December 14, 2011
An unexploded bomb unearthed in the garden of a resident’s house in the north-central province of Quang Tri, which has recorded the highest number of deaths and injuries caused by unexploded bombs and landmines The Americans lost 58,000 lives in the Vietnam War. Vietnamese have lost 42,000 lives to the war after it ended [...]
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November 14, 2011
Workers at a ship yard of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, or Vinashin. Many in Vietnam hope the government will pursue reforms that are broad enough and deep enough to fix debt-ridden state banks and rein in inefficient state enterprises (SOEs) such as Vinashin, which embarrassingly defaulted last year. After four years of economic instability, [...]
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October 30, 2011
A Qantas plane is seen grounded among smaller aircrafts at Perth international airport October 29, 2011. Qantas Airways sparred with unions at a second labor tribunal on Sunday after Australia’s prime minister called for an end to the industrial dispute that grounded the airline’s entire fleet, stranding tens of thousands of passengers around the world. [...]
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August 14, 2011
Activists worry multinational corporations that produced Agent Orange could perpetrate another ecological disaster through genetically modified organisms Agent Orange victims Chu Quang Duc (C), 27 years old, and his father Chu Quang Chien (R) who served in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam – Da Nang area from 1971-1975 during the Vietnam War, attend a computer [...]
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May 10, 2011
A Pakistan paramilitary soldier stands guard during a protest over the slaying of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Karachi. Pakistan has dismissed as “absurd” accusations that complicity or incompetence had allowed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to hide out in the country for years and vowed a full investigation. Addressing parliament in his first [...]
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March 20, 2011
French Mirages 2000 jet fighter of the French armys prepare to land on March 19, 2011 at the aerial military base of Solenzara in Corsica The US, Britain and France pounded Libya with Tomahawk missiles and air strikes into the early hours of Sunday, sparking fury from Moamer Kadhafi who said the Mediterranean was now [...]
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December 24, 2010
A red eared slider on the carapace of the endangered giant soft-shell turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake. It might have been a cute photograph for a coffee-table book. A small turtle riding piggyback on a larger one. Given that it was taken at Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, it could have also meant something to [...]
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December 4, 2010
Commuters wait for flights at Madrid’s Bajaras airport. Wildcat air traffic control strikers halted take-offs across Spain on Saturday despite the military taking command of national air space and threats of jail sentences. Wildcat air traffic control strikers halted take-offs across Spain on Saturday despite the military taking command of national air space and threats [...]
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November 15, 2010
The environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has called for the adoption of “readily available” food security solutions instead of hugely problematic ones like genetically engineered rice. “Genetically engineered (GE) rice is sometimes proposed as a solution to the impacts of climate change although there is no evidence that GE crops can play a role in [...]
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February 5, 2010
The campaign was kicked of in Vietnam on February 4, aiming to have the participation of at least 20 provinces and cities. Conductor Chau Anh (photo) and students of the Sol Art Centre will perform at the Earth Hour Vietnam programme on March 27. A representative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the campaign organizer, said that [...]
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