{"id":7941,"date":"2014-06-06T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/06\/06\/asian-women-of-achievement-awards\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:42:42","slug":"asian-women-of-achievement-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/06\/asian-women-of-achievement-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Women of Achievement Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Winners Announced<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/AWAA-2014-570x225.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><span><span><strong><strong><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(248,250,252); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: 14px\/19px Verdana, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; 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