January 15, 2012
A handout from the Italian Guardia de Finanza shows the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio. Two South Korean honeymooners were rescued Sunday from a cruise ship that hit rocks and keeled over off the west coast of Italy, but three were confirmed dead [...]
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January 3, 2012
People prepare to bury a beached whale in Quang Nam Province in October 2010. The Bac beach in central Vietnam has become a cemetery for more than 500 beached whales. Traditionally, the whale is seen as a holy protector by local fishermen. The beach in Quang Nam Province, which boasts the UNESCO heritage site [...]
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November 19, 2011
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (C) waves to the media as she stands with her adopted sons Pax Thien (R) from Vietnam and Maddox from Cambodia at a security check point before leaving Con Dao Island, off Vietnam’s southern coast on Wednesday (November 16) Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and her six children wrapped up their [...]
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November 14, 2011
 Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, announced the New7Wonders Foundation on November 12 after the first count of global voting ended a day earlier. In alphabetical order, the seven winners are the Amazon, Ha Long Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa Underground River and [...]
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October 1, 2011
An elderly Frenchwoman was kidnapped Friday night close to the Kenyan tourist resort of Lamu, near where the British woman was abducted. An armed gang snatched a 66-year-old wheelchair-bound Frenchwoman from her home near a luxury resort on the Kenyan coast and fled towards Somalia, officials said Saturday. The kidnapping, which happened just across an [...]
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August 7, 2011
Vietnam hopes new resort complex on southern island will be a major fillip for tourism industry Phu Quoc Island, where the government plans to develop a casino resort With a multi-billion dollar casino project already in motion, hopes are now high in the tourism industry that Phu Quoc will turn into a resort island [...]
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July 30, 2011
Chong Beach, one of the white-sand, pristine beaches on Cu Lao Cham Island Blue. A never-ending expanse of intense blue as the sky and the sea met and merged into each other. For about 15 kilometers – that we covered in 20 minutes by a speed boat from the Cua Dai Quay – this [...]
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July 27, 2011
The lawyer for the gunman behind last week's attacks in Norway lays out his feelings about the case and his client, painting a picture of a cold and paranoid "warrior" who appears to be insane. The lawyer for the Norwegian gunman who claimed responsibility for killing 76 people in twin attacks last week said everything [...]
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July 25, 2011
A woman lights a candle in honor of the victims of the July 22 shooting spree at a Labour Party youth summer camp on the island of Utoeya, on July 24, 2011. Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik appears before an Oslo judge on Monday, seeking show-trial celebrity as the once placid Nordic nation mourns [...]
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July 15, 2011
A boy on Long Son Island, off the coast of Vung Tau. The island's denizens follow a philosophy of simplicity and charity handed down by spiritual guru who founded the isle's first settlement. The people of Long Son Island follow a simple philosophy: no Gods, no temples, no books, no rules. Â Living with love, [...]
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