December 3, 2011
A man in Ho Chi Minh City cautiously stretches a leech. Locals are worried the uncontrolled population of the blood-sucking worms could harm their children People in certain Ho Chi Minh City areas are having sleepless nights worrying about a leech invasion after an enterprise buying them to send to China moved suddenly last month, [...]
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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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October 12, 2009
Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died in Spain, the group said on its Web site. In this Dec 19, 1998 file photo, Stephen Gately (R-2) poses for a photo with other members of Irish band Boyzone. (Xinhua/Reuters, File Photo)Gately [...]
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