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Deepti Hajela is an American journalist who is has been a newswoman for the Associated Press since 1996. She works in the New York bureau of the AP, covering a wide range of stories in the metropolitan region. In addition to breaking news and feature stories, she occasionally does music and book reviews (including quick-turnaround reviews of some of the Harry Potter books in the days after their release). She has been president of the South Asian Journalists Association since January of 2005.

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Advocates say rhetoric fuels anti-Hispanic crime

NEW YORK—It was meant to be a short jaunt to a friend's home to watch a movie. Marcello Lucero never made it. His walk, and his life, came to a brutal end when the Ecuadorean native was allegedly beaten and stabbed by a group of teenagers who police ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA AND FRANK ELTMAN, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2008

Jewish group wants Mormons to stop proxy baptisms

NEW YORK—Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old agreement barring the ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA AND JENNIFER DOBNER, Boston Globe,  10 Nov 2008

Advocates concerned about language access at polls

NEW YORK—The Flushing section of Queens provides a vivid display of the many languages of New York City: A church offers services in English, Chinese and Spanish. One business sign after another is written in Chinese. And on Election Day, voters will ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, Boston Globe,  1 Nov 2008

Advocates concerned about language access at polls

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Flushing section of Queens provides a vivid display of the many languages of New York City: A church offers services in English, Chinese and Spanish. One business sign after another is written in Chinese. And on Election Day, ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, The Orange County Register,  1 Nov 2008

Advocates concerned about language access at polls

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Flushing section of Queens provides a vivid display of the many languages of New York City: A church offers services in English, Chinese and Spanish. One business sign after another is written in Chinese. And on Election Day, ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, Buffalo News,  1 Nov 2008

Center opens in NYC to fight global hunger

NEW YORK (AP) -- Founders of the new Action Center to End World Hunger hope visitors will come away not only knowing more about world hunger, but resolved to do something about it. The center, a project of international aid organization Mercy Corps, ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, The Orange County Register,  16 Oct 2008

5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children

A 10-year-old boy who survived was in critical condition after the fire in a public housing complex in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The boy was found with two other family members in a back bedroom, while the rest of the family sought refuge in a ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, San Francisco Chronicle,  11 Oct 2008

5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children

NEW YORK (AP) -- Five people, including three young children, died in an apartment fire early Saturday, some taking refuge from the smoky blaze in a full bathtub and underneath a sink, fire officials said. A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized in ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, Buffalo News,  11 Oct 2008

5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children

NEW YORK—Five people, including three young children, died in an apartment fire early Saturday, some taking refuge from the smoky blaze in a full bathtub and underneath a sink, fire officials said. A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, Boston Globe,  11 Oct 2008

Census: Big Brother anxieties could hurt count

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fear of the government in some communities after the Sept. 11 attacks and years of debate over immigration policy could create problems in getting an accurate count of the U.S. population in 2010, the director of the Census Bureau ...

From DEEPTI HAJELA, Buffalo News,  2 Oct 2008

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