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Are Filipinos Relying Too Much on Pacquiao for Glory?
New America Media, Commentary, Rene P. Ciria-Cruz , Nov 20, 2009
Seeing how Filipinos raved about Manny Pacquiao as a symbol of what, in the words of many a fan, “Filipinos are capable of achieving,” a friend asked me, “Aren’t Filipinos relying too much on Pacquiao to build their national self-esteem? That’s too much of a burden for one man to bear.”
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California Non-Profits Are Not as Diverse as State
New America Media, News report, Annette Fuentes, Nov 19, 2009
California may be a beacon of diversity, with Asians, Latinos and African Americans comprising the majority. But when it comes to its nonprofit sector, that racial and ethnic diversity is not reflected, and Latinos are especially underrepresented, according to a recent study.
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Chinese Media Perspectives on Obama's Visit
New America Media, News report, Vivian Po , Nov 17, 2009
President Barack Obama met with a select group of 500 Chinese students from different colleges in Shanghai. But unlike news reports from their mainstream counterpart, Chinese ethnic media in the United States reported primarily on Obama’s views on Taiwan-China relations.
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Obama's China Trip Full of Potential
New America Media, Commentary, George Koo, Nov 16, 2009
Pres. Barack Obama has begun his one week, four-country visit to Asia, and about half of that time will be spent in China, a measure of the importance of the U.S.-China relationship.
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Pacquiao Wins Seventh World Title, His Fans Become Global
New America Media, News Report/ , Anchor/Reporter: Odette Keeley / Video: Mike Siv & Min Lee, Nov 15, 2009
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao is the Filipino people's champ once again for his historic win over Miguel Cotto. But as a mixed crowd in a Northern California restaurant that watched this fight proves, "Pacman" has become a global icon.
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Long Beach's Cambodians Still Haunted by Killing Fields
New America Media, , Mike Siv, Nov 15, 2009
Twenty-seven years after the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, during which 1.7 million Cambodians were killed, the first trials of Khmer Rouge officials for their part in the mass murders began last spring. But Cambodians in Long Beach, Calif., aren't more concerned with the present than the past.
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Pacquiao TKOs Cotto, Makes History
INQUIRER.net, News Report, Cedelf Tupas, Inquirer; AFP, Nov 15, 2009
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made history Saturday when he defeated Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, earning the welterweight title. No other boxer has won seven world titles in seven weight divisions.
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