Posts Tagged ‘ His Own ’

Man recovers after removal of giant tumor 

January 9, 2012
Man recovers after removal of giant tumor 

  Nguyen Duy Hai gives a thumbs up sign at the FV hospital in HCMC, where he had an 82-kg tumor removed. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre Newspaper. Two days after having a 82-kg tumor removed in a major surgery, the patient could breathe on his own and eat on Saturday, doctors of the FV Hospital [...]

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Quiet Iraq exit won’t have a replay in Afghanistan 

December 30, 2011
Quiet Iraq exit won’t have a replay in Afghanistan 

  Rarely in US history has the end of a war been marked with less fanfare than the withdrawal of the last troops from Iraq in time for Christmas. Indeed, you could almost be forgiven for failing to notice it at all, so arbitrary does the timing seem. US interests in Iraq will be no [...]

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Quiet Iraq exit won’t have a replay in Afghanistan 

December 29, 2011
Quiet Iraq exit won’t have a replay in Afghanistan 

  Rarely in US history has the end of a war been marked with less fanfare than the withdrawal of the last troops from Iraq in time for Christmas. Indeed, you could almost be forgiven for failing to notice it at all, so arbitrary does the timing seem. US interests in Iraq will be no [...]

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Protesters ignore American love of entrepreneurs 

November 24, 2011
Protesters ignore American love of entrepreneurs 

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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Let he who lobbed no missiles judge Libya rebels 

November 3, 2011
Let he who lobbed no missiles judge Libya rebels 

   File photo of vapor trails from NATO jets over the minaret of a mosque in the Libyan city of Misrata. NATO was on Monday formally ending its Libya mission, which it has hailed as one of its "most successful" yet after its air strikes playing a key role in the overthrow of now-slain despot Muammar [...]

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Obama says Kadhafi must ‘leave now’: White House 

February 27, 2011
Obama says Kadhafi must ‘leave now’: White House 

An armed anti goverment fighter stands at the last checkpoint of Brega, 200 kms west of Benghazi. President Barack Obama has called on Moamer Kadhafi to “leave now,” declaring that the Libyan leader had lost his right to rule after attacking his own people to put down a popular uprising. Obama’s most direct demand yet [...]

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No show Calisto breaks an appointment with the VFF

February 5, 2010
No show Calisto breaks an appointment with the VFF

The national football squad’s chief coach Henrique Calisto didn’t return to Hanoi on February 4 as he promised and efforts since to contact him have failed.  Two weeks ago the Vietnam Football Federation showed Calisto the draft of a new three-year contract. Accordingly, Calisto would only work with the national squad and his monthly wage [...]

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Picture perfect

November 11, 2009
Picture perfect

LookAtVietnam – Photo tours demand expertise, flexibility, understanding and patience only a fellow enthusiast like Nguyen Huy Son can offer.  It can be, and is, called many things – photo travel, photo fieldtrips, guided photography tour, specialized travel and photo workshops. But it is basically a journey of discovering a nation through your own lens [...]

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Picture perfect

November 9, 2009
Picture perfect

A photo tour in the Mekong Delta. Photo tours demand expertise, flexibility, understanding and patience only a fellow enthusiast like Nguyen Huy Son can offer. It can be, and is, called many things – photo travel, photo fieldtrips, guided photography tour, specialized travel and photo workshops. But it is basically a journey of discovering a [...]

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Lee quits as president of Google China

September 7, 2009
Lee quits as president of Google China

Google Inc, owner of the most used Internet search engine in the world, said on Friday its China president Kai-Fu Lee will leave the company to start his own business in Beijing. Kai-fu Lee(Photo: China Daily)Boon-Lock Yeo, director of Google’s Shanghai engineering office, and John Liu, who heads the sales team in China, will take [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...