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	INS Roundups Put Nation’s Growing Ethnic Media in Bind By Sandip Roy | Pacific News Service As editor of the San Jose-based Farsi monthly Pezhvak, Shahbaz Taheri says he strives to be a bridge between Iranian immigrants and American society. Now he fears he helped deliver some of his readers to jail. When the Immigration and Naturalization Service sent Taheri information about the new registration requirements for men from five Muslim countries including Iran, Taheri dutifully published them in Pezhvak. “I wanted to inform our community so they do everything legally,” he said. He remembers an Iranian American man coming to his office and asking if he should register. “Don’t worry,” Taheri told him, “everyone should go and do it.” FULL STORY...		Year in Review - 2002 (Feature) No Exit: Another Act in American Immigration Policy, Post-Sept. 11 (in National News) Upcoming Welfare Cut to Hurt APA Families (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: 2002 Gamer's Gift Guide (11/29/02) (in Consumer) APA Community Should Tell Shaquille O’Neal to ‘Come down to Chinatown.’ (in Sports) Hot ‘n’ Sour: Primal Scream (in A&E) INS Roundups Put Nation’s Growing Ethnic Media in Bind (in Opinion)

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My 2002 Yao-ender If you didn’t like 2002, don’t worry. It gets better. The best stories in 2002 were just seedlings. They’ll blossom in 2003. To mix metaphors and put it in news parlance, my favorite stories of 2002 have “legs.” Especially my top story for the year, which has legs, arms, a funny haircut and stands 7 foot 5 inches. Back when he was drafted, I said Yao Ming was going to be big, really big. He’s going to be bigger than that. MORE...

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