Posts Tagged ‘ Incident ’

Afghan MP among 19 killed in suicide attack 

December 30, 2011
Afghan MP among 19 killed in suicide attack 

  A suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 19 people including an MP and wounding dozens of others, officials said. The attacker detonated his vest after mourners gathered for the funeral of a government official in Taluqan city, the capital of Takhar province. "We have 19 dead including [...]

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Afghan MP among 19 killed in suicide attack 

December 25, 2011
Afghan MP among 19 killed in suicide attack 

  A suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 19 people including an MP and wounding dozens of others, officials said. The attacker detonated his vest after mourners gathered for the funeral of a government official in Taluqan city, the capital of Takhar province. "We have 19 dead including [...]

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NATO, Pakistan both to blame for air strikes: probe 

December 22, 2011
NATO, Pakistan both to blame for air strikes: probe 

  Relatives of Pakistani soldier Havildar Mumtaz Hussain. who was killed in a NATO air strike, gather in front of his grave in the village of Bhagwal, south-east of Islamabad. A NATO investigation into an air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month concluded that both alliance and Pakistani forces made mistakes in the [...]

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Air staffers suspended for plane-truck near miss 

December 6, 2011
Air staffers suspended for plane-truck near miss 

  Vietnam’s aviation authorities have suspended at least four air traffic staffers at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for nearly causing a collision between an airplane and a truck on the runway, VnExpress reported Saturday. According to the latest decision by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV), the staffers who [...]

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Vietnamese scholar discusses East Sea disputes on Chinese television 

July 5, 2011
Vietnamese scholar discusses East Sea disputes on Chinese television 

Vietnam-China relations expert discusses East Sea disputes on Hong Kong based television. PhD Vu Cao Phan, a researcher on Vietnam-China relations and deputy chairman of Vietnam-China Friendship Society, last week had an interview with Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster. Phan spoke on behalf of the Institute of Chinese Studies [...]

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Fresh Libya civilian deaths pile pressure on NATO 

June 21, 2011
Fresh Libya civilian deaths pile pressure on NATO 

A Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft prepares to land at RAF Marham, Norfolk. The Libyan government said on Monday 19 civilians were killed in a NATO air strike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi’s top officials, a day after NATO admitted killing civilians in a separate aerial attack. Libyan officials took reporters to [...]

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Maritime experts cry foul on China 

June 4, 2011
Maritime experts cry foul on China 

  International experts condemn China for disrupting Vietnam’s legal marine activities and urged the country to be better prepared for the next encounter Fishermen unloading tunas in the central province of Binh Thuan. On Sunday, Vietnam condemned China for increasing regional tensions and said it would do everything necessary to protect its territorial integrity after [...]

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Workers abandon Japan nuclear reactor due to radiation risk 

March 19, 2011
Workers abandon Japan nuclear reactor due to radiation risk 

A toy lies in front of a destroyed house in the devastated city of Ofunato. Rescue teams from the US, Britain and China began assisting in the search for survivors following the devasting earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11. Workers were ordered to withdraw from a stricken Japanese nuclear power plant on Wednesday after [...]

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Crocodile attacks student in southern Vietnam 

December 17, 2010
Crocodile attacks student in southern Vietnam 

Dang Hoang Khai, 20, was attacked by a crocodile at a natural reserve in the southern province of Hau Giang Doctors in the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho Wednesday said they have rejoined the arm of a 20-year-old student who was attacked by a crocodile a day earlier.   Dang Hoang Khai’s family said [...]

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Obama summons intel chiefs for security talks

January 1, 2010
Obama summons intel chiefs for security talks

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington December 14, 2009 President Barack Obama on Thursday summoned U.S. intelligence chiefs to a meeting next week at the White House to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on December 25. Seeking to quell criticism of his administration over an intelligence [...]

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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...