January 16, 2012
Activists are unhappy that a company that profited once by maiming Vietnamese civilians is allowed to profit again in the country 18-year-old Thang, believed to be an Agent Orange victim according to locals who know his mother, waits for customers at a market in Hanoi on January 9. It would be ironic if Vietnam [...]
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October 30, 2011
Tens of thousands of people rally in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on October 26. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has warned that any Western intervention would cause an “earthquake” inflaming the region, after almost 100 people died in the bloodiest two days of the uprising against his rule. Assad in an interview [...]
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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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February 7, 2011
Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans to show their support for the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Madrid February 6, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak’s new cabinet on Monday held its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an [...]
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November 8, 2010
A train carrying what activists claim is âthe most radioactive everâ cargo of nuclear waste travels from the retreatment La Hague factory, in northwestern France, through the Lorraine region, near Metz, eastern France, on November 6. A train carrying what activists claim is âthe most radioactive everâ cargo of nuclear waste ran the gauntlet of [...]
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November 13, 2009
Tourists are largely unaware they are breaking local and international law when buying bear bile in Vietnam. Quang Ninh Province environmental police recently raided Viet Thai, one of the six known bear bile farms in the province, and caught nine people, including two South Koreans, engaged in the extraction of bear bile last month.The incident [...]
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August 4, 2009
An Agent Orange victim at the Thi Nghe Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs Binh Thanh District A legal victory for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims is highly unlikely as the US government and chemical companies work only to protect themselves, several international activists have said. For Günter Giesenfeld, president of the Germany -Vietnam Friendship Association, [...]
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March 17, 2009
The Pakistani government on Monday announced the restoration of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry following protests from lawyers and activists, a move aimed at defusing the rising political turmoil. Deposed Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry leaves after after offering prayers in Islamabad on March 13. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced Monday [...]
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February 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday discussed a plan to allocate capital from Government bonds for this year. This additional issuance of Government bonds will aim to supply more capital to invest in urgent projects A lot of Viet kieu scientists and cultural activists who had returned home to work for universities [...]
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