October 26, 2011
Bangkok’s second airport shut down Tuesday as floodwaters advanced into the Thai capital, forcing authorities in “crisis mode” to declare a five-day public holiday in preparation for the deluge. The cabinet ordered an October 27-31 holiday for Bangkok and 20 other provinces affected by the kingdom’s worst flooding in decades, amid warnings a high [...]
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October 23, 2011
Thailand's prime minister warned Saturday the kingdom will endure weeks more flooding, telling anxious Bangkok residents to prepare for possible metre-deep water as the inundation spread. Thai troops on Sunday reinforced vulnerable barriers along Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river after a sudden rise in the water level set back efforts to contain the worst floods in [...]
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August 27, 2011
Libyans stand next to a golden sofa with a statue of Aisha, the daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi inside her house in Tripoli, August 26, 2011. Libyan rebels said they were closing in on fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi and would merge their disparate fighters in the capital under one command to streamline operations. There [...]
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July 15, 2011
Hanoi police officer Vu Thai Son at a hospital in the capital city after he was assaulted by attackers brandishing scimitar backswords and knives. Sword-weilding criminal gangs in Hanoi put two city police officers and a local resident in the hospital after a bloody fight in the capital city early Sunday. Hai Ba Trung District [...]
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March 12, 2011
A tsunami wave engulfs a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on March 11 Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake on record, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that killed hundreds as it engulfed towns on the northern coast. As many as [...]
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February 26, 2011
A veiled Yemeni woman wears a headband with the national colours and the phrase “game over” during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Sanaa. Police gunfire killed four people as the biggest protests yet swept impoverished Yemen, demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down after three decades in power. At least 19 people have [...]
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December 11, 2010
When Cambodia tore down a century-old school in the capital this year, conservationists bemoaned the loss of yet another piece of history in former French Indochina in the rush to modernize. French colonial architecture – with its shuttered windows, grand balconies and pitched tiled roofs – for decades defined the look of cities in [...]
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January 29, 2010
The Hanoi Transport Department has proposed to the city administration that the licensing of taxi firms be suspended from March 1. The move seeks to tighten control over the industry that has been cited recently for numerous violations of the law, local newswire Dan Tri reported Tuesday.Nguyen Hoang Linh, vice director of the department, said [...]
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November 3, 2009
Artist Nguyen My Ngoc talks about her work on display at Emergency Room in Hanoi Wednesday. A unique art exhibition aims to sound warning bells on looming emergencies. Hanoiâs new Emergency Room isnât admitting sick patients, only societal disasters and catastrophes.The exhibition opened in the capital on Wednesday as part of a cultural program through [...]
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October 13, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Australian airline Qantas has announced it plans to raise its stake in Vietnam’s budget airline, Jetstar Pacific, to 30 percent by 2010. Qantas now holds a 27 percent Jetstar Pacific share, while the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has 51 percent. A further 22 percent is held by other domestic investors. According to Bruce [...]
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