January 15, 2012
A handout from the Italian Guardia de Finanza shows the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio. Two South Korean honeymooners were rescued Sunday from a cruise ship that hit rocks and keeled over off the west coast of Italy, but three were confirmed dead [...]
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October 31, 2011
International contest slips down a sleazy slope with accusations of sexual harassment, bribery and other capers   Miss Guyana and Miss Wales (second and third from the left), together with Miss Costa Rica, were parts of the contest’s maelstrom when they posted a video complaining about the event on YouTube Vietnam’s Truong Tung Lan did [...]
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January 1, 2010
A Timorese man is seen standing next to brochures about HIV/AIDS at a clinic in Dili. The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general ignorance leading to a sharp increase in reported cases, doctors said. “Most likely it will be a disaster [...]
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September 25, 2009
Sheraton Ha Noi among Asia’s best; Hoi An to build terracotta park; Costa Allegra brings 1,250 passengers; Tour to Singapore for Formula 1 Sheraton Ha Noi Hotel.Sheraton Ha Noi Hotel has been named one of the Top 10 Best Conference Hotels for Asia in The Best in Travel Poll 2009, the fourth consecutive year the [...]
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September 4, 2009
Locals to enjoy cheap luxury stays; Motorbike convoy heads to Thailand; Peace Boat visits Da Nang; Explore Ha Noi by tramcar Six of HCM City’s 12 five-star hotels will for the first time offer a discount of 50 per cent for local guests between September 1 to October 31, under the promotion “One Day to [...]
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August 12, 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was infected with influenza A/H1N1, Legislative Assembly President Francisco Antonio Pacheco confirmed on Tuesday. Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias walks in his residence after a meeting with Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, Ibero-American General Secretary Enrique Iglesias and Secretary General of the Organization of American States [...]
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July 6, 2009
Vietnam has been found to be one of the five happiest countries in the world due to its long average lifespan, Vietnamese people’s satisfaction with their lives and low environmental impact level. A summer day of Vietnamese kids. The UK-based New Economics Foundation (NEF) announced the Happy Planet Index (HPI) on July 4 for 143 countries [...]
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July 6, 2009
Tourists enjoy the “Pineapple Tour” at the “Finca Corsicana” in Sarapiqui, 100 km north from San Jose in 2008 Costa Rica is the happiest place on earth, and one of the most environmentally friendly, according to a new survey by a British non-governmental group. The New Economics Foundation looked at 143 countries that are home [...]
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June 29, 2009
Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya speaks on national television at the Presidential house in Tegucigalpa June 27, 2009. Shots were fired near the presidential palace in Honduras where protests erupted after the army ousted and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War. Hundreds of pro-Zelaya protesters, [...]
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June 26, 2009
A volunteer in the northern province of Ninh Binh displays a bucket of used syringes that he found on the street. Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis fell last year while production of stimulants rose, the UN drugs chief said Wednesday as he presented the United Nations’ annual report on drugs. “The embedded story [...]
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