survey, 75 percent would have supported Hillary Clinton  and rest would have supported Obama. However, it actually turned out that Obama got 76 percent. 
Suddenly, the Asian vote mattered. The close race between the two candidates has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma multi-ethnics culture show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first-ever Burma Multi-Ethnics Culture Show was held at Boys &#38; Girls Club of St. Paul Last Saturday on 3/1/08. These distinct communities have a combined Minnesota population of over a thousand now, with each holding their own cultural, spiritual and political holidays events. 
The communities wanted to create day where all ethnic groups of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting rights of Asian Americans taken up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Bobby Scott has questioned the Department of Justice on barriers to voting for Asian American voters, including issues of language access and unauthorized requests for voter identification. The report was made against Asian Americans the report documented barriers to voting for Asian Americans in nine states and the District of Columbia during the 2006 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takaki&#8217;s Op-Ed on Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ron Takaki, author of the seminal texts, Strangers From a Different Shore and A Different Mirror, had this to write about Obama:
Barack Obama:  A Candidate Whose Time Has Come
Ronald Takaki
 Like Barack Obama, I grew up in Hawaii.  He went to Punahou, while I attended Iolani. Both of us lived in a part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Students take a stand for Asian American studies
NEW YORK CITY, New York (February 25, 2008) – Students of the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) are gearing up to host a conference, entitled “Strengthening Education: Empowering Asian American Studies” in April. It will take place at Hunter College [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/01/for-immediate-release-coalition-for-the-revitalization-of-asian-american-studies-at-hunter/</link>
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		<title>With Yao Ming out, China vigilant over injuries to other Olympic stars</title>
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Its a huge loss for China&#8217;s basket ball team for the coming Beijing 2008 olympics as Yao Ming is suffering an injury. With Yao Ming out of the NBA season, China&#8217;s athletic officials are working hard to keep other Olympic stars healthy.Click here to learn more. 
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		<title>Penn Program Seeks to Widen Students’ International Perspectives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Officials at the University of Pennsylvania hope that two community-oriented projects will help increase awareness among students and teachers about the diversity of the Asian culture. Some colleges and universities need similar outreach programs from the state&#8217;s colleges and universities to help our youth succeed in school (K-12) so they can reach higher levels of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/29/penn-program-seeks-to-widen-students%e2%80%99-international-perspectives/</link>
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		<title>East meet West at the stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As it would be the greatest moment for those who will be attending to watch the exclusive performance, as a world-class of contemporary celebration of Asian Culture would be held on Tuesday, March 18.  Ant the performers would be The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra at the Sage, Gateshead. 
There is needed information regarding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campus Press suspends Max Karson</title>
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Max Karson&#8217;s duties with the Campus Press have been suspended pending a restructuring of the opinions section,he published flammable column regarding Asian Americans &#8220;If it&#8217;s war the Asians want &#8230; It&#8217;s war they&#8217;ll get,&#8221;click here for more
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		<title>Satire as Racial Backlash Against Asian Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian American college students tend to make headlines as super students,Asian Americans often embraced as symbols of the merits of hard work and individual effort, all undertaken without complaint or political agitation.asain americans is topic for whites to make a fun because of thier back ground recently this phenomenon of racial caricatures as “satire” has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CU-Boulder students rally against hate</title>
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Charles Gilford III, a junior at the University of Colorado at Boulder, speaks to the crowd during a rally in response to Max Karson&#8217;s column Feb. 28 at the University Memorial Center in Boulder
Students and community members gathered to denounce Max Karson’s column as well as all hate speech during a rally held Feb. 28 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/29/cu-boulder-students-rally-against-hate/</link>
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		<title>Koreatown in the suburbs</title>
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The northwest San Fernando Valley is home to at least 50,000 Koreans. It has signs in two languages and businesses that cater to the community.
There are about  1.4 million Koreans and Korean Americans live in the United States,As the Korean population has grown, mini-Korea towns have sprung up throughout Southern California in Hacienda Heights, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. in the red and getting redder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[china is one the fastest growing nation there  is no doubt it ,China&#8217;s potential capacity to upset the international applecart already exercises financial analysts and other crystal-ball gazers.china is on a verge to become the next superpower responds to the dangers of inflation.China raised interest rates six times last year.china may be experiencing economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siemens Awards honor Hawaii scholars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne H. Muraoka, vice president of Armstrong Development Ltd., and Mark H. Yamakawa, executive vice president and CEO of the Queen&#8217;s Health Systems, are among 13 leaders in the U.S. selected to attend the 2008 Japanese American Leadership Delegation Program in Japan. The program is meant to improve understanding and strengthen long-term ties and cooperation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dragon Painter: Sessue Hayakawa</title>
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The Dragon Painter was made in 1919 and stars a very young Sessue Hayakawa who would later go on to be nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his magnificent portrayal as Col. Saito, the prisoner-of-war camp commandant, in The Bridge on the River Kwai click here to learn more.
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		<title>A marriage proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jewish community is opposing the same sex marriages because they say its against their tradition.
Jewish legal tradition is grounded in the notion that the law should be applied equally to all, friend and stranger alike. Same-sex couples are relegated to second-class citizenship when denied access to marriage, a fundamental institution of our society. Those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitarist, Composer &#38; Conductor At The Community Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Dadap is a great Filipino guitarist, composer, and conductor, and an influential advocate of Filipino folk music he will address and play a sampling of his music at the Adult Forum at the Garden City Community Church this coming Sunday on March 2, Mr. Dadap&#8217;s first exposure to music was at a local Protestant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/29/guitarist-composer-conductor-at-the-community-church/</link>
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		<title>Dream comes true for Gina - make that Officer - Yee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gina Yee 22, a daughter of a Chinese chef Allen Yee whose dream job was himself to be a police officer, but it happen for his daughter Gina Yee. Yee was one of 11 new police officers who took an oath Thursday to protect and serve the citizens of Duluth. Gina Yee is a 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: If It&#8217;s War The Asians Want</title>
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		<title>Yao Ming sidelined with serious foot injury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a bad news for Yao Ming fans; he will be out of the game for few months due to the injury in his left foot. The NBA  super star wont be able to play for the U.S. in this coming Beijing olympics, and it&#8217;s also quite clear the he will not be back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/yao-ming-sidelined-with-serious-foot-injury/</link>
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		<title>Candidate Wu has big plans for Paris Chinatown</title>
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A young restaurant manager born in France to Chinese immigrants, Wu is running for mayor of Paris&#8217; 13th district, home to Chinatown, the heart of Asia in the French capital. He is the first French-Chinese to seek a mayor&#8217;s seat, mounting an independent campaign for the March 9-16 elections after lamenting the district did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama backs US bill to award pension benefits to Filipino WWII veterans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s great news for Filipino veterans who were in WW2 if Barrack Obama is elected in this presidential campaign because he would support a bill for that would award pensions to Filipinos who fought under the U.S. flag during World War II when the Philippines was a U.S. colony. Obama thinks that they deserve this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/obama-backs-us-bill-to-award-pension-benefits-to-filipino-wwii-veterans/</link>
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		<title>Missionary killed, 2 hurt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eugene Fontanos, 23, was a saint in Filipino missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ. He was hit by a Toyota Innova vehicle along the highway of Brgy. Bagumbayan, Valladolid, Tuesday. Immediately he was taken to Valladolid District Hospital were he was declared dead due to severe head injuries. Along with him were two companions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former U.S. officials urge North Korea to move toward de-nuclearization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former U.S Defense Secretary William Perry has urged North Korea to complete de-nuclearization work before the current U.S. president&#8217;s term of office expires early next year. Perry made the call when he met with North Korea&#8217;s top nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-gwan in Pyongyang, The six-party negotiations over the North&#8217;s nuclear programs made progress last year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/former-us-officials-urge-nk-to-move-toward-denuclearization/</link>
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		<title>Sumo wrestler to escape punishment for latest outburst</title>
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Sumo&#8217;s enfant terrible Asashoryu looks likely to escape punishment for his latest public outburst in which he told photographers to &#8220;drop dead.&#8221; The incident came after the firebrand Mongolian completed his comeback to the roly-poly sport following a ban for secretly playing football while claiming to be injured. Photographers waiting to snap Asashoryu on his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists eye new planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists in Japanese university believed  an another planet up to two-thirds the size of the Earth was orbiting in the far reaches of the solar system. The researchers said that the  theoretical calculations using computer simulations led them to conclude that it was only a matter of time before the mysterious &#8220;Planet X&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/scientists-eye-new-planet/</link>
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		<title>Hyundai plans to tackle China market slump with new models</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hyundai Motor is planning to introduce three models in China and open a new manufacturing plant in the country, in an attempt to overcome the 20% fall in the sales of its China ventures, reported Bloomberg. China is believed to be the world&#8217;s fastest growing automobiles market. Hyundai reportedly started trailing behind Volkswagen and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/hyundai-plans-to-tackle-china-market-slump-with-new-models/</link>
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		<title>Chinese folk dance celebrated in US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese folk dance is being celebrated both inside and outside of China&#8217;s territory. The traditional art form is winning legions of fans world especially in America. Chinese folk music is backed melodious music and clamorous drum beats, students of different cultural backgrounds and ethnicity enjoy practicing the movements of Miao ethnic dances. Chinese folk dance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thaksin returns to Thailand after 17 months of exile</title>
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves to his supporters as he leaves the supreme court in Bangkok. Thaksin Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile today, swearing to stay out of politics despite a widespread belief he would run the country from behind the scenes. Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned today from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/thaksin-returns-to-thailand-after-17-months-of-exile/</link>
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		<title>Talmadge House has open house to draw visitors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Talmadge House is one of the three cultural and heritage centers currently open and located on B Street. The open house event was held to familiarize the public with the new location of the house, which was formerly located in Cleveland Hall. The idea behind to open the house was to have a place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/28/talmadge-house-has-open-house-to-draw-visitors/</link>
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		<title>Theater News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SIS Productions, an Asian-American company best known for its serial comedy Sex in Seattle. SIS is earnest and well-intentioned, the kind of company you want to grade on a curve. The company created Sex in Seattle to trick young Asian audiences into watching theater. Sex in Seattle is currently running reruns of its first 14 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Art, by Way of Blondie</title>
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Japanese American National Museum Presents a Wide Spectrum Of Contemporary Creations in &#8216;One Way or Another&#8217;. This exhibition is organized by the Asia Society. There will be many exhibits  and artists that will display their talent in this exhibition. Artists like  Jean Shin, Chitra Ganesh, and Giant Robot Biennal. These artists will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian accused of death threats to Canadian employee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Indo-Canadian woman who sent a present to Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty and later enquired whether he had received it has been charged with making death threats to a staff member of the province head. The same night, she emailed McGuinty, asking whether Masciantonio had given him the mix. &#8220;I said, &#8216;If she didn&#8217;t give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tape helps measure health risks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People of Chinese or South Asian descent have more acute risk factors, mainly due to their generally smaller stature, the reason click here 
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/tape-helps-measure-health-risks/</link>
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		<title>Man&#8217;s body found near national park</title>
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Police believe a man whose body was found near a national park south-west of Melbourne was of Asian descent and aged in his 20s or 30s.
The body was found at Toynes Road near the You Yangs Regional Park in Little River, Homicide squad detectives are at the scene and have blocked off Toynes Road. Parks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/mans-body-found-near-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Filipino Net users among most upbeat consumers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest survey done Filipino internet users has grown tremendously its great news for all Filipinos The survey covered 26,312 respondents in 48 countries and territories in Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and North America, including some 500 from the Philippines. Filipinos are the most concerned about unemployment. It’s a great boost for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/filipino-net-users-among-most-upbeat-consumers/</link>
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		<title>Couple Sentenced for Abuse of Pinoy Worker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An American motel owner in Oacama, South Dakota and his Filipina wife were sentenced on Feb. 22 for forcing almost a dozen Filipino OFWs into servitude and peonage. US District Judge Charles Kornmann sentenced Robert John Farrell (4 years and 2 months in Federal prison) and his wife, Angelita Magat Farrell (3 years) after they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/couple-sentenced-for-abuse-of-pinoy-worker/</link>
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		<title>The Ho Chi Minh City Statement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Long back one of the world’s poorest nation Vietnam is now the fastest growing economy in Asia, with annual growth of 7 percent in 2007, 2008 Index of Economic Freedom ranks Vietnam 25th out of 30 countries in the region—and 135th still there are major concerns like poverty, traffic congestions and pollution still there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/the-ho-chi-minh-city-statement/</link>
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		<title>For One Evening,U.S., North Korea Set Aside Enmity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Philharmonic music director Lorin Maazel accepts a bouquet of flowers from a North Korean woman after the concert on Tuesday.click here to get details
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		<title>Archaeologists explore Japanese Internment camp in Kunia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Japanese Americans were once forced to move to internment camps in Hawaii in a heavily forested area in Honouliuli Gulch near Kunia. The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii has received permission from the landowner to research the site of a POW and internment camp. Generations have come and gone on this former cattle ranch. Some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/archaeologists-explore-japanese-internment-camp-in-kunia/</link>
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		<title>KYLE McLachlan, Joan Chen and Jack Thompson have been cast to star in Australian director Bruce Beresford&#8217;s adaptation of the best-selling book Mao&#8217;s Last Dancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joan Chen  a Chinese American actresss will be starring in a movie named Adaptation directed by Australian director Bruce Beresford. Beresford is an award winning director. This film is a true story of Li Cunxin who, as a small boy in the wake of Mao&#8217;s Cultural Revolution, was chosen to leave his peasant family [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/27/kyle-mclachlan-joan-chen-and-jack-thompson-have-been-cast-to-star-in-australian-director-bruce-beresfords-adaptation-of-the-best-selling-book-maos-last-dancer/</link>
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		<title>Realtors urge lifting Freddie, Fannie Caps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese-American partnership’s decision last week to withdraw, from the federal review process, its application to buy electronics manufacturer 3Com Corp became the news hook for the technology group’s announcement of a new study. 
While the Association for Competitive Technology clearly saw the political furor surrounding the 3Com deal as a bad thing, some international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Margaret Cho Provokes Laughter and Thought in Q&#38;A Session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Cho recently put on a show at Swarthmore University. Before the show she sat down for a Q&#38;A session with students from English Professor Bakirathi Mani&#8217;s Nations and Migrations &#38; Introduction to Asian American class, she began the Q&#38;A session by giving a background of her work. The floor was subsequently opened up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to be a great CEO? 8 tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CEOs should know how to inspire workers to go the extra mile.
Emotional infrastructure, Instilling rituals, then creating opportunity through diversity, exclusivity, non-stop communication, Social networks, Values, and Vision.Click here to read more.

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		<title>Wang Chen will represent the United States in table tennis at the Olympics</title>
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Wang Chen will represent the United States in table tennis at the Olympics she is a Chinese born table tennis player currently playing for the U.S. team. Read her story click here.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/26/wang-chen-will-represent-the-united-states-in-table-tennis-at-the-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Rockets beat Bulls for 12th straight win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rockets have now won 16 of their last 17 games, and their current streak is their longest since their championship season of 1993-94. The Rockets were ahead by 7 points early in the fourth quarter before Bobby Jackson scored five straight points for Houston. That was capped by a nifty off-balance layup and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates Sign Pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim to 1-year Contract</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Byung-Hyun Kim signed a one-year, $850,000 deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, four days after agreeing to contract terms.
Kim, who is expected to join the team Monday, could earn up to $1 million in performance bonuses.
General manager Neal Huntington said the 29-year-old Kim will be used exclusively in relief. Last season, 22 of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AsACC Celebrates Cultural Diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday night the Asian American community celebrated their cultural event Asian Nite &#8216;08. For the 14th year in a row, traditional music and dances were displayed in the event. Hosts Tina Kim and Rickinder Grewe led the audience through a night filled with entertainment of all kinds and a clear message about the importance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese flag removed at Irvine Valley College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The student center at Irvine Valley College used to have flags representing multiply countries until a student complained that the school was displaying the communist flag of Vietnam. The school decided to not only remove the offending flag but all the flags except the US and California flag. There were 144 miniature flags hung from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yongsan civilian worker arrested after car-bus crash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yoon Dae-jin, a Korean-American who works in the human resources department at the Dragon Hill Lodge, drove his BMW into a bus lane and collided with a bus at about 5:40 p.m. He is a civilian worker at U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan. He was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Yoon had a blood-alcohol level of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving the Japanese-American Internment Camps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 19, 1942 the president Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible removal of all Japanese-Americans from the Pacific coast
Most of them were born and bought up in America itself then to they were asked to leave their homes. They were sent by train and by truck to 10 remote internment camps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring Japanese American LAPD Deputy Chief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Los Angeles Terry Hara would be honored as the first Asian American newly appointed Deputy Chief Hara will become the first Asian American officer in LAPD’s history to reach the rank of deputy chief. Hara has served on the LAPD since 1980 and was the first Japanese American to achieve the rank of commander [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/26/honoring-japanese-american-lapd-deputy-chief/</link>
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		<title>Asian  Americans Who Run the City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-one percent of city’s commissioners are Asian Pacific Americans this was proved by a recent survey. San Francisco has one-third Asian Pacific American population. 
According to the analysis of Asian Pacific American representation in the city’s 42 commissions, whose members are selected by the mayor and Board of Supervisors, Asian Pacific Americans currently hold 21.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Wins Big in Hawai‘i</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a great win for obama in Honolulu, the city where he was born. This is the city where large number of Asian Americans reside; Obama gained 76% of the vote, and rest went to Hillary Clinton. The win ensured that Obama would pick up most of the state’s 20 delegates and came on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Activism brings voice, empowerment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fullerton students are seeking a surge of Asian American and Pacific Islander activism. They are dedicating a forum to address the lack of representation within the U.S. government. Topics such as immigration, welfare, paranoia and racism were at the top of the agenda. Once a month, a forum is created within the Multicultural Leadership Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An early look at how Clinton deals with crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    As the first woman with a serious chance to lead the nation, it’s a way for her to demonstrate how she fought to improve the lives of families and children. Hillary Rodham Clinton often invokes her “35 years of experience making change” on the campaign trail, recounting her work in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama camp slams Clinton team on controversial photo</title>
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Barack Obama’s campaign accused Hillary Clinton’s team Monday of circulating a photo of the Illinois senator donning traditional attire – clothing worn by area Muslims – as a goodwill gesture during an overseas trip.
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		<title>Asian American vote could play key role in election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asians are growing faster than Hispanics and apparently have more political participation .The census shows Asian Americans make up five percent of the national population which has more than doubled in ten years. , Texas is one of the top five states where Asian Americans reside. This election we have come to know that most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference is the 23rd annual conference put on by the Asian Pacific Student Association.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference is the 23rd annual conference put on by the Asian Pacific Student Association. This year, the theme is &#8220;Building Bridges &#8212; A Unified Community Begins With You!&#8221;. The conference is composed of a keynote speaker, several workshops, and ends with performance by an Asian American artist. APAAC began in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filmmaker to present views of Fil-Am history</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephanie Castillo will present a film montage and discussion on her films documenting different aspects of American-Filipino history on Thursday. She has also won the Emmy-award .castillo was born in Hawaii. Castillo&#8217;s father met her mother in Manila while he was part of the U.S. Army&#8217;s Second Filipino Infantry Regiment. Her Grand father was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese Cinema&#8217;s International Coming-of-Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The English-language translation of Ngo Phuong Lan&#8217;s book Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema is a major step forward in our understanding of one of Asia&#8217;s most under-studied national cinemas. Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan&#8217;s Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema has come at a crossroads of Vietnamese cinema. Its films have entered the digital age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee becomes S.Korean president</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Lee Myung-bak was elected as new South Korean president. He is also nicknamed as &#8220;The Bulldozer” as he has a &#8220;can do&#8221; attitude. He was a CEO of a construction company and later became mayor of Seoul. Lee is the 10th man to be South Korea&#8217;s president and the first to come from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young soldiers 65 years ago, Farrington graduates today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[18 Japanese-American seniors cut their education short to volunteer for World War II. All of them were from Farrington High School. They were the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Their unit would become one of the most decorated in U.S. fighting history. After a long 65 years, The Farrington alumni association organized the gathering as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese museum dinner March 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A limited number of tickets are available for the Chinese American Museum of Northern California Award Dinner on March 8, during the Bok Kai Festival.
Steve Yee will receive the Pioneer Award at the dinner at 6 p.m. at the Szechwan Restaurant, 2234 First St., Marysville.
Yee has led efforts to reclaim the history of the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miki Fujiwara: Art for Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miki Fujiwara, aka Urban Envy, is a self-employed visual artist/community activist based in New York City.
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, Miki is known to be one of the original members of the New York Tributary Art Movement. The majority of her work, mostly paintings, has been categorized as &#8220;Cultural Surrealism,&#8221; often said to be in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules keep students from Asian recruitment day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U&#8217;s Asian American Student Association invited high school students to learn about college life through a series of workshops about scholarships. Last year around 200 students came to attend this workshop but this year only around 35 were present. T0his happened because of the new rules implemented by the Jordan School District. To learn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/25/rules-keep-students-from-asian-recruitment-day/</link>
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		<title>An anonymous comment re: Cashmere Mafia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Fallout Central: 
You guys made a point on ur last podcast to say that if an Asian male was to be casted in a show like Cashmere Mafia that he would have to be good looking and tall and “perfect” I suppose.
But everyone on that show is somewhat “perfect”, There is not an ugly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/24/an-anonymous-comment-re-cashmere-mafia/</link>
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		<title>A Recent Craig&#8217;s List Advertisement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you think of this advertisement?
Click on the &#8220;comments&#8221; link below.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/24/a-recent-craigs-list-advertisement/</link>
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		<title>Follow Up: Race-Hate Beating in Chinatown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an update to this article: 
4/3/08
100 Center Street
Part A, Room 405
This is not yet the trial, it&#8217;s a pre-trial hearing. Attending this pre-trial hearing will send a message to the judge that our community DOES care about the outcome of this case, and that we do want justice to be served. Read the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/23/follow-up-race-hate-beating-in-chinatown/</link>
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		<title>Woman&#8217;s Body Found In Rock Creek Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Washington a female of Asian descent in 30 and 40 was found dead in Rock Creek Park near Walter Reed Thursday, but police said it does not appear to be a homicide. The body was found by a passer-by at about 11 a.m. It was about 20 yards off Sherill Drive near 16th and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/25-arrested-in-east-bay-prostitution-sting-2/</link>
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		<title>25 Arrested In East Bay Prostitution Sting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Officers went to eight businesses and five homes and arrested 25 people, mostly women.
One of the businesses was a massage parlor in Castro Valley officers set up a staging area outside Hayward where they processed those who were detained, The group was mostly women of Asian descent, this may be a case of human trafficking, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/25-arrested-in-east-bay-prostitution-sting/</link>
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		<title>A Final Hurrah for a Pioneering Dealer in Qing Textile Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After dealing in antique Chinese costumes and textiles for 30 years, Linda Wrigglesworth is selling her stock at Christie’s New York on March 19. The 153-lot sale includes clothing made during the reigns of the 12 emperors of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) — among the most spectactular items are an emperor’s yellow silk embroidered dragon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/a-final-hurrah-for-a-pioneering-dealer-in-qing-textile-art/</link>
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		<title>Misunderstanding of Chinese food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eating and knowing what we eat is my concern this new year as we ponder the stubborn inability of Americans to understand Chinese food. Chinese dishes are misidentified and misunderstood. Food is routinely declared Chinese simply because it is marinated in soy sauce.
Chinese-American food is unquestioningly accepted as Chinese by an American public that consumes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/misunderstanding-of-chinese-food/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Idol&#8217; Partners With iTunes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Idol has partnered with Apple to allow fans to purchase all of the top 24 semifinalist performances exclusively on the iTunes store. Apple&#8217;s iTunes now becomes Idol&#8217;s exclusive online download provider and the iPod becomes the official MP3 player/digital music device, while the iPhone becomes the series&#8217; official handset. Apple iTunes is the fourth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/idol-partners-with-itunes/</link>
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		<title>Jang seizes early lead at LPGA Hawaii golf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AFP) — South Korea&#8217;s Jeong Jang two-shot lead in the opening round of the 1.3 million dollar LPGA Fields Open Thursday, hit 13 fairways and 16 greens in the opening round.
She also finished the round strongly, with birdies on three of her final five holes. Among the players trailing Jang is Paula Creamer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/jang-seizes-early-lead-at-lpga-hawaii-golf/</link>
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		<title>The Most Scandalous Filipino Lawyer in America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 32 year old Filipino American David lat Is the   most scandalous lawyer in America. His parents are doctors both were educated at the University of the Philippines’ College of Medicine, they inculcated typical Asian Filipino family and social values in their son. Lat worked as litigator for 2.5 years in America’s most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/the-most-scandalous-filipino-lawyer-in-america/</link>
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		<title>Tighter watch for US troops in Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan and the US military will tighten rules for troops who live off base after a series of incidents by American servicemen including an alleged rape of a teenager. Police on the southern island of Okinawa on February 11 arrested Staff Sergeant Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, on allegations he raped a 14-year-old local girl in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/tighter-watch-for-us-troops-in-japan/</link>
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		<title>USCIS Ombudsman Prakash Khatri to Resign March 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Prakash Khatri will resign effective March 1 to return to the private sector. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff praised Khatri for devoting “his energy and talent to streamlining the process by which we provide important immigration services and benefits to individuals and employers ranging from citizenship, lawful permanent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/uscis-ombudsman-prakash-khatri-to-resign-march-1/</link>
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		<title>Dan Tani&#8217;s unique view of the world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan Tani is an astronaut serving as a flight engineer on the International Space Station, where he has conducted four space walks. He lives with his wife and two children in Houston. Tani’s mother was recently killed in road accident&#8211; a train struck her car at a crossing gate in Lombard, Illinois. At that time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/dan-tanis-unique-view-of-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Filipino community cheers &#8216;Idol&#8217; hopeful from Miramar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ramiele Malubay the Filipino American will likely get votes from Asian Americans, especially from Filipino Americans, on American Idol. The young Asian-American caught the judges attention this Wednesday during women’s semifinal, and had the audience cheering her on like there&#8217;s no tomorrow!
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/22/filipino-community-cheers-idol-hopeful-from-miramar/</link>
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		<title>War on Asians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Hat-tip: Angry Asian Man)
Wow. Max Karson, a columnist at Colorado University, wrote a “satirical” piece in the campus newspaper declaring a war on Asian students. Pronouncing that Asians “hate us” (because, of course, Asians can’t actually be “us”), Karson advocates a ridiculous three-phased attack on Asian students, chock full of ludicrous anti-Asian stereotypes.
Or at least [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/war-on-asians/</link>
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		<title>school chancellor responds to &#8220;war on asians&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the inflammatory comments by Max Karson, the Chancellor G.P. &#8220;Bud&#8221; Peterson, of the University of  Colorado announced a official statement that he apologized to the members of Colorado&#8217;s Asian and Asian-American communities for a satirical column about Asian Americans.  He also said that the column was a poor attempt at social satire [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/school-chancellor-responds-to-war-on-asians/</link>
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		<title>ROCKETS SUMMARY: All-Star Weekend takes toll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yao Ming is kicking major butt with the Rockets&#8217; nine-game winning streak, but he wants more. This nine-game winning streak is the first in Yao Ming&#8217;s NBA career.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/rockets-summary-all-star-weekend-takes-toll/</link>
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		<title>Ramiele in ‘Idol,’ Mariel in ‘Dance’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Two Filipina making their country feel proud in the current two of the biggest talent searches in us
Filipino-American Ramiele Malubay has made it to the Top 24 of the world-famous reality singing competition “American Idol, her age is 20 she is to sing since the age of 12and also plays guitar and piano she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/ramiele-in-%e2%80%98idol%e2%80%99-mariel-in-%e2%80%98dance%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Obama Warms Up to Asian-American Voters Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first African-American U.S. presidential nominee Barrack Obama is attracting Asian-American supporters through his official campaign website. Obama published content in Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese on his campaign website that details his campaigning policy agenda including health care, civil rights and immigration reform. He also promised that he would  pass a law that would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/obama-warms-up-to-korean-american-voters-online/</link>
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		<title>Remembering Japanese-American Forced Labor on an American Indian Reservation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feb 19 is the day of remembrance for Japanese Americans as in the year 1942  President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 and put into motion the government&#8217;s forced removal and imprisonment of more than 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry (60 percent were American citizens). Any individual of Japanese descent was considered to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/remembering-japanese-american-forced-labor-on-an-american-indian-reservation/</link>
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		<title>Asian-American Kite Festival thrills young and old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pink and green lizards, dragons, and brilliantly colored kites of all shapes and sizes filled the skies above The Villages Polo Club on Sunday afternoon. 
The event started at 11 a.m. and it included clowns making balloon animals, face-painting, and local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops Organizers of the Asian-American Kite Festival were ready [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/asian-american-kite-festival-thrills-young-and-old/</link>
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		<title>New beginnings: The Asian New Year Festival celebrates culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Student Life Center Ballroom was transformed into a grand reception hall as the Asian American Students Association presented its annual Asian New Year Festival. Two life-sized, inflated Chinese balloons greeted the guests as they entered a dimly lit room with flickering candlelight and Asian music playing softly in the background.
“What Lies Beneath, a New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/new-beginnings-the-asian-new-year-festival-celebrates-cultu/</link>
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		<title>The Year of the Rat: Moments in History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rat was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. It is an animal associated with aggression, wealth, charm, and order, yet also associated with death, war, the occult, pestilence, and atrocities. In the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Rat is associated with the earthly branch symbol. 
In some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/the-year-of-the-rat-moments-in-history/</link>
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		<title>Association of Asian American Bankers Turns 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Association of Asian American bankers was launched by Paul Ma in 1987; the motive of opening this association was to unite members of   Asian American bankers community. Ma used contacts from his previously held positions at the Federal Reserve, Small Business Administration and the California National Bank to invite senior commercial bankers with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/21/ssociation-of-asian-american-bankers-turns-20/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Asians hate&#8217; column ignites firestorm at CU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been some tension between the white students and the Asian students. Max Karson, a staff editor at the Campus Press inflammatory remark &#8220;If it&#8217;s war the Asians want &#8230; It&#8217;s war they&#8217;ll get,&#8221;these comments angered some students and faculty members ,most people that the writer over here is racist and some even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/asians-hate-column-ignites-firestorm-at-cu/</link>
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		<title>East coast Asian American students union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The East Coast Asian Student Union (ECASU) has been one of the largest unifying forces for Asian Pacific American students on campuses across the United States. One of the largest completely student-run Asian organizations in the United States, the aim of this organization is to build and strengthen the Asian American student organizations so that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/east-coast-asian-american-students-union/</link>
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		<title>Play builds bridges, breaks culture of silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toronto  has large numbers of individuals of Asian descent specially people from India and Pakistan. Umbereen Inayet and Mehreen Poonja are two Candians of Asian descent who wrote a series of plays called &#8220;Meri Kahani.&#8221; The aim of showing this series was to show how  South Asian women are brought up to believe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/play-builds-bridges-breaks-culture-of-silence/</link>
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		<title>Asians emerge as swing voters in White House race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian have become a crucial swing voters in us presidential election even rival parties and courting them ahead, Asian American voters will have a big decisive impact in these elections. Asians Americans have high majority in these five states: California, New York, Texas, Hawaii and New Jersey. The voting power of Asian-Americans has been much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/asians-emerge-as-swing-voters-in-white-house-race/</link>
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		<title>NBA STANDINGS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[W L Pct. GB L10 Str Home Boston 41 9 .820 - 8-2 W-5 23-4 Toronto 28 23 .549 13½ 6-4 W-1 15-11 New Jersey 23 30 .434 19½ 5-5 L-1 12-15 Philadelphia 23 31 .426 20 7-3 L-1 14-14 New York 16 37 .302 26½ 2-8 W-1 10-17 W L Pct. GB L10 Str [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/nba-standings/</link>
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		<title>Name for business district disputed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[San Jose&#8217;s Story Road is home to almost 100,000 Vietnamese Americans. The city is often crowded, and hundreds of businesses thrive there&#8211; most are owned by Vietnamese residents. The San Jose City Council voted 8-3 to give the name Saigon Business District to a one-mile stretch of Story Road but as there are large numbers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/name-for-business-district-disputed/</link>
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		<title>Korean community demands answers in police shooting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 people gathered Tuesday night outside City Hall demanding answers to questions surrounding the death of Michael Sungman Cho, the man fatally shot by La Habra police on New Year&#8217;s Eve.  
The 25-year-old was shot outside Seven Gold Liquor store in La Habra by La Habra police. Cho was a Korean American by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/korean-community-demands-answers-in-police-shooting/</link>
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		<title>Wanted: Health Services Manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warm, caring RN with compassion for the elderly needed to oversee residents’ well-being and to provide leadership to nurses and resident assistants.
Located in the heart of the International District, Nikkei Manor is a 50-unit assisted living facility serving a predominately Japanese-American population. In addition to a rewarding career opportunity, Nikkei Manor also provides free parking, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/health-services-manager/</link>
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		<title>Preferred Bank Announces Appointment of Robert Kosof as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Robert Kosof was elected as vice Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Preferred Bank. Previously, he was company’s board of directors at Preferred Bank. He is quite happy with the promotion, over all he has 40 years of banking experience, Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions at several banks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/preferred-bank-announces-appointment-of-robert-kosof-as-executive-vice-president-and-chief-credit-officer/</link>
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		<title>Society Should Reject Racist Advertisements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During super bowl XLII Salesgenie ran two arguably racist ads, the first ad concerned a financially desperate widget salesman of South Asian ancestry, who spoke broken English and had seven children. The second ads was more vociferously protested, the second ad was about a cartoon of a Chinese panda. The said panda was also suffering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/society-should-reject-racist-advertisements/</link>
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		<title>Asian Americans emerge as swing voting bloc</title>
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Above: The first page of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
The AFP reports that Asian Americans have finally emerged as a critical swing voting bloc in electing the President of the United States.
Register to vote now.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/asian-americans-emerge-as-swing-voting-bloc/</link>
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		<title>Harold and Kumar to crash SFIAAFF</title>
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The 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, which runs March 13-23 in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose, California, has announced its lineup and started ticket sales.
Highlights include:
Wayne Wang&#8217;s &#8220;A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,&#8221; his first Asian American tale since making &#8220;The Joy Luck Club&#8221; 15 years ago.  Wang will also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/harold-and-kumar-to-crash-sfiaaff/</link>
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		<title>Shock chic!</title>
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Right: Nanowires arranged like bristles around Kevlar fibers.  Or something like that.
Prof. Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues Yong Qin and Zudong Wang of Georgia Tech have designed a fabric that harvests energy from motion, National Geographic reports.
The technology consists of textfile fibers that bristle with nanowires.  When a person wearing the material walks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/20/shock-chic/</link>
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		<title>TIME asks, &#8216;Does Obama have an Asian problem?&#8217;</title>
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Asian man at right: &#8220;Where my peeps at?&#8221;
Oh, dear Lord &#8212; now even TIME&#8217;s weighing in on the APAs-for-Clinton deal.
Asian Americans are, as the article states, &#8220;the one ethnic group that has voted most consistently &#8212; and overwhelmingly for (Obama&#8217;s) rival, Hillary Clinton.&#8221;  And TIME&#8217;s on hand to present us with plenty of theories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/time-asks-does-obama-have-an-asian-problem/</link>
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		<title>The OTHER day of infamy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



Above: U.S. propaganda film about the Japanese internment
You may know the significance of Dec. 7, 1941 &#8212; that&#8217;s the date when the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, forcing the U.S. into World War II.
It was, as President Roosevelt put it so rightly, &#8220;a date [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/the-other-day-of-infamy/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;You&#8217;re not supposed to be here&#8217;</title>
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In honor of the Day of Remembrance, NPR interviews former detainee Ed Kiyohara, who recounts a time he illegally hitched a ride from his internment camp into town.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/youre-not-supposed-to-be-here/</link>
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		<title>Obama: Day of Remembrance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is Senator Barack Obama&#8217;s statement on today&#8217;s Day of Remembrance for Japanese American Internees of World War II.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2008
Obama Press Office; 312-819-2423
BARACK OBAMA&#8217;S DAY OF REMEMBRANCE STATEMENT
CHICAGO, IL - Senator Barack Obama today released the following Day of
Remembrance statement to commemorate the internment of Japanese Americans during
World War II.
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		<title>CCP Pres Wins Rockefeller Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cultural Center of the Philippines President Nestor O. Jardin is the recipient of the 2008 John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award for outstanding professional achievement in the field of Asian art and culture.this award is presented by Asian Cultural Council for the person who has made a significant contribution to the international understanding, practice, or study [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/ccp-pres-wins-rockefeller-award/</link>
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		<title>Director’s Reward: A Second First Chance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Better known for directing the movie &#8220;Step Up 2 The Streets,&#8221; Jon M. Chu has quite a few accomplishments under his belt.
The best moment arrived for Mr. Jon M.Chu when he graduated from film school at the film school at the university of southern California and showed industry executives his final project. It’s a 17 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/director%e2%80%99s-reward-a-second-first-chance/</link>
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		<title>Valley celebrates Chinese New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of San Gabriel Valley residents, mostly of Asian descent, gathered on Valley Boulevard between Garfield and Almansor avenues for the festival, which stretched from the city of Alhambra into the city of San Gabriel.
A parade took place from 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with the festival going from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
At the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/valley-celebrates-chinese-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Court is back in session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heading into the all-star break, nine teams in the West were at least 12 games over .500. That is six more than in the East. One of those nine teams will not make the playoffs.
Golden State, Houston and Denver are tied for seventh, eighth and ninth going into the stretch drive. However, Utah, the Northwest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/court-is-back-in-session/</link>
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		<title>US troops start welfare, not warfare, exercises in Philippines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of U.S troops arrived in Philippines on the occasion to take part in joint military exercises aimed at community building. The launching ceremony was done at the armed forces headquarters in Manila.
 Both countries U.S and Filipino troops will be taking part in medical missions, building roads, artesian wells and day care centers
Due to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/us-troops-start-welfare-not-warfare-exercises-in-philippines/</link>
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		<title>Art prompts protest by Vietnamese Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A protest by Vietnamese Americans started when they found the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on a basin that people wash their dirty feet in. The photo of the artwork, titled &#8220;Connection,&#8221; was printed in the Vietnamese Lunar New Year edition of a magazine published by Nguoi Viet, the largest daily newspaper in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/art-prompts-protest-by-vietnamese-americans/</link>
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		<title>Nishikori shocks Blake to win Delray Beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teenager Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese player to win an ATP event for nearly 16 years when he shocked top seed James Blake in the Delray Beach International final on Sunday.
The 18-year-old qualifier beat the American ranked more than 200 places above him 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
After dropping the first set, the free-swinging Nishikori found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/nishikori-shocks-blake-to-win-delray-beach/</link>
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		<title>Dangerous Liaisons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese people have been doing a great deal of business with American corporations, Chinese-made toothpaste and toys came a new breed of allegations of insufficient regulatory practices concerning the production of Chinese goods imported to America. Meyer recently disclosed that it has opened up a manufacturing plant in China, prompting many to think twice about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/dangerous-liasons/</link>
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		<title>Around our Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best 20 students were selected in 19th annual All-USA College Academic Team; they will each receive a $2,500 cash award. These students were honored for their outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. These team was elected by a panel of judges from all across states colleges and universities, Judges considered grades, leadership, activities and, most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/around-our-schools/</link>
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		<title>Asian American Wakamatsu could become baseball&#8217;s first Asian American manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don Wakamatsu, Oakland&#8217;s new bench coach, is widely considered to be the future manager. Wakamatsu is  half Japanese, is 45 years old, and his biggest influence was his father. Having been a member of nine consecutive title teams while playing football, basketball and baseball at Hayward High, he also played football for the Trojans. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/19/asian-american-wakamatsu-could-become-baseballs-first-asian-american-manager/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Headlines, Political Ticker</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/podcast-episode-headlines-political-ticker/</link>
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		<title>Bai Ling Arrested for Shoplifting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese actress was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of shoplifting two celebrity magazines and two packets of batteries at Los Angeles International Airport. The items had a total value of $16, said Sgt. Jim Holcomb of the airport&#8217;s police department.
The 41-year-old actress was detained by a store employee who summoned police, Holcomb said. She was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/bai-ling-arrested-for-shoplifting/</link>
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		<title>Yao enjoying his strongest season at All-Star break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yao ming  of the Houston Rockets was one of the main attractions at the NBA China
Yao Wing won the MVP trophy with his double-double in the event. Along with Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard he is one of the top three NBA stars ,even  hall fame star Bill Walton appreciated his game and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/yao-enjoying-his-strongest-season-at-all-star-break/</link>
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		<title>Show highlights classical dances of India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Cultural Association, based in Longwood will showcase four classical dance styles of India, the show will feature great Indian tradition dances like Kuchipudi, Bharata Natyam, Kathak and odissi. This association is also a nonprofit organization that promotes, educates and showcases the performing and visual arts of the Indian subcontinent
For tickets, call 407-333-3667. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/show-highlights-classical-dances-of-india/</link>
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		<title>Viloria hot on comeback trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former World Light Flyweight champion, Filipino American Brian &#8220;Hawaiian Punch&#8221; Viloria won an eight round unanimous decision over &#8220;Gallito&#8221; Lopez Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. He floored Lopez with a right hand in the fifth round and went on to score a 77-74, 78-73, 78-73 victory, his second in a row [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/viloria-hot-on-comeback-trail/</link>
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		<title>Scholarship Applications Open to Marshallese Students in Orange County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) invites Marshallese students to apply for $1,000 scholarships to offset their expenses at a two- or four-year accredited institution. The OCAPICA/United Way AAPI Scholarships are offered to Asian American &#38; Pacific Islander high school and college students who demonstrate significant merit in academics, workplace, and/or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/scholarship-applications-open-to-marshallese-students-in-orange-county/</link>
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		<title>Alex Kim, Aspiring Ice Hockey Player</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alex Kim, the star of Korean American on the High1 team in Korea, is making a name for himself in ice hockey.
He is the number one player in Asia both ranks wise as well as points wise. He was born and brought up in Los Angeles and began to play ice hockey at the age [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/alex-kim-aspiring-ice-hockey-player/</link>
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		<title>Japanese internees&#8217; hard work created lush valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1942, the President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, where 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese immigrants were sent to 10 remote camps across the country after the Pearl Harbor attack Japanese were, for no good reason, considered a threat to this country.
Japanese-Americans were forcibly sent to Poston Relocation Center during Second World War. Internees began [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/japanese-internees-hard-work-created-lush-valley-2/</link>
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		<title>Chinese-American Planning Council gets $195,000 in federal funds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York – Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) presented a check for $195,000 to the Chinese-American Planning Council or the expansion of its counseling, English language education, vocational training and work placement programs.
The money was included in the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill to assist in the expansion of the CPC’s Employment &#38; Training [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/chinese-american-planning-council-gets-195000-in-federal-funds/</link>
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		<title>Prominent Indians back Obama on eve of 2 primaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Democrat Barrack Obama gets a huge support from the Indian American community in the United States presidential election.
Ann Lata Kalayil a U.S senator from Illinois and a co-chairperson of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Council for Barack Obama, and a prominent Indian-American supporter, is focusing on Indian American votes as well as votes from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/prominent-indians-back-obama-on-eve-of-2-primaries/</link>
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		<title>Law school lures minorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The School of Law (UNC) held its annual Minority Law Day event Friday to encourage diversity in the profession. Only one in every 25 lawyers is a minority, said Michael States, Dean of admission for the law school. &#8220;When people see that number, it can be very discouraging, but we&#8217;re here to tell them the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/18/law-school-lures-minorities/</link>
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		<title>Filipino history book signing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A signing and discussion of a book about local Filipino history will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Hotel Stockton, 133 E. Weber Ave; Stockton, CA.
Dawn Bohulano Mabalon and artist Rico Reyes wrote the book that chronicles the history of the Filipino community in Stockton, and the book was aided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/filipino-history-book-signing/</link>
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		<title>Vietnamese American educator returns home to teach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Natalie Hong Nga is a young dynamic  teacher. She has a PhD in education, is 25 years old and she also a Deputy Director of Academics at the American International School (AIS). She is born and bought up in United States. She has also worked for the California Department of Education.
Nga had a opportunity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/vietnamese-american-educator-returns-home-to-teach/</link>
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		<title>Women in focus as Cable TV in Asia Booms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asia&#8217;s  female audiences are looking increasingly glamorous to programmers with an eye on sexing up their channel packages. Women are making decisions on which packages of channels to buy. There are many channels where the regional lifestyle platform has shown that most of the channel targets younger women and focuses on topics like relationships, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/women-in-focus-as-asian-cable-booms/</link>
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		<title>Happy (Chinese) New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, Lexington ushered in year 4706 in the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Rat, with a party at Minuteman Regional High School.
The Chinese American Association of Lexington hosted the event, and brought dozens together for traditional Chinese meals and entertainment.
The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals, including the dog, horse, dragon, tiger, monkey, pig, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/happy-chinese-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Man calls 911, shoots self at Sept. 11 memorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; A 37-year-old Asian male shot himself in the head this morning at the Sept. 11 Postcards Memorial in St. George.
The incident occurred around 5 a.m., only an hour before the morning commute was to start.
According to an NYPD spokesman, the victim called 911 and stated that he was suicidal. Police from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/man-calls-911-shoots-self-at-sept-11-memorial/</link>
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		<title>Many Asians backed Clinton: Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American voters have demonstrated strong interest in presidential elections, and they made their voices heard on Super Tuesday,&#8221; said AALDEF Executive Director Margaret Fung. 
AALDEF surveyed 531 Asian-American voters in the communities of Flushing, Elmhurst and bay side in Queens as well as Manhattan&#8217;s Chinatown and Sunset Park in Brooklyn. The results showed that of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/boros-asians-backed-clinton-poll/</link>
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		<title>Modern spas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ancient Asian cultures strongly influence spas around the world. Ten Thousand Waves is an exotic destination spa with the ambiance of a Japanese &#8220;onsen,&#8221; the style of bathhouse that dates to 700 AD. Other treatments such as bathing, mud wraps or salt scrubs have natural qualities that have been found to be soothing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/modern-spas/</link>
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		<title>The racist internment of Japanese Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 19 is the anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066. The order led to the internment of over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
It is commemorated by Japanese Americans and supporters of redress as a &#8220;Day of Remembrance.&#8221;
Anti-Asian Racism has been intensifying in the United States since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/the-racist-internment-of-japanese-americans/</link>
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		<title>Director brings Asian culture to borough stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Cultural Festival is a week-long event of performances by Asian entertainers, ranging from acting to dancing to spoken word.
Vivian Chiu is the artistic director for the annual event. Chiu became involved in the festival during its first year, when she helped with outreach and publicizing the event by going to community groups and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/director-brings-asian-culture-to-borough-stage/</link>
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		<title>VIZ PICTURES ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL SCREENINGS OF FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT IN THREE NORTH AMERICAN CITIES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Katsuhito Ishii is directing a Visually Inventive Comedy film in New York and Los Angeles The name of the movie is Funky Forest; Mayo Banno is the lead actress. The film FUNKY FOREST features 21 free-associative episodes ranging from a nonsense &#8220;sci-fi&#8221; comedy to a dance-battle daydream. It will be screened from March 7-13 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/viz-pictures-announces-theatrical-screenings-of-funky-forest-the-first-contact-in-three-north-american-cities/</link>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton Announces &#8220;Solutions For Hawaii&#8221; Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton, wife of former president bill Clinton in her election campaign has promised Hawaiian people that she would give them green jobs. She indicated she would help Hawaii’s small businesses pay for their employees’ health care costs, providing additional resources to address Hawaii’s teacher shortage and provide high-quality pre-K and she would also provide100,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/hillary-clinton-announces-solutions-for-hawaii-plan/</link>
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		<title>Ginobili dazzles in Spurs’ win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The San Antonio Spurs downed the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-105. In New York they made a successful return and also won the NBA title last season.
According to their coach Gregg Popovich, Argentine player Manu Ginobili is the best player around the game
He also has NBA championships,Olympic championships, and European championships in his name.
manu Click here to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/15/ginobili-dazzles-in-spurs%e2%80%99-win/</link>
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		<title>The Filipino American Catholic Vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filipino Americans are part of the broader Asian American group in the U.S.
about 85% of Filipino American are Catholics and  25%of them are registered voters in the US.
Filipinos are accustomed to seeing women in authority; there have been two female presidents in the Philippines since 1946.
Catholics play an important role in United states presidential [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/14/the-filipino-american-catholic-vote/</link>
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		<title>MODERN Love story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After three decades a Vietnamese American his name Ringo Le from San Jose will be Launching his first movie Saigon Love story on 14 Feb.2008 
He is set on bridging Vietnamese traditions to contemporary Vietnamese American culture with his new film. He is 29 years old a graduate from, California State University
In his film he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/14/modern-love-story/</link>
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		<title>PG&#38;E BRINGS SOLAR ENERGY TO SAN FRANCISCO’S JAPANTOWN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) today celebrated the unveiling of the non-profit’s new state of the art solar energy system.
PG&#38;E and JCCCNC is the first non-profit and located in San Francisco’s Japan Town to reap the environmental benefits of a photovoltaic installation.” The solar systems will save JCCCNC almost $10,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/14/pge-brings-solar-energy-to-san-francisco%e2%80%99s-japantown/</link>
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		<title>Chinese, British singers sing the &#8220;Same Song&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese- American singer Kris Philip&#8217;s, his real name in china Fei Xiang
He performs at London on Tuesday on 12 Feb. 2008
China Central Television&#8217;s popular &#8220;Same Song&#8221; concert series reached Europe for the first time on Tuesday night.
His “Same Song&#8221; series has become a brand of China Central Television, which rallies star performers to tour around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/14/chinese-british-singers-sing-the-same-song/</link>
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		<title>U.S. House Approves Aid For Colleges With Large Pacific Populations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article:
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would boost federal funding for colleges and universities with large populations of students of Asian American and Pacific Island ancestry,
The College Opportunity and Afford ability Act (HR 4137) would establish federal grants for colleges and universities that are designated as Asian American and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/14/us-house-approves-aid-for-colleges-with-large-pacific-populations/</link>
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		<title>Female ref turned away at religious school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kansas State High School Activities Association said referees reported that Michelle Campbell was preparing to officiate at St. Mary’s Academy near Topeka, Kan., on Feb. 2 when a school official insisted that Campbell could not call the game. The reason given, according to the referees: Campbell, as a woman, could not be put in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/14/female-ref-turned-away-at-religious-school/</link>
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		<title>Anna Mae He Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Hat-tip: K.H.)
The tragedy of the transracial adoption issue is that, too often, the voices of adoptees are lost amidst the din of adoption advocates, adoptive parents, and activists on all sides of the issue. The idea of transracial adoption seems to strike a chord for many, embodying comfortable myths of the West saving innocent children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/12/anna-mae-he-case/</link>
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		<title>Call To Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 8, 2008, CNN aired a 2 minute segment that seemed to
insinuate that the overwhelming Asian American support for Sen. Clinton
were owing to two major causes &#8212; fearful of a black presidential candidate
and/or fearful of change.
   80-20 is outraged. It is therefore supporting a petition originated
by Mr. Samson Fu. We urge you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/11/call-to-action/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Controversial Super Bowl Ad: Sales Genie</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/10/podcast-episode-controversial-super-bowl-ad-sales-genie/</link>
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		<title>Chinese New Year lights up New York sky</title>
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According to this article, New York City marked Lunar New Year in the grandest and most obvious way possible. Midtown&#8217;s world famous Empire State Building commemorated the New Year by lighting up its tower red and gold on Thursday for the ninth time, as the occasion has been celebrated with this vivid display every year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/09/chinese-new-year-lights-up-new-york-sky/</link>
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		<title>Obama answers 80-20&#8217;s questions, with changes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

This article gives you the back story for these revisions:

Original question No. 4: If elected, will you within your first term of office increase the nomination of qualified Asian Americans to serve as Article III life-tenured federal judges, whenever such vacancies are available until the current dismal situation is significantly remedied?
Modified question No. 4: If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/09/obama-answers-80-20s-questions-with-changes/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s all about the numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, approximately 80% of all Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese adults read ethnic newspapers on a regular basis. So, why aren&#8217;t advertisers courting American Asian customers on a mass level? 
It&#8217;s all about the numbers
&#8230; and the article tells us why:

The burden of making themselves more appealing to advertisers lay upon ethnic media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/09/its-all-about-the-numbers/</link>
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		<title>Asian students seek apology from U.S. governor&#8217;s wife for suicide bomber comment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sue Carcieri made this remark on 1/22/08 to a columnist for The Providence Journal in response to students who had called the governer&#8217;s decision to lay off three Southeast Asian-language interpreters &#8220;racist.&#8221;

&#8220;First of all, I think they have mentors who are much older than them who are training them up. You know _ how those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/09/asian-students-seek-apology-from-us-governors-wife-for-suicide-bomber-comment/</link>
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		<title>Chinese American bone marrow donors needed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hsu Ya-shih, a 35-year-old Chinese American woman, is suffering from leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor.  If you&#8217;re of Chinese ancestry and are between the ages of 18 and 55, be sure to drop by a couple donor drives going on in New York City this weekend.  Who knows?  You could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/08/chinese-american-bone-marrow-donors-needed/</link>
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		<title>APA voters pick Clinton, McCain in New York and New Jersey: AALDEF report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Super Tuesday: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama split the Democratic vote, while John McCain won over most Republican voters.
How did Asian Americans vote?  A press release by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sheds some light on the issue, announcing the preliminary results of a multilingual, nonpartisan exit poll of 700 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/08/apa-voters-pick-clinton-mccain-in-new-york-and-new-jersey-aaldef-report/</link>
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		<title>Why did APAs pick Clinton over Obama on Super Tuesday?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
So why did the majority of APAs vote for Clinton instead of Obama on Super Tuesday?  Some pundits weigh in:
Isaac Chotimer presents some intriguing theories in The New Republic: APA voters are still experiencing Bill Clinton afterglow, APAs have &#8220;very deeply rooted and stereotypical reviews of African Americans,&#8221; and APA voters are turned off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/08/why-did-apas-pick-clinton-over-obama-on-super-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: Super Bowl ad is super racist</title>
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Among the flurry of Super Bowl commercials this past Sunday, you may remember an anomaly: an animated offering by Salesgenie, a provider of sales leads and mailing lists &#8212; a company you probably haven&#8217;t heard of.
If you&#8217;re still struggling to make sense of the ad, let me end the head-scratching for you:
It&#8217;s racist.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/07/editorial-super-bowl-ad-is-super-racist/</link>
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		<title>Google commemorates the year of the rat</title>
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For at least the past 3 Lunar New Years, Google has adjusted their homepage image to reflect the &#8220;Animal de l&#8217;année&#8221;
A likeness of this year&#8217;s animal,  the rat is shown flipping the calendar to the current year over the previous year&#8217;s animal, the pig.
One of those little gestures that can brighten your day.
Click here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/07/google-commemorates-the-year-of-the-rat/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Asian American voters face discrimination at the polls</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/04/podcast-episode-glenn-magpantay-asian-american-legal-defense-fund/</link>
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		<title>NYC Mayor&#8217;s Office: Internship Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
MAYOR&#8217;S OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATION
The City is creating a new educational TV show to help immigrants improve their English while learning more about important City services and resources.  The show will feature stories from across the City&#8217;s diverse immigrant communities while modeling effective English language communication strategies.  Each of the 10 episodes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/02/03/nyc-mayors-office-internship-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Asian kid gets hazed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article:

LUBBOCK - This transfer student from a small Christian college near Seattle, Wash., had a rocky first semester at Texas Tech.
Steven Nguyen, 20, arrived at Tech last fall, looking for new opportunities at a bigger school.
Instead, he dropped out mid-semester, shortly after he accused Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members of forcing him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/31/asian-kid-gets-hazed/</link>
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		<title>Fat epidemic hits Asian kids, too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, Asian kids are getting fatter.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/31/fat-epidemic-hits-asian-kids-too/</link>
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		<title>Your Media-Empowerment New Year&#8217;s Resolution - IT&#8217;S NOT TOO LATE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know, it is the end of January already, but it&#8217;s not too late to implement this as your 2008 NEW YEAR&#8217;S RESOLUTION!
It&#8217;s no secret that we&#8217;re addicted to media content that&#8217;s produced by greedy, ignorant, money grubbing racists. They produce it because we keep buying it. So, if you&#8217;re among those who consume such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/your-new-years-resolution-its-not-too-late/</link>
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		<title>Great moments in APA history: Michael Chang vs. Ivan Lendl, 1989 French Open</title>
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PARIS, 1989&#8211;Michael Chang executes an underhand serve against Ivan Lendl in the fifth set of the French Open quarterfinals (as mentioned in the Jan. 27, 2008, podcast).
The move was one of many that Chang, then 17 and unseeded, used to break the World No. 1 player&#8217;s concentration.  He went on to defeat Lendl, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/great-moments-in-apa-history-michael-chang-vs-ivan-lendl-1989-french-open/</link>
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		<title>AALDEF to monitor elections in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland</title>
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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has announced the details of its Asian American Election Protection Project for the 2008 Presidential primaries.
Attorneys, law students and community volunteers will cover 100 poll sites in four states where Asian-language voter assistance is provided and where Asian Americans reported voting barriers or intimidation in recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/aaldef-to-monitor-elections-in-new-york-new-jersey-virginia-maryland/</link>
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		<title>A nightmare on Long Island</title>
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Right: Juliet Anilao (l) and Claudine Gamiao, two of the nurses
The New York Times reports on 10 Filipino nurses on Long Island who resigned en masse after allegedly getting a raw deal from their employers &#8212; and who are now under indictment for it, facing a year in jail and revocation of their nursing licenses.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/a-nightmare-on-long-island/</link>
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		<title>Toronto shooting: Chinatown raises $10K for funeral, mayor calls for handgun ban</title>
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Right: Hou&#8217;s children attend his funeral
Some updates on the shooting death of Hou Chang Mou, 47, a father of two who was working in Toronto&#8217;s East Chinatown when he became the unintended victim of a streetside gunfight:
Mao was commemorated in a funeral service on Jan. 25, with his 18-year-old daughter, Yun Yan, and 23-year-old son, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/toronto-shooting-community-raises-10k-for-funeral-mayor-calls-for-handgun-ban/</link>
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		<title>Anthony Kim: Heir to Tiger&#8217;s throne?</title>
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Right: Don&#8217;t mess with Texas &#8230; or Anthony Kim.
The New York Times reports on Anthony Kim, 22, of Texas as one of the contenders for Tiger Woods&#8217; throne.
The Times calls Anthony, who debuted on the PGA Tour in 2006, &#8220;an American with confidence that is as easy to see as his big silver belt buckles.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/anthony-kim-heir-to-tigers-throne/</link>
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		<title>Asian America by the numbers</title>
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Ahead of President Bush&#8217;s State of the Union address, the Campaign for America&#8217;s Future (a progressive political organization) released some thought-provoking stats on the nation&#8217;s economy, courtesy of the Census Bureau and other sources.
The report uses data from various years and divides the population into four groups: Asian American, white American, African American and Hispanic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/asian-america-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<title>Consumer report: Sunglasses, size zeroes, Bimmers, oh my!</title>
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Above: Promo spread for Oakley&#8217;s Asian Fit line of sunglasses
A few items about consumption in our demographic:
The Houston Chronicle reports on some designer brands that have released lines of sunglasses designed to fit Asian faces.
As Oakley&#8217;s eyewear brand manager says about the company&#8217;s Asian Fit, &#8220;This line fits higher on your face with a narrower [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/30/consumer-report-sunglasses-size-zeroes-acuras-oh-my/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: &#8220;Too Many Asians at this School&#8221;</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/27/podcast-episode-too-many-asians-at-this-school/</link>
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		<title>Too Many Asians at this School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday we will interview Jenny Tsai. Her thesis paper, _&#8217;Too Many Asians at this School&#8217;: Racialized Perceptions and Identity Formation_ will be the focus of our interview.
We strongly recommend that you download and read the thesis paper here. (or, read at least the first 16 pages of it)
Here is a link to our original [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/25/too-many-asians-at-this-school/</link>
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		<title>Listen to the Silence 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the Silence 2008
12th Annual Asian American Issues Conference
Saturday, January 26th
Workshops: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Concert: 7:30pm
The day begins with an introduction from our prestigious keynote speaker, then continues with various workshops hosted by student organizations and other professionals. During lunch there will be an opportunity to network with the speakers attending the conference as well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/25/listen-to-the-silence-2008/</link>
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		<title>Is subtle racism more effective, we&#8217;d like you to weigh in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FIRST, A COUPLE EXAMPLES
In the 2006 remake of &#8220;The Pink Panther&#8221;, Kevin Kline plays a detective who, upon learning that a suspect in a high profile murder case may have been Chinese, states something to the effect of: &#8220;go to China and round up and question every Chinaman there.&#8221;
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- It&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/25/is-subtle-racism-more-effective-wed-like-you-to-weigh-in/</link>
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		<title>80-20 Initiative backs Clinton</title>
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The 80-20 Initiative has chosen to back Hilary Clinton because Barack Obama has blown off its questions, according to a report.
The national political action committee, which aims to unify the Asian American vote, will urge affiliated voters to pick Clinton in the Feb. 5 Democratic presidential primary, and has committed $30,000 to advertising on her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/80-20-initiative-backs-hilary/</link>
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		<title>APA voters faced discrimination at the polls in &#8216;06: AALDEF report</title>
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Many Asian American voters faced discrimination from poll workers during the 2006 midterm elections, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) alleges in a report.
The report, based on a multilingual exit poll of 4,700 voters in 25 cities, found violations of the Voting Rights Act and Help America Vote Act, as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/apa-voters-faced-discrimination-at-the-polls-in-06-aaldef-report/</link>
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		<title>DOJ settles housing discrimination suit on behalf of Cambodian Americans</title>
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The Department of Justice has reached a settlement in its first lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian American victims based on Operation Home Sweet Home, the Department&#8217;s fair-housing program.
Under the consent decree filed in Boston federal court, defendant Pine Properties Inc. and six affiliates (which collectively own and operate 13 rental properties in Lowell, Mass.) will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/doj-settles-mass-lawsuit-on-behalf-of-cambodian-americans/</link>
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		<title>LAPD appoints first Asian deputy chief</title>
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The LAPD has promoted Cmdr. Terry Hara to deputy chief, making him the first Asian American officer in the force&#8217;s history to serve in the role, Chief William Bratton has announced.
Hara will become commanding officer of West Bureau, replacing Deputy Chief Kenny Garner, who will in turn take up the same post at South Bureau. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/lapd-appoints-first-asian-deputy-chief/</link>
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		<title>Sundance: Phang&#8217;s &#8220;Half-Life&#8221; wins raves, CNN profiles Tad Nakamura</title>
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News from the Sundance Film Festival, which wraps on Jan. 27 in Park City, Utah:
The Hollywood Reporter raves about &#8220;Half-Life,&#8221; writer-director Jennifer Phang&#8217;s feature debut, saying it &#8221; reminds us why Sundance was launched and why it continues to have value.&#8221;
Phang &#8220;demonstrates an original talent,&#8221; the Reporter says, &#8220;and though the film has imperfections and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/sundance-phangs-half-life-wins-raves-cnn-profiles-tad-nakamura/</link>
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		<title>Michael Chang elected to Int&#8217;l Tennis Hall of Fame</title>
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Chang leaves the court after his farewell match in 2003.
Michael Chang, who became the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title at age 17 in 1989, has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/michael-chang-elected-to-intl-tennis-hall-of-fame/</link>
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		<title>Some big skates to fill</title>
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T.J. Yang on the ice in St. Paul, Minn.
Two stories look at the next generation of Asian American figure skaters following in the footsteps &#8212; er, tracks &#8212; of Michelle Kwan:
St. Paul Pioneer Press explores the phenomenon in the form of local boy T.J. Yang, 16, whose parents invest $15,000 a year in his career. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/some-big-skates-to-fill/</link>
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		<title>2008 ASPIRE Award for APA Highschool and College Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ASPIRE (http://www.girlsaspire.org/), a Boston-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is pleased to announce the first annual ASPIRE Outstanding Woman of the Year Award. This award celebrates outstanding Asian American women making a difference in their communities.  The Winner will be recognized at the 2008 AAWIL (Asian American Women in Leadership) conference, to be held on April [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/24/2008-aspire-award-for-apa-highschool-and-college-women/</link>
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		<title>O.C.&#8217;s American Gladiator runs the gauntlet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out American Gladiators tonight to watch Son Nguyen kick some major a**. Firefighter, husband, soccer dad, and racquet ball player extraordinaire (he was accidentally clocked in the head by a racquet, but got up and went on to win that tournament), Son Nguyen will be the second oldest contestant on the show.  

&#8220;These [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/21/ocs-american-gladiator-runs-the-gauntlet/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Political Roundup, Crime Blotter, Weekly Update</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/20/podcast-episode-political-roundup-crime-blotter-weekly-update/</link>
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		<title>Film/TV notes: &#8216;Ni Hao, Kai-Lan,&#8217; &#8216;Harold and Kumar&#8217; sequel, more</title>
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Scene from Andy Huang&#8217;s &#8220;Doll Face&#8221;
Some briefs from the world of film and TV:
Nick Jr.&#8217;s long-awaited &#8220;Ni Hao, Kai-Lan&#8221; debuts on Feb. 7.  Through its protagonist, Chinese American Kai-Lan, the half-hour series will teach 2- to 5-year-olds Mandarin words and phrases &#8212; a first for American T.V.
The full trailer for &#8220;Harold and Kumar Escape [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/20/filmtv-notes-ni-hao-kai-lan-harold-and-kumar-sequel-more/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a bird, it&#8217;s a plane &#8230; it&#8217;s YellowMan!</title>
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The YellowMan retail store in L.A.
Los Angeles Times profiles Peter Mui, founder of the YellowMan line of faux-tattoo clothing.
Employing the tattoo-design skills of Buddhist monks, yakuza enthusiasts and Maori tribesmen, Mui has turned YellowMan into a $12 million brand that&#8217;s worn by celebs and hipsters alike.
&#8220;I wanted to do something meaningful. This brand is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/20/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-yellowman/</link>
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		<title>Japan cool takes SoCal by storm</title>
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The art of Takashi Murakami, whose exhibition at L.A.&#8217;s Museum of Contemporary Art broke opening-week attendance records
Los Angeles Times reports on Southern California as the epicenter of the nation&#8217;s Japanese chic, with all the appropriate eateries, shops, art, fashion and music a Nippophile could hope for.
Stuart Levy, a California native who&#8217;s made millions licensing anime, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/20/japan-cool-takes-over-socal/</link>
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		<title>The REAL balls of fury</title>
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Cheng Yinghua, 49, a top paddler in this year&#8217;s trials
The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Daily Pennsylvanian take a look at U.S. table tennis against the backdrop of the recent Olympic and National team trials at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Make no mistake &#8212; this sport is alive, kicking and apparently still dominated by those of Chinese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/20/the-real-balls-of-fury/</link>
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		<title>Support a postage stamp for WWII&#8217;s Japanese American veterans</title>
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Members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team return from fighting in Europe.
On a recent podcast, we talked about the effort under way in Hawaii&#8217;s legislature to urge the U.S. Postal Service to honor World War II&#8217;s Japanese American veterans with a postage stamp.
Now there&#8217;s a way for you to get involved: You can write in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/20/support-a-postage-stamp-for-wwiis-japanese-american-veterans/</link>
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		<title>FDA OKs meat, milk from most cloned animals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FDA Oks meat, milk from most cloned animals
This announcement followed the agency&#8217;s December 2006 preliminary conclusion, reached after a four-year review, that milk and meat from cloned animals are safe for human consumption.
There are a wide variety of opinions, thoughts, and emotions firing back and forth over this highly controversial topic. On the one side, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/19/fda-oks-meat-milk-from-most-cloned-animals/</link>
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		<title>Got Work? &#8212; National Asian Pacific Center on Aging</title>
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According to this article, 

The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) is a Seattle based nonprofit organization that helps low-income Asian and Pacific Islander seniors re-enter the work force, by matching them with jobs taht best fit their skills and interests.

To learn more about NAPCA and what they can do for you, check out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/19/got-work-national-asian-pacific-center-on-aging/</link>
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		<title>Crime blotter: Dallas&#8217; Korean business owners targeted, more</title>
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Hou Chang Mao (top) and Kyoung Lee, innocent victims in Toronto&#8217;s East Chinatown and Kansas City, Mo.
Some items from the North American crime blotter: Dallas-area Korean business owners are being targeted for burglary and robbery; a father of two is gunned down in Toronto&#8217;s Chinatown; a Korean American small-business owner is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/19/crime-blotter-dallas-korean-business-owners-targeted-more/</link>
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		<title>Political roundup: Who&#8217;s who</title>
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Above: San Jose Councilwoman Madison Nguyen at her victory party on Sept. 13, 2005.
Here&#8217;s a rundown of some people you should know in the Asian American political scene:
San Jose Mercury News profiles the city&#8217;s once-lauded and now-embattled Councilwoman Madison Nguyen, the first Vietnamese American to serve on the council.
La Palma, Calif., in Orange County, recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/19/political-roundup-whos-who/</link>
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		<title>OCA Seeks Applicants for Summer Internship Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact:
Douglas Lee &#124; Senior Program Manager
202 223 5500 &#124; dlee@ocanational.org
OCA Seeks Applicants for Summer Internship Program
Deadline to apply for summer internships: March 15, 2008 
Washington, DC – OCA, a national Asian Pacific American organization dedicated to ensuring social justice for APAs, is seeking motivated and qualified students for its highly successful summer internship program. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/15/oca-seeks-applicants-for-summer-internship-program/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Weekly News Update</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/14/podcast-episode-weekly-news-update/</link>
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		<title>Raise your hand if you&#8217;re embarrassed to be Asian!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty disappointed to read about the findings of a senior college thesis, &#8220;Too Many Asians at this School: Racialized Perceptions and Identity Formation.&#8221; It details the beliefs of a handful of Asian American students (27 students), which, I&#8217;m sad to say, include the belief that having only white friends, and no slanty-eyed friends, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/09/raise-your-hand-if-youre-embarrassed-to-be-asian/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: Split Second Decisions &#038; Micro-Aggression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this article, we see an unfortunate case of armed police officers shooting and killing an American Asian man by pumping him full of about a dozen or so bullets. Supposedly he was armed with a tire iron, and that he &#8220;moved as if to attack an officer.&#8221; Now really, folks, how friggin&#8217; stupid do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/06/editorial-split-second-decisions-micro-aggression/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Year In Review</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/06/podcast-episode-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Quick Update: Anna Mae He</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an  article in the New York Times detailing the recent goings on in the life of Anna Mae He, a child who was placed under temporary foster care by two adults who, like crying &#038; whining babies, refused to return her back to her birth parents when the term of that temporary foster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/04/quick-update-anna-mae-he/</link>
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		<title>Tila Tequila Scores, We Lose, part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to Telly Wong&#8217;s editorial Tila Tequila Scores, We Lose, I just read an article on CNN indicating that there will be a second season of &#8220;A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila.&#8221; Wonderful.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/03/tila-tequila-scores-we-lose-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Chink in the armor&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there&#8217;s been some attention given to Lake Superior State University&#8217;s long running annual list of &#8220;banished words&#8221;.
To &#8220;make the cut&#8221;, the word or phrase has generally been overused to the point that it&#8217;s &#8220;worn out its&#8217; welcome&#8221;.
When reading through the 2008 list as well as prior listings, I couldn&#8217;t help but noticing the long-overused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/01/03/chink-in-the-armor/</link>
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		<title>Race Hate Beating in NYC Chinatown: Follow Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to our recent reporting on a Race Hate Beating in NYC Chinatown, we have received the following information regarding the court date set for the perps:
1/17/08
100 Center Street
Room Part F
anytime from 9am - 5pm
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/28/race-hate-beating-in-nyc-chinatown-follow-up/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Poll</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/26/weekly-poll-american-asian-activism-and-american-asian-feminism-are/</link>
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		<title>Take the Fallout Central Challenge!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several comments (recently moved from the moderation queue to the actual website) submitted by our website visitors have expressed a dissatisfaction with the presentation of articles, as well as the opinions expressed. Being that this is a service to you,  the American Asian community, we would like to provide an opportunity for you to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/26/take-the-fallout-central-challenge/</link>
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		<title>A message to our readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have FINALLY sifted through the 15,000+ comments in our moderation queue. Due to the ridiculous amount of spam that we get, this is an extremely laborious process.
You will find that comments as much as 9 weeks old will now appear under the articles that they were originally posted under.
We have modified our spam filters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/26/a-message-to-our-readers/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: Protected Minorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Asians still have yet to reach that special place that I like to call &#8220;the protected minority pedestal.&#8221; There are just certain minorities in this country that are, in many ways, protected. Injustices brought upon their community are publicized in mainstream media, certain cases of racial discrimination are acted upon by individuals in seats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/25/editorial-protected-minorities/</link>
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		<title>Asian medallists in the 2007 amateur world boxing championships (Chicago)</title>
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Zhou, Shiming CHN
SILVER
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Tanamor, Harry PHI
Jongjohor, Somjit THA
Badar-Uugan, Enkhbat MON
Boonjumnong, Non THA
BRONZE (two per weight division)
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Ruenroeng, Amnat THA
Li, Yang CHN
Kim, Song Guk KOR
Hanati, Silamu CHN
Yushan, Nijiati CHN
Zhang, Zhilei CHN
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/25/asian-medallists-in-the-2007-amateur-world-boxing-championships-chicago/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: What is Asian American Feminism?</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/25/podcast-episode-what-is-asian-american-feminism/</link>
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		<title>Saying &#8220;Thanks&#8221; the Disrespectful Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
So, what do you get when too many Asians put a non-Asian on a pedestal?  Well the Japanese tend to do an overabundance of asskissing, but I&#8217;ll save that for another article.  So let me answer the question.  The truth is, when Asians put a non-Asian on a pedestal - or simply [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/22/saying-thanks-the-disrespectful-way/</link>
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		<title>Asian Spotting: Julie Chu an assistant coach at UMD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DULUTH, Minn. (December 11, 2007) – The Asian community of Minnesota has a lot to be proud of, and can now say that it is home to the nation’s best female hockey player. Julie Chu, the best American-born collegiate woman hockey player in the country for 2006-07, is now an Assistant Coach in Women’s Hockey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/21/asian-spotting-julie-chu-an-assistant-coach-at-umd/</link>
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		<title>16-year-old boy arrested in deputy&#8217;s killing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It truly is awesome that more than 100 police, sheriff&#8217;s detectives and federal agents went on a manhunt to find the person who shot and killed Sheriff&#8217;s Detective Vu Nguyen, who was killed Wednesday in south Sacramento (photo). My heart goes out to his family and loved ones.
It is sad, however, that these fallen Asian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/21/16-year-old-boy-arrested-in-deputys-killing/</link>
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		<title>The lesser publicized side of relations with China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a difficult time flipping through the news these days without seeing some mainstream news outlet telling me that I should boycott goods from China, or telling me about something about Asian people that is wierd, unusual, out of the ordinary, or basically some reason why I should really really really feel embarrassed about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/the-lesser-publicized-side-of-relations-with-china/</link>
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		<title>A few fun ways to deal with &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now William, you should know that tossing out a tasty morsel such as &#8220;micro-aggression&#8221; is going to get me out of bed to chomp at the bit   ; )
So I offer a snippet from the &#8220;Communication&#8221; chapter of my upcoming book (written from the perspective of a Chinese person, modify nationality as appropriate) which will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/a-few-fun-ways-to-deal-with-where-are-you-from/</link>
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		<title>Minneapolis SWAT Team Raids Wrong House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, a bone-head SWAT team in Minneapolis decided to fire an alleged 22 bullets into the home of a peaceful and hard-working Hmong family of 8 before figuring out that this was not the drug-dealing cesspool that they originally thought it was. Yup. They raided the wrong house.
Now, I&#8217;d like to request [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/minneapolis-swat-team-raids-wrong-house/</link>
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		<title>White Teacher Requests Oral Sex In Exchange For Good Grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article,







Isaac Nathan Tillis, 29


BARTOW, Fla. &#8212; Police said a Bartow High School student hoping to improve her math grades through extra credit instead got a lewd request from her teacher.
Isaac Nathan Tillis, 29, was arrested after repeatedly telling student she could earn an &#8220;A&#8221; if she gave him oral sex. He lured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/white-teacher-requests-oral-sex-in-exchange-for-good-grades/</link>
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		<title>Tila Tequila Scores, We Lose</title>
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Nuts in her mouth: I guess she&#8217;s straight after all
This past Tuesday saw the  long-awaited finale of MTV&#8217;s &#8220;A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila&#8221;, the trashy &#8220;reality&#8221; dating show that featured 16 straight men and 16 lesbians vying for the elfin hand of the supposedly bisexual professional MySpace friend Tila Tequila.
After two months [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/tila-tequila-scores-we-lose/</link>
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		<title>What is micro-aggression?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article mentioned something that I was always thinking about but could never quite put my finger on&#8211; micro-aggression. From the article:

[American Asians often] find themselves answering the question &#8220;Where were you born?&#8221; over and over again, when in fact they were born in the United States. Sue, who is Asian-American, said people regularly compliment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/what-is-micro-aggression/</link>
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		<title>Empire State Building Won&#8217;t Acknowledge Lunar New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
For the Empire State Building, the 2008 Lunar New Year will be
acknowledged by the more traditional American-sounding name,
&#8220;Thursday&#8221;
First the city bans firecrackers and now we have this.
The new management of the Empire State Building won&#8217;t be lighting up the building in red and gold in honor of the coming Lunar New Year, terminating an annual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/empire-state-building-wont-acknowledge-lunar-new-year/</link>
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		<title>In China, the Old Get Old and the Young Don&#8217;t Care</title>
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&#8220;I raise you for 35 years and all I get is this flippin&#8217; hat!?!?&#8221;

In The Doors classic, &#8220;Five to One&#8221;, the great Jim Morrison proclaimed &#8220;the old get old and the young get stronger.&#8221;
In relation to modern China, he would be half-right.  
China&#8217;s population is getting increasingly older and their kids are becoming more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/20/in-china-the-old-get-old-and-the-young-dont-care/</link>
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		<title>The fundamental problem with trans-ethnic adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a fundamental problem with adopting babies that have a skin color that&#8217;s different from yours&#8211; you take away the child&#8217;s right to keep the adoption a secret or to let it be publicly known. Many same-nation adoptees, if they know that they&#8217;re adopted, will NEVER tell you that they&#8217;re adopted unless you&#8217;re someone they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/19/the-fundamental-problem-with-trans-ethnic-adoption/</link>
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		<title>Poll Question: What does Asian Pacific American mean?</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/19/poll-question-what-does-asian-pacific-american-mean/</link>
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		<title>Film fest gets curtain call</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, the Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership recently announced its decision to suspend its annual film festival for 2008 because of departing sponsors, a lack of volunteers and stagnant attendance. 
This is one of many hundreds and hundreds of Asian themed film festivals throughout the nation that are all more or less doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/19/film-fest-gets-curtain-call/</link>
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		<title>South East Asian Refugee Community Home (SEARCH) celebrates fifteen years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The South East Asian Refugee Community Home is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist Southeast Asians to become integrated into, and to contribute to, the social and economic well-being of society.
Here is a brief list of some of their accomplishments:

2002 - Employment programs add job-specific training.  Youth program expands to full time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/19/south-east-asian-refugee-community-home-search-celebrates-fifteen-years/</link>
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		<title>Deadly bird flu jumps to Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article:

 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) &#8212; International health experts have been dispatched to Pakistan to help investigate the cause of South Asia&#8217;s first outbreak of bird flu in people and determine if the virus could have been transmitted through human contact, officials said Sunday.
Four brothers &#8212; two of whom died &#8212; and two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/18/deadly-bird-flu-jumps-to-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Singer/Songwriter Jared Rehberg</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/18/podcast-episode-singersongwriter-jared-rehberg/</link>
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		<title>The 64th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act repeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 17 marks the anniversary of The Magnuson Act being signed into law (in 1943).
Proposed by U.S. Representative Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), it made moot the Chinese Exclusion Act allowing immigration to the United States from China for the first time since 1882
It allowed for 105 Chinese immigrants to enter the United States each year.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/17/the-64th-anniversary-of-the-chinese-exclusion-act-repeal/</link>
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		<title>Journey&#8217;s New Lead Singer Is Filipino</title>
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The Journey begins for Filipino singer Arnel Pineda (center)
Last week, has-been rockers Journey announced their new lead singer, who will replace the singer who replaced the singer who replaced the irreplaceable Steve Perry&#8230;and it turns out the new guy&#8217;s Filipino!
Forty-year-old Arnel Pineda was discovered on YouTube of all places by Journey guitarist Neal Schon, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/14/journeys-new-lead-singer-is-filipino/</link>
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		<title>Poll: US Minorities Don&#8217;t Trust Each Other</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Why can&#8217;t race relations in America be hip and
harmonious like those on 21 Jump Street?
Blacks, Hispanics and Asians have little trust for each other and hold prejudiced views towards other ethnicities, according to a new poll by New American Media which surveyed 1,105 adults from the three groups.  
Some key findings include: 
&#8211; 44% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/14/poll-us-minorities-dont-trust-each-other/</link>
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		<title>Couple face capital murder charges in Baby Grace death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to  this article:

(CNN) &#8212; A Texas couple charged with killing the little girl known as &#8220;Baby Grace&#8221; now face capital murder charges, after a Texas grand jury upgraded the charges on Wednesday.
 Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against the girl&#8217;s mother, Kimberly Dawn Trenor, and Trenor&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/13/couple-face-capital-murder-charges-in-baby-grace-death/</link>
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		<title>Writer Casts Doubt on Chinese Lunar Images</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Just weeks ago, China launched into outerspace the Chang&#8217;e 1 orbiter.  Its mission is to study the moon&#8217;s chemical, mineral and dust composition, as well as take pictures.
It&#8217;s a big step forward in the exploration of space.
But the joy would be short-lived.  I knew some journalist would find something negative to write about.  Or worse, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/12/writer-casts-doubt-on-chinese-lunar-images/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;You are nothing more than a Chinatown boxer.&#8221;   - Edison Miranda (Warrior&#8217;s Boxing)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the lead up to a potential bout, in is the norm for boxers not only travel to watch their potential future opponents but also to engage in some trash talk as well when interviewed.
Recently Edison Miranda traveled to Canada to watch Jean Pascal in a bout, after which he provided the usual  interview filled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/11/you-are-nothing-more-than-a-chinatown-boxer-edison-miranda-warriors-boxing/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Organization of Chinese Americans, Philadelphia</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/11/podcast-episode-organization-of-chinese-americans-philadelphia/</link>
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		<title>Wife of &#8220;Canoe Man&#8221; arrested in UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article on CNN,

The wife of &#8220;Canoe Man&#8221; John Darwin, presumed dead until he walked into a London police station earlier this month, has been arrested on her return to the UK, police have told CNN.
Anne Darwin, 55, was arrested by officers when she arrived at Manchester airport in northwestern England onSunday on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/10/wife-of-canoe-man-arrested-in-uk/</link>
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		<title>Oprah Draws Crowds for Obama</title>
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Nearly 19,000 people showed up at the Iowa rally hoping to get a free car 
In Des Moines and South Carolina this weekend, over 40 thousand people attended  rallies featuring talk show titan Oprah Winfrey &#8212; oh, and Senator Barack Obama was there too.
Oprah&#8217;s public support for Obama marked the first time the famous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/09/oprah-draws-crowds-for-obama/</link>
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		<title>Penn State Students Mock Virginia Tech Victims</title>
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Just One Wild and Crazy Guy
So what were you for Halloween?
Spider-Man? Borat? A skank prostitute? 
What about victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre?
Apparently that&#8217;s what two students &#8211;a young man and a young woman&#8211; at Penn State decided to dress up as at a recent Halloween party. Now the dopey duo is in hot water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/09/penn-state-students-mock-virginia-tech-victims/</link>
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		<title>Japanese Wannabe Convicted of 2 Murders</title>
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He Thinks He&#8217;s Turning Japanese: 
Convicted Murderer and Imaginary Ninja Master Steven Sakai
In New York, a former strip club bouncer who was obsessed with Japanese culture &#8211;particularly sword fighting and ninjas&#8211; was convicted last Friday of murdering two people in 2005.
The bouncer, born Steven Sanders, was apparently so smitten by the Land of the Rising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/09/japanese-wannabe-convicted-of-2-murders/</link>
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		<title>Hollywood&#8217;s Most Notorious Anti-Asian Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
If I had all the time in the world, I would find all the Hollywood movies with characters in yellowface.  What is yellowface?  It is the act of non-Asian characters wearing makeup to obtain East Asian facial characteristics.  Needless to say, these characters engage in ultra offensive portrayals of how they think Asians behave in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/07/hollywoods-most-notorious-anti-asian-movies/</link>
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		<title>China Bashing in Philly Newspaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why are you buying anything from China?&#8221; by Stu Bykofsky
Anna Perng from OCA, Greater Philadelphia Responds
Stu Bykofsky at it again.
What a great way to fuel animosity towards China.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/06/china-bashing-in-philly-newspaper/</link>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Population to Reach 1.5 Billion by 2033</title>
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This isn&#8217;t necessarily good news. 
China&#8217;s population, now estimated at 1.3 billion, is expected to increase by another 200 million by 2033, according to a new study by the People&#8217;s University in Beijing. 
Zhai Zhenwu, head of a population research institute at the university told the Beijing News, &#8220;Currently, China is adding 16 million people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/06/chinas-population-to-reach-15-billion-by-2033/</link>
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		<title>Sleepwalking Slasher Cleared of Attempted Murder</title>
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For as long as I remember, I would always lock the bedroom door before I went to sleep. This may have a lot to do with the psychological scarring my pop inflicted upon me when I was five after he took me to see the Charles Bronson movie 10 to Midnight. The movie was about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/06/sleepwalking-slasher-cleared-of-attempted-murder/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Joe G.M. Chan</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/04/podcast-episode-joe-gm-chan-director/</link>
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		<title>Miss China Crowned Miss World</title>
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Just hours ago Miss China, Zi Lin Zhang, won the Miss World beauty pageant award.  That makes for the first time in history that East Asians have won both the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants within the same year.  Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, took the Miss Universe crown back in May.
I was enjoying the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/12/02/miss-china-crowned-miss-world/</link>
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		<title>Database of Names to Protect Chinese from Foreigners, or Not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay here we go again.  Or better yet, here she goes again.  Miss Anita Chang, purveyor of anti-China news, is up to her usual tricks.
In this article, titled &#8220;China Tracks Summer Olympics Journalists,&#8221; Anita Chang sinks to a new low with the outrageous assumption that China will harm foreign journalists. 
Anita writes that 28,000 foreign journalists expected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/30/database-of-names-to-protect-chinese-from-foreigners-or-not/</link>
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		<title>NYPD Is Investigating Possible Hate Crimes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating eight recent muggings of Asian men and women in Brooklyn&#8217;s 84th Precinct, authorities said Friday.
The first attack occurred Aug. 14, and the last victim was targeted Nov. 12, police said.
In each case, between one and five teens used intimidation and force to swipe property from their victims, whose ages range from 15 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/29/nypd-is-investigating-possible-hate-crimes/</link>
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		<title>Yo, that&#8217;s FAW!: Chinese Car Company to Open Plant In Mexico</title>
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In Mexico, FAW is good. 
Construction began last Friday on an auto assembly plant in central Mexico that will produce Chinese cars. The factory will be co-financed by an arm of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Salinas and China&#8217;s state-owned FAW Group Corp, one of the nation&#8217;s largest auto manufacturers.
The new plant is expected to open by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/29/mexico-chinas-detroit/</link>
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		<title>Britney Spears to Adopt Chinese Twins</title>
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Oh baby, baby: Kwai Chang Caine&#8217;s long lost sister
After losing permanent custody of her two sons last month for her increasingly bizarre behavior and awful driving, Britney Spears still has the insatiable urge to put the lives of small children in jeopardy. 
According to Britain&#8217;s News of the World, the strung out pop star plans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/29/britney-spears-to-adopt-chinese-twins/</link>
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		<title>Marilyn Manson Has a Jones for Chinese Bones</title>
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Manson: Sick or just misunderstood?

Seems like everybody&#8217;s adopting a Chinese kid these days &#8212; even Marilyn Manson. 
The shock rocker is apparently the proud owner of the skeleton of a Chinese child &#8212; and his keyboardist isn&#8217;t happy.  
Manson is being sued by band member Stephen &#8220;Pogo&#8221; Bier for squandering the band&#8217;s fortunes on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/29/marilyn-manson-has-a-jones-for-chinese-bones/</link>
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		<title>Bullying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BULLYING, USED TO BE (PRIMARILY) AN ASIAN PROBLEM
 Verbal and physical bullying has been a &#8220;rite of passage&#8221; for just about every Asian boy growing up in America.
Psychiatrists and school teachers have long known of the detrimental effects bullying has on it&#8217;s victims but only recently, has the age old practice been getting increased attention arguably [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/28/bullying/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Interview with Mark Chang, Author</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/28/podcast-episode-interview-with-mark-chang-author/</link>
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		<title>Local Heroes Keeping Chinatown Real</title>
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The storefront at 21 Mott Street had been unoccupied for over a year as the landlord, Jan Lee, waited for the right tenant to come along.  A bank approached Lee about the vacant space, but he turned them down.  Thank god.  Manhattan&#8217;s Chinatown is already bloated with banks.
Finally, the right candidates came along and opened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/28/local-heroes-keeping-chinatown-real/</link>
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		<title>Bruce Lee Would Be 67 Today</title>
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Bruce Lee, The Man 
On this day in 1940, Bruce Lee was born at the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown. He would be 67 today. 
I wish I could say &#8220;I have nothing to say about Bruce Lee that hasn&#8217;t already been said&#8221; but that&#8217;s very, very far from being the case. Unfortunately, not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/27/bruce-lee-would-be-67-today/</link>
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		<title>Paris Hilton Absolutely Loves China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Paris Hilton loves China.  She&#8217;s not down and giving oral favors like in her home videos, but she&#8217;s there modeling our people&#8217;s fashion designs.  I&#8217;m no fan of hers, but giving more exposure to Chinese fashion could be the best thing she&#8217;s ever done.
I&#8217;ll say, she makes those designs look good.  Or should I say, those designs make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/23/paris-hilton-absolutely-loves-china/</link>
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		<title>Police investigating alleged hate crime at UW frat house</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article:


Witnesses told police Sunday night that they saw several people hurl water balloons and yell abusive comments from the Delta Upsilon fraternity house.
Just after 10 p.m., officers were called to the 19th Avenue Northeast fraternity house after a passer-by saw an Asian student get hit in the head by a water balloon, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/23/police-investigating-alleged-hate-crime-at-uw-frat-house/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: FIGHT HOUSE: An Interview with Sifu Chau</title>
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/21/podcast-episode-fight-house-an-interview-with-sifu-chau/</link>
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		<title>Hayden Panetierre No Hero In Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hayden Panetierre: Hero to some, hypocritical jackass to others
In Japan, an arrest warrant has been issued for the 18-year-old &#8220;Heroes&#8221; star for her involvement in an October 30th protest where she and a pack of unruly activists from the U.S. and Australia paddled out on surfboards to prevent the hunting of dolphins and whales by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/19/hayden-panetierre-no-hero-in-japan/</link>
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		<title>Hillary&#8217;s Got Dirt On Obama?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Democratic presidential front-runner and
Batman arch-nemesis&#8230;The Joker!
Staffers for Senator Hillary Clinton&#8217;s presidential campaign are spreading rumors among Democratic circles that she has potentially harmful information about her arch-rival for the party&#8217;s presidential nomination, Senator Barack Obama, according to an online report. However, insiders claim Hillary has decided against publicly disclosing any details of this &#8220;scandalous&#8221; secret [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/19/hillarys-got-dirt-on-obama/</link>
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		<title>Bullying is a hate crime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article:

California has recognized this week as anti-bullying week to inform people that bullying in our schools remains a problem. This unrelenting problem is also the reason it&#8217;s disappointing to learn that many school districts lack anti-harassment policies or do not use them to discourage deviant behavior.
The San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/19/bullying-is-hate-crime/</link>
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		<title>Family wants Tawana Brawley case reopened</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article:

Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flash point, Tawana Brawley&#8217;s mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Glenda Brawley and Ralph King want to press New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to re-examine the November 1987 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/19/family-wants-tawana-brawley-case-reopened/</link>
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		<title>Japan Steps Up Immigration Security, Critics Whine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Japan Hates On Foreigners? 
Once again, the American media is attempting to portray Japan as racist xenophobes steeped in the dogma of their ancient traditions. However, anyone who has any inkling of awareness regarding  Japanese pop culture or history can tell you, nothing can be farther from the truth. 
Recently, the Japanese government has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/15/japan-steps-up-immigration-security-critics-whine/</link>
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		<title>America&#8217;s New Ally In the Supposed &#8220;War on Terror&#8221;: North Korea!?!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
How do you get on the good graces of a state that the world regards as a Stalinist dictatorship and President Bush once called a card carrying member of the &#8220;Axis of Evil&#8221;? 
You rescue some of their sailors from pirates, apparently.  
Pyongyang officials are in a state of afterglow after U.S. military forces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/15/americas-new-ally-on-the-war-on-terror-north-korea/</link>
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		<title>Another Man Killed Delivering Asian Takeout Food in Southeast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From this article:

A restaurant deliveryman was fatally shot Sunday as he brought food to a home in Southeast Washington &#8212; the second such killing in the District in recent months.
Hong Zhi Wang, 29, was delivering food at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Barnaby Terrace when he was shot in the neck, authorities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/15/another-man-killed-delivering-asian-takeout-food-in-southeast/</link>
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		<title>Angry Suspect Stalked Victim After Fight With Girlfriend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From this article:

Angry after a fight with his girlfriend, Palo Alto abduction-sexual assault suspect Todd David Burpee Jr. went looking for anyone to physically beat to vent his frustrations. Then he saw his target &#8212; a 17-year-old girl riding her bike home from school.
&#8220;It could have been anyone,&#8221; he told police in the documents. &#8220;It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/15/angry-suspect-stalked-victim-after-fight-with-girlfriend/</link>
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		<title>China Supposedly Bans Bibles, According to Anita Chang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Oh boy here she is again.  Ms. Anita Chang, our Asian Writer of the Duhh Moment, serving up the usual dish.
According to this recent article about China, Olympic organizers disputed allegations of religious intolerance.  It is alleged that Bibles will be banned at next summer&#8217;s Olympic games.  Who is alledging this?  According to Ms. Chang, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/14/china-supposedly-bans-bibles-according-to-anita-chang/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Personal Protection 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/13/podcast-episode-personal-protection-101/</link>
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		<title>Guiliani Jumps on the Anti-China Bandwagon, No Surprise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Presidential front-runner Rudolph Giuliani has warned that China is a &#8220;great challenge&#8221; to the United States.  He called for an increase in US military strength to deter China from a worst case scenario - war. 
&#8220;The more we make sure China&#8217;s rise is peaceful, the better it is going to help the United States,&#8221; he addressed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/12/guiliani-jumps-on-the-anti-china-bandwagon-no-surprise/</link>
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		<title>Law firms remain white bastions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Dallas, TX:

 Of the 2,487 attorneys at the 19 largest firms, only 8.5 percent, or 212, are minorities: 65 blacks, 79 Hispanics, 56 Asian-Americans and 12 Native Americans.

according to this article.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/12/law-firms-remain-white-bastions/</link>
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		<title>Santa Clara County Honors Its Asian American Heroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six Asian American community members and two organizations in Santa Clara County were recognized for their exemplary contribution and leadership at the Asian American Hero Awards. Read more here.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/12/santa-clara-county-honors-its-asian-american-heroes/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Dog&#8221; The Bounty Hunter: &#8220;I&#8217;m Not Black At All&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Smart Dog: &#8220;I now learned I&#8217;m not black at all&#8221;
Another week, another celebrity gets caught using racial slurs. 
In case you&#8217;ve been trapped in a refrigerator, reality TV star/bounty hunter Duane &#8220;Dog&#8221; Chapman is in deep doody these days after a recording of him going off on a racist tirade was made public last week. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/08/dog-the-bounty-hunter-im-not-black-at-all/</link>
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		<title>Morning coming earlier and earlier at the gym</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, more and more people are hitting the gym in the wee hours of the morning.

Even at 5:30 in the morning, Marlene Mauk is wide awake and smiling as she walks through the door of the Buckhead Athletic Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
Marlene Mauk hits the gym at 5:30 a.m. It &#8220;gets all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/08/morning-coming-earlier-and-earlier-at-the-gym/</link>
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		<title>Teen dead who opened fire on Finnish classmates, police say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From this article:

An 18-year-old authorities say shot eight people inside his high school in southern Finland, before turning the gun on himself, has died, police said.
art.sturmgeist.youtube.jpg
An image from a video posted on YouTube by &#8220;Sturmgeist89.&#8221;
The shooting appeared to have been planned out in graphic videos posted on Internet file-sharing site YouTube.
At a news conference this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/08/teen-dead-who-opened-fire-on-finnish-classmates-police-say/</link>
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		<title>Study: Sexist Humor Leads to Discrimination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers from Western Carolina University have concluded that sexist humor can promote discrimination against women. 
The study focused on male reactions after being subjected to either a) sexist jokes, b) comparable non-humorous sexist statements, or c) non-sexist jokes.
The news article points out 3 important findings.  First, men with a high level of sexism were less likely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/06/study-sexist-humor-leads-to-discrimination/</link>
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		<title>Asian Writer of Duhh Moment: Anita Chang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Okay let&#8217;s play a quick guessing game.  Take the keywords/sentences listed below and guess the tone of the linked article where they came from.
- An 8-year-old girl runs 2,212 miles in 55 days.
- A 10-year-old swims in a river with her hands and feet bound.
- A  4-year-old riding a 1,000-pound beluga whale.
- Kids&#8217; stunts
- Great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/04/asian-writer-of-the-uhh-moment-anita-chang/</link>
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		<title>Prince Charlie Kiss Up to Possibly Make Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Britain&#8217;s Prince Charles is supposedly declaring a cease-fire in his troubled relationship with China.  He will do so by attending high profile events with the country&#8217;s ambassador to London and some of its leading businessmen and women.
The events include an awards ceremony to honor the Chinese community in Britain, and host a lunch for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/04/prince-charlie-kiss-up-to-possibly-make-up/</link>
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		<title>Defense Secretary to Visit Asia, Create More Illusions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
More and more paranoya about Asian militaries. 
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will meet government officials in China, South Korea, and Japan for security talks. 
He will urge China to be more transparent about its military modernization programs.  In other words, tell them to stop being so damn secretive about its intentions.  Not surprisingly, Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/03/defense-secretary-to-visit-asia-create-more-illusions/</link>
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		<title>Japan Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back on War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Japan&#8217;s Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba issued orders for the country&#8217;s two ships in the Indian Ocean to return to Japan.  This comes after the government&#8217;s main opposition party vowed that the country should not take part in &#8220;American wars.&#8221;  This puts a halt to refuelling missions for coalition forces.
However, they will look at stepping up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/02/japan-takes-one-step-forward-one-step-back-on-war/</link>
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		<title>Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The underlying message behind a network&#8217;s choice of an anchor-person on their news team is that &#8220;this is a person who is in a seat of power. This is a person who will tell you what&#8217;s going on in the world, and you should put your trust in them and defer to them on important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/01/power/</link>
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		<title>Charges Dropped in Dual-Use Tech Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to The Associated Press:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Justice Department has dropped all criminal charges against a Chinese national accused of selling technology made by his Silicon Valley employer to a Chinese cruise missile laboratory, court records show.
Yueqiang &#8220;Bill&#8221; Chen, 46, was accused of lying on export declarations and illegally shipping $1.3 million in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/11/01/charges-dropped-in-dual-use-tech-case/</link>
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		<title>Yes, Foreigners do Buy Property in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Now that Beijing is recognized as an international city - i.e., New York, London, Tokyo - foreigners are quickly buying real estate.
Did you know there are more than 100,000 foreigners living in Beijing??  They account for 5 percent of China&#8217;s real estate sector.
The linked article goes into the problems a foreigner may face when buying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/31/yes-foreigners-do-buy-property-in-china/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Food set to Overtake India&#8217;s Tastebuds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
According to a recent study, Chinese food ranks as the favorite choice among young Indians.  And it&#8217;s a second favorite when families dine out.  With India&#8217;s food and beverages business growing at 9% annually, retail chains like Yo! China are capitalizing from the situation.  With 14 outlets throughout the country, they are currently the largest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/30/chinese-food-set-to-overtake-indias-tastebuds/</link>
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		<title>Obama Wants To Distinguish Himself From Hillary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Obama ready to get rough with Hillary
With the Democratic nomination two months away, Senator Barack Obama has vowed to take a more confrontational approach with Senator Hillary Clinton. During an interview on Friday with the New York Times, the presidential hopeful criticized the Democratic Presidential front-runner for not being forthcoming in describing her views on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/30/obama-wants-to-distinguish-himself-from-hillary/</link>
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		<title>Oral and Anal Copulation Now Legal in Singapore (But Only If You&#8217;re Straight)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Singapore punishes men for having gay sex by
throwing them in prison. Does anyone else find this wildly ironic? 
Good news for our readers in Singapore. 
Oral and anal sex is now legal over there &#8212; but only if you&#8217;re straight.
Unfortunately, if you&#8217;re a gay man, engaging in those activities with another guy is still an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/30/oral-and-anal-copulation-now-legal-in-singapore/</link>
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		<title>This Day and Age, Even Presidents Can be Musicians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Well I guess it was going to happen sooner or later.  The president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, gets credit for writing 10 songs which will be sung by popular singers.  The name of the album will be My Longing for You.  Make sure you buy it! 
&#8220;I took time in my busy schedule to express [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/30/this-day-and-age-even-presidents-can-be-musicians/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Film Maker Francisco Aliwalas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[













New Show Every Tuesday    
Want to get something off your chest? Talk to us live on the podcast on Sundays from 7:45-8:10pm, EST @ 212-255-2898 



On this week&#8217;s episode:

Unilateral Sanctions
Michele Malkin
Singapore and Sex
FEATURE: Film Maker Francisco Aliwalas


						If you have any comments about anything said in this podcast, contact us at comments@falloutcentral.com. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/30/podcast-episode-film-maker-francisco-aliwalas/</link>
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		<title>Witness intimidation: The perfect way to ensure that Asian Americans never speak up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USA Today reports: 

WASHINGTON — Three days after a 24-year-old college graduate spoke out on her immigration plight in USA TODAY, U.S. agents arrested her family — including her father, a Vietnamese man who once was confined to a &#8220;re-education&#8221; camp in his home country for anti-communist activities.

Are you communicating regularly with immigration officials to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/witness-intimidation-the-perfect-way-to-ensure-that-asian-americans-never-speak-up/</link>
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		<title>No Happy Ending for Celebrity Sex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Hoang Thuy Linh, a 19-year-old Vietnamese celebrity, is facing national revulsion for an online video where she is shown having sex (dont worry this link doesn&#8217;t take you to the video).  The country&#8217;s predominantly conservative culture is still largely against pre-marital sex.
But that&#8217;s all beside my point.  I have nothing against Hoang Thuy Linh.
Here is the problem: Ben Stocking, the writer of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/no-happy-ending-for-celebrity-sex/</link>
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		<title>Machete Mayhem in the UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[View Larger Map
From this article:

Fears have been raised about crime in a Norfolk village after a machete and rifle were seized following a suspected racist attack on a man.
Police were called to Queens Road, in Hethersett after an argument broke out between a householder and three men just after midnight on Sunday. It is believed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/machete-mayhem-in-the-uk/</link>
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		<title>This Week&#8217;s APA Psycho: A Woman!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article states:


CAMBRIDGE - After Anna Tang and her boyfriend broke up three weeks ago, prosecutors say, the Wellesley College junior began sending him e-mails telling him she would kill him.
Yesterday, police said, she almost succeeded.
At about 6:30 a.m., Tang sneaked into his dorm room at MIT, climbed on top of him as he slept, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/a-cliffhanger/</link>
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		<title>Daniel Dae Kim arrested in Hawaii</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Daniel Dae Kim, actor on ABC&#8217;s Lost, has been arrested for suspicion of drunken driving.  No one was injured. 
Historically, the producers of the show haven&#8217;t been easy on their actors.  Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros and Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje had their characters cut after incidents with the law.
Oh boy, doesn&#8217;t look good.  Will Daniel meet the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/daniel-dae-kim-arrested-in-hawaii/</link>
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		<title>Buzz Cuts Are So 20 years ago.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your hair is so difficult to cut! Asian hair is&#8230;&#8230; argh!!!&#8221;
I&#8217;ve heard countless barbers utter various of the above phrase throughout my life. I didn&#8217;t know any better; I just thought that was how my life would be&#8230;. forever. [sigh] A friend of mine recommended Hair Kuwayama and I&#8217;ve been going there ever since. (Note: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/buzz-cuts-are-so-20-years-ago/</link>
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		<title>US to impose sanctions on Iran military - reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - The US is to announce unilateral sanctions against Tehran today, aimed at isolating a critical section of the Iranian military, the Washington Post reported.
The unilateral sanctions will designate the elite Quds force a supporter of terrorism and the Revolutionary Guard Corps a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, the Post said.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/us-to-impose-sanctions-on-iran-military-reports/</link>
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		<title>You don&#8217;t have to be Asian to join us&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you heard these phrases at various Asian American themed events:

You don&#8217;t have to be Asian to join us!
We are open to all kinds of people!
We want to be accepting of people of all backgrounds!

Even now, years after I&#8217;ve graduated, I still return to my alma mater once in a while and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/26/you-dont-have-to-be-asian-to-join-us/</link>
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		<title>Jackie Chan Flexing Olympic Vocal Cords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Actor Jackie Chan has just recorded one of the official songs for the 2008 Olympics.  It is titled, &#8220;We Are Ready.&#8221;  It&#8217;s purpose is to further promote the Beijing Olympics. 
Heard Jackie sing before?  He&#8217;s actually pretty darn good.  Actually, he&#8217;s very good!  That&#8217;s no surprise since he started early at the China Drama Academy. 
The song is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/25/jackie-chan-flexing-olympic-vocal-cords/</link>
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		<title>Smokin&#8217; Korean Teens</title>
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&#8220;Stop nagging me, woman! I can quit whenever I want!&#8221; 
Why do Asians love smoking so goddamn much? 
Just three weeks after we reported about the smoking epidemic in China, where The Chinese are consuming 42% of the products by the world&#8217;s three largest tobacco companies, this new report comes in from Korea about their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/25/smokin-korean-teens/</link>
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		<title>Governor Phil Bredesen (Tennessee), Bastion of Cultural Sensitivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Phil Bredesen writes from his nine-day trade mission to China that he’s signed a letter of intent to have about 50 Chinese health officials visit Vanderbilt University every year beginning in 2008 to learn more about the U.S. health care system.
Here’s an excerpt from the governor’s latest dispatch:

Let’s start with the bottom line.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/25/governor-phil-bredesen-tennessee-bastion-of-cultural-sensitivity/</link>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Future: One Giant Sausage Party?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;Hey, anyone here have a sister?&#8221;
Does the Los Angeles Times have some kind of anti-China agenda these days? 
Actually, now that I think about it, who doesn&#8217;t these days? Or perhaps the Times appointed Matt Drudge (an internet &#8220;journalist&#8221;, professional link poster and Yellow Perilist) as the new Editor-in Chief. 
On Monday, the Times published [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/24/chinas-future-one-giant-sausage-party/</link>
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		<title>Never Forget: Mark Wahlberg the Asian Hate Criminal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Yes, Mark Wahlberg as in the actor Mark Wahlberg. Did you know that back in the day, Marky was a total bad boy? Lets take a look at the heinous hate crime he committed. This guy must be related to Ronald Ebens who killed Vincent Chin.
- Back in 1988 Wahlberg approached Thanh Lam, a Vietnamese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/24/never-forget-mark-wahlberg-the-asian-hate-criminal/</link>
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		<title>Should we just stop complaining?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This editorial written by Michelle Malkin provides some additional insight into the why, on the subject of Asian American donors to the Clinton campaign, Asian American advocacy groups are completely in the wrong. From Michelle Malkin&#8217;s editorial we learn:

The Los Angeles Times and the New York Post are beacons of journalistic excellence. Lumping all Asian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/24/should-we-just-stop-complaining/</link>
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		<title>Chang&#8217;e 1 Set to Explore the Moon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
This week China will aim to study the moon with the launch of the Chang&#8217;e 1 orbiter.  Its purpose will be to probe the moon and study its chemical, mineral and dust composition, as well as map 3D images.
The name Chang&#8217;e 1 originates from Chinese folklore.  It is the name of the Chinese goddess of the moon.  It&#8217;s amazingly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/23/change-1-set-to-explore-the-moon/</link>
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		<title>Dalai Lama Now Professor at U.S. University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Dalai Lama has been granted professorship at Emory University.  This is due to their Emory-Tibet Partnership program which brings together the best of Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectuals.  The university is recognized as one of the leading centers of study of Tibetan philosophy.
Did you know he has a doctorate degree?  Of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/23/dalai-lama-now-professor-of-us-university/</link>
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		<title>Asian American wins Louisiana governorship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Congressman Bobby Jindal has just become the first Asian American governor of Louisiana.  He is just the 2nd Asian American governor since Gary Locke won Washington state in 1996.
The race was one of the highest-spending in state history. Jindal alone raised $11 million.  Watch out for the anti-Asian media mob.  They will start to ask [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/asian-american-wins-louisiana-governorship/</link>
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		<title>Family Worries House Fire May Be Hate Crime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; A Westside family said the damage to its house by vandals was obvious but why someone would set fire to its home was not.
The front door of the Cais&#8217; home remained boarded up Thursday after they said the front of the house was set on fire.
They said the incident was not the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/family-worries-house-fire-may-be-hate-crime/</link>
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		<title>Postcard Takes 64 Years To Be Delivered</title>
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This image has nothing to do with the article. Thank you.
JAPAN &#8212; And this is why God invented email.
In 1943, a Japanese soldier mailed a postcard to his friend. A year later the soldier died. And 63 years later, the postcard has finally been delivered.
The postcard&#8217;s long journey began in Burma, where the soldier was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/postcard-takes-64-years-to-be-delivered/</link>
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		<title>UPDATE: Pedophile suspect caught in Thailand</title>
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Pedophile suspect Christopher Paul Neil has been caught.  Too bad there are still a million others walking free. 
If you are ever abroad and see a pedophile-like relationship, point him out!  You will have saved a child&#8217;s innocence.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/22/pedophile-suspect-caught-in-thailand/</link>
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		<title>Cyworld to tackle Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CEO Chang-Won Kim discusses the chances for Cyworld, a popular social networking website in South Korea, to gain traction in the U.S. market in video clip.
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/21/cyworld-to-tackle-facebook/</link>
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		<title>Cheney: &#8216;We Will Not Allow Iran to Have a Nuclear Weapon&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.
&#8220;Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandest ambitions,&#8221; Cheney said in a speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Studies.
He said Iran&#8217;s efforts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/21/cheney-we-will-not-allow-iran-to-have-a-nuclear-weapon/</link>
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		<title>UC BERKELEY dedicates East Asian studies library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Collection includes rare books, artifacts 3,000 years old
In a tranquil, light-filled new building at UC Berkeley, East and West came a little closer on Saturday.
&#8220;It is here that two worlds come together,&#8221; said architect Billie Tsien, who co-designed UC Berkeley&#8217;s new C.V. Starr East Asian Library, unveiled Saturday afternoon to the roar of lion dancers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/21/uc-berkeley-dedicates-east-asian-studies-library/</link>
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		<title>Great Wall Host of High Fashion</title>
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Pretty darn creative I must say.  Fashion house Fendi pulled off a fashion show right on the Great Wall.  A whopping eighty-eight models took part.  Even Zhang Ziyi was in the house. 
Hats off to Fendi&#8217;s marketing minds.  The magnitude of this event should capture Chinese consumer attention.  Lets just hope their profits lead them to use more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/20/great-wall-host-of-high-fashion/</link>
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		<title>Hillary&#8217;s Chinatown Connection</title>
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Chinatown: That mysterious land of malevolent intrigue
NEW YORK &#8212; Chinese American immigrants have been getting more politically active in recent years, thanks to the work of various community organizations as well as U.S. politicians recognizing the importance of the Asian American vote. A successful culmination of these efforts presented itself this past April when a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/20/chinese-folks-donate-to-hillary/</link>
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		<title>Marines accused of gang raping Japanese girl</title>
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Keep in mind that at this moment this is just an accusation.  But hasn&#8217;t this happend before?
Four U.S. Marines have been accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in Hiroshima, Japan.  Allegedly, they drove to a parking lot where the rape took place.  Nobutaka Machimura, a top government spokesman, has stated, “It would be unforgivable if this turns [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/19/marines-accused-of-gang-raping-japanese-girl/</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Soy Won&#8217;t Destroy Your Sperm</title>
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Tofu, The Cheese of Asia
WASHINGTON &#8212; Here&#8217;s a revelation: Eating soy products won&#8217;t destroy your sperm. As a devout and virile vegan who consumes soy-based foods religiously, I could&#8217;ve already told you that. But, alas, who&#8217;s gonna trust the word of a Chinese guy these days? 
A press release by the Soyfoods Association of North [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/19/press-release-soy-wont-destroy-your-sperm/</link>
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		<title>The Key to pro-Asian art</title>
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&#8216;Ketchup’ is a Cantonese word - and invention - meaning a thick tomato sauce
Like art that makes a pro-Asian statement?  Look no further to Anthony Key, a British-Chinese artist who uses food as the central theme to his works.
Honest and daring, Key uses art to express and expose cultural misconceptions.  This could only be done [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/19/the-key-to-pro-asian-art/</link>
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		<title>Ugnayan Spearheads Youth Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young Filipina immigrant was beaten up by a group of youth at the back of a bus in Brooklyn. A queer Filipina was attacked outside of a club in Long Island after being seen dancing with another woman. A racist remark was made about Filipino medical professionals on the show ‘Desperate Housewives’.
Why are these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/18/ugnayan-spearheads-youth-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Asian Men Get No Love At Stanford</title>
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Note to the Asian men of Stanford: Stop perpetuating stereotypes!!! 
STANFORD, CA &#8212; A recent online sex survey of Stanford University students has produced some surprising results &#8212; and one incredibly depressing one. 
Apparently, half of the Asian male upperclassman are virgins. This is in stark contrast to the 27 percent of virginal non-Asian male [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/18/asian-men-get-no-love-at-stanford/</link>
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		<title>Yahoo and all Chinese in hot water</title>
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Wow this makes for great news: China in cahoots with Asian-American run corporation to bring down freedom. 
For sure you&#8217;ve heard the news about Yahoo being accused of lying to Congress.  Whether it&#8217;s true or not is not the point here.  The real point is this: most news about China by the mainstream media is either one-sided, negative or to ridicule.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/18/yahoo-and-all-chinese-in-hot-water/</link>
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		<title>Bush Honors Dalai Lama, Pisses Off China</title>
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The Dalai Lama and President Bush at Wednesday&#8217;s Congressional Gold
Medal ceremony.
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal at the U.S. Capitol, to the bemusement of Chinese officials who accuse the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader as a ruse with a political agenda to undermine China&#8217;s sovereignty of Tibet.
Bush defended his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/17/bush-honors-dalai-lama-pisses-off-china/</link>
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		<title>Pedophile alert: have you seen this man??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Yup he sure has that look. 
Christopher Paul Neil of Canada posted around 200 Internet photos of himself abusing young boys throughout Asia.  Victims include 12 young Vietnamese and Cambodian boys, some as young as six years of age.
The manhunt for Neil is being spearheaded by Interpol, the world’s largest international police organization.  Go get &#8216;em!
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		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/17/pedophile-alert-have-you-seen-this-man/</link>
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		<title>Which are the most promiscuous Asian females?</title>
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Well, New Zealanders are considered Asians, whether they like it or not.
According to The Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global survey, New Zealand females have the most sexual partners.  Topping off at 20.4 sexual partners, that&#8217;s more than twice the global average of 13.2.  That&#8217;s way too many.
If that makes you interested in visiting New Zealand, click [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/17/which-are-the-most-promiscuous-asian-females/</link>
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		<title>Gore&#8217;s Taiwanese Son-In-Law MIA During Nobel Ceremony</title>
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A Real Inconvenient Truth: Gore&#8217;s daughter on her wedding
day (the Asian guy on the right is the groom)
Former Vice President Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week for his work in educating the global masses about climate change.
His Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth has made &#8220;going green&#8221; the new catchphrase of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2007/10/16/gores-taiwanese-son-in-law-mia-during-nobel-ceremony/</link>
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		<title>Are American Movie Audiences Getting Bored of White Leading Men?</title>
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The Great James Shigeta with Victoria Shaw
in 1959&#8217;s The Crimson Kimono.
Perhaps. 
This past weekend, Hollyw