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Daily Archives: November 13, 2010

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Filep Karma: Fifteen-year sentence for raising a Papua flag in Indonesia

NEWSBy Ashley TruongNovember 13, 2010Leave a comment

Filep Karma, an advocate for Indonesia’s indigenous Papua group, is currently serving a fifteen-year prison sentence. His crime? Raising the Papuan Morning Star flag. A few years ago, he and two hundred others raised the flag. Police then stormed the crowd, arresting Filep Karma. They reportedly beat and stomped on him while transporting him to…

You mean there are people who are Asian and American? What a shock.

WeekliesBy Ashley TruongNovember 13, 2010Leave a comment

Not for the first time, Hollywood is planning to whitewash a movie (or several movies). All You Need is Kill, a Japanese sci-fi novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and Akira, a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo, have both been picked up by Hollywood for mass-American consumption. All You Need is Kill will be directed by…

Jean Quan: First Female Mayor of Oakland and First Asian American to lead major U.S. city

NEWSBy Pacific TiesNovember 13, 2010Leave a comment

Following several days of tallying votes, results have concluded that Jean Quan won with 50.98% of the votes, compared to her opponent Don Perata’s 49.02%. When inaugurated to office in January, Quan will be the first Asian American woman mayor of a major US city and the first female mayor for Oakland. With the new…

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