August 16, 2011
One-hundred Yuan notes are seen in this picture illustration in Beijing March 22, 2011. China’s long-term plan to cut reliance on investment as a growth engine is clashing with its short-term need for protection against a worsening global outlook. Beijing has made it clear that consumption, not investment, must eventually do more of the work [...]
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July 24, 2011
Poster promoting for the home-visit tourism project A non-profit tourism project is bringing foreign visitors into the homes of local Hanoians for family-style dinners and a glance at authentic Vietnamese culture. Home Visit, launched last week by Hanoi Kids and Students in Free Enterprise of Hanoi University (SIFE HANU), has host families inviting tourists into [...]
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July 4, 2011
A nearly-200-year-old house in Coc Thon Hamlet in the suburb of Hanoi The urbanization juggernaut has proved unstoppable in Vietnam, and evidence has been mounting about the inability of rural and suburban households to resist it, consigning beautiful homes with traditional architecture and long histories to extinction. The situation at Cu Da Village in [...]
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June 23, 2011
A famous village in the suburbs of Hanoi, with houses dating back hundreds of years, has decided to turn its back on history, aesthetics and healthy living A man walks past a house under construction in Cu Da Village in the outskirts of Hanoi. Famed for its century old European-style houses, the village has [...]
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April 29, 2011
A couple try to salvage items from a flattened shop in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Shocked Americans struggled to grasp the magnitude of the worst US tornadoes in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south, claiming at least 305 lives. Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s home town of Tuscaloosa were virtually wiped off [...]
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March 12, 2011
Houses swept by a tsunami are seen as residents walk in Kesen Numa, Miyagi prefecture March 12, 2011 Japan scrambled on Saturday to reduce pressure in two nuclear plants damaged after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck its northeast coast probably killing at least 1,300 people. A day after the biggest quake on record in [...]
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February 28, 2011
Red tape and a lack of funding have reduced Vietnam’s first national heritage village to a decaying tourist trap while officials near Hue argue that stalled preservation plans should be abandoned in two villages Harvest day in Duong Lam Village Six years ago, the people of Duong Lam Village had the esteemed honor of [...]
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February 6, 2011
A homeless man sits besides his belongings on a street in Washington, DC. In the dead of winter last year, after 13 years of wandering the streets and homeless shelters of the US capital, Maureen Brosnahan was given a tiny apartment with no strings attached. She would no longer have to endure icy nights lying [...]
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February 3, 2011
A satellite image obtained from the US Naval Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Yasi approaching the coast of Australia on February 2, 2011. Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world’s most powerful cyclones spared the nation’s northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and [...]
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January 16, 2011
The Tam Coc Wharf where tourists can take a boat trip along the Ngo Dong River to discover the caverns of Tam Coc (three caves) and Bich Dong (emerald grotto). Nestled on the bank of the Ngo Dong River in the northern province of Ninh Binh, the Co Vien Lau private museum presents an ancient [...]
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