November 24, 2011
A protester chants during an Occupy Wall Street march in New York October 1, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement is fighting an almost unwinnable battle against the ghost of Steve Jobs. America’s love affair with entrepreneurship complicates any attempt to mount an effective European-style war of have-nots against haves. To be successful, the new [...]
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October 9, 2009
Deputy PM calls for nuclear plant safety; UNESCO education programme gets top priority in Viet Nam; Thailand to deploy 18,000 security officers at ASEAN Summit Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan (second right) awards the Prime Minister’s certifcate of merit to the former director-general of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura.The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education [...]
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August 20, 2009
VietNamNet reporters talked with former Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An about ways of identifying and using ‘people of talent.’ VietNamNet: We Vietnamese have achieved a great deal in the past two decades thanks to the Doi Moi (renovation) philosophy and our transformation from the subsidy and rationing system to a market-based economic [...]
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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 29, 2009
Core leaders of a renewed anti-government rally in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday said their protest will be peaceful as they are demanding the coalition government to dissolve the House of Representatives and hold a general election. Supporters of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) attend an anti-government rally at Sanam Luang in [...]
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June 8, 2009
Late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet (centre, front) reviews master plans to build Viet Nam’s first oil refinery of Dung Quat in July, 1995 (photo: VNS)VietNamNet Bridge – Time flies. The first anniversary of late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet’s death is just around the corner. The man’s name is imprinted in the hearts and [...]
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April 26, 2009
The renewed Thai anti-government rally in central Bangkok on Saturday night was peaceful and not prolonged as it was scheduled to disperse at 23.00 p.m. local time(1600 GMT). Thai anti-government protestors take part in a rally in Bangkok April 25, 2009. The Thai anti-government political group, the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), began [...]
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April 9, 2009
Leaders of the anti-government protests in Bangkok Wednesday evening issued 24-hour ultimatum to the Prime Minister and three Privy Council members to resign unconditionally as the scheduled three-day mass rally continues, Thai News Agency reported Thursday. Policemen stand guard outside the home of Prem Tinsulanonda, chief advisor to King Bhumibol Adulyadej as supporters of former [...]
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November 27, 2008
Thailand’s political stalemate is set to continue at least for now as Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat remained firm on no resignation or House dissolution amid growing pressure from anti-government protesters and the military top brass. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Somchai made a TV speech Wednesday night to affirm that he would stick to the his [...]
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