January 16, 2012
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked on Thursday that the telecast copyright issues be resolved so that all national football matches could be broadcast live nationwide. An urgent document by the Prime Minister said, “The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism should give directives to concerned agencies to solve obstacles to ensure that [...]
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January 14, 2012
“The Iron Lady,” the new biopic starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, was controversial before audiences even saw it, largely because of its portrayal of the aging former prime minister’s dementia. The current UK prime minister, David Cameron, suggested the movie was premature and shouldn’t have been made while Thatcher was alive. Her former [...]
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January 9, 2012
A man (L) stands in front of an ATM while a homeless man sleeps in front of an advertisement on a street in Hanoi January 3. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has acknowledged the surging influence interest groups have on the policymaking process, calling for increased transparency to tackle the issue. Prime Minister Nguyen [...]
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January 9, 2012
Genocidal Khmer Rouge regime was backed by the US in ‘shameful foreign policy episode’ The skulls of Khmer Rouge victims are displayed in a memorial to the genocide at the Killing Fields Museum outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Vietnam had saved his country in the 1970s, not invaded [...]
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December 30, 2011
Vladimir Putin still has the support of a majority of Russians, his spokesman says, after a mass protest challenged the premier's authority two months before he stands in presidential polls. Vladimir Putin still has the support of a majority of Russians, his spokesman said on Sunday after a mass protest challenged the premier’s authority two [...]
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December 30, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
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December 30, 2011
Rarely in US history has the end of a war been marked with less fanfare than the withdrawal of the last troops from Iraq in time for Christmas. Indeed, you could almost be forgiven for failing to notice it at all, so arbitrary does the timing seem. US interests in Iraq will be no [...]
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December 30, 2011
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at a meeting in Hanoi Thursday Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday the government would aim to reduce inflation to 9 percent and target a GDP growth of 6 percent for next year. Vietnam’s consumer price index rose 18.13 percent in 2011, according to data released by the [...]
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December 29, 2011
Rarely in US history has the end of a war been marked with less fanfare than the withdrawal of the last troops from Iraq in time for Christmas. Indeed, you could almost be forgiven for failing to notice it at all, so arbitrary does the timing seem. US interests in Iraq will be no [...]
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December 26, 2011
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at a meeting in Hanoi Thursday Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Thursday the government would aim to reduce inflation to 9 percent and target a GDP growth of 6 percent for next year. Vietnam’s consumer price index rose 18.13 percent in 2011, according to data released by the [...]
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