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Sanjay Gupta: You Could Be The Next Surgeon General (And The First Asian American One)

(via www.slanteyefortherounde...) 40 mins ago

Sanjay Gupta: You Could Be The Next Surgeon General (And The First Asian American One)

On my way home last night I ended up catching the news about Sanjay Gupta who was approached by President-elect Obama about becoming the country's next Surgeon General and from what everyone said - he would be the youngest...

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No time to waste in the Diet

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 20 days ago

The Diet last week enacted a law to continue the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean and another law to inject capital into regional financial institutions with second votes in the Lower...

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Indian crew jailed over SKoreas worst oil spill

(via www.channelnewsasia.com) 28 days ago

Indian crew jailed over SKoreas worst oil spill

SEOUL: A South Korean court on Wednesday jailed the Indian captain and chief officer of a Hong Kong supertanker after ruling they were partly to blame for the countrys worst oil spill, court officials said.

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Shinseki and Cao: Newest Asian American Political Pioneers

(via www.asian-nation.org) 28 days ago

On the heels of Don Wakamatsu becoming Major League Baseball's first Asian American manager, two new Asian Americans are making news for being the latest political pioneers.

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