Posts Tagged ‘ In The Pacific ’

Pacific trade negotiators target ‘sensitive issues,’ US says 

September 16, 2011

  Negotiators seeking a trade accord among nine Pacific nations will try to resolve the most sensitive issues over the next two months after progress this week on less divisive matters, a US trade official said. The US is preparing suggestions for labor-rights protections, an issue that stalled ratification of a pending free-trade agreement with [...]

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US will respond to Chinese military advances: Gates 

January 9, 2011
US will respond to Chinese military advances: Gates 

In this Friday Jan. 7, 2011, photo, a prototype of the Chinese J-20 stealth plane is seen during a runway test in Chengdu, southwest China. The United States will enhance its own capabilities in response to China’s growing military muscle, Defense chief Robert Gates said on Saturday, as he to flew to Beijing for talks [...]

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Internet rumors of tsunami after eclipse baseless: astronomer

July 14, 2009
Internet rumors of tsunami after eclipse baseless: astronomer

A total solar eclipse on November 3, 1994 as observed from Chile Rumors floating around the Internet that a tsunami will follow next Wednesday’s solar eclipse are totally groundless, an official from the Vietnam Astronomy Association said Monday. Rumors have spread across the “information superhighway” that the disaster would occur in the Pacific Ocean after [...]

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Century’s longest solar eclipse to come on July 22

June 5, 2009
Century’s longest solar eclipse to come on July 22

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century will take place on July 22. From almost everywhere in Vietnam people will be able to see a partial eclipse. The best locations for observation are Ha Giang province, Hanoi, HCM City and Can Tho.  The Vietnam Astronomy and Space Association’s Nguyen Duc Phuong said that [...]

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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...