Posts Tagged ‘ Reports ’

French breast implant fears spread around world 

December 23, 2011
French breast implant fears spread around world 

Alexandra Blachere, who heads an association of women with faulty breast implants, displays silicone gel breast implants during an interview in Paris December 20, 2011. Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to [...]

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US Marines to be based in Australia: reports 

November 11, 2011
US Marines to be based in Australia: reports 

   File of US Marine Corps General meeting with troops in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Reports claim that the US will expand its permanent military presence in Australia. US President Barack Obama will use a visit to Australia next week to announce that America will begin stationing Marines at a base in Darwin, reports said [...]

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Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender 

October 28, 2011
Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender 

Saif Al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he talks to reporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him Friday he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African [...]

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Vietnam gets tough on errant cops 

October 7, 2011
Vietnam gets tough on errant cops 

Vo Van Ut Deo (R), a former senior police official in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, was sentenced to two years in jail after his subordinates had  beat up a detainee to death. The Ministry of Public Security has called for surveillance, preventive measures and strict measures against wrongdoings by police officials in [...]

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Expats clamor over crime 

May 7, 2011
Expats clamor over crime 

  A cryptic warning from the US consulate has left foreigners wondering how bad crime really is in Ho Chi Minh City Foreign tourists in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Police in HCMC’s District 1 reported seeing an increase in camera, computer and bag snatching in tourist hotspots around town, particularly in the early evening, [...]

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Vietnam train crash kills wedding guests: media 

March 31, 2011
Vietnam train crash kills wedding guests: media 

A minibus destroyed after it was hit by a train in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. The accident reported kills at least nine people At least nine wedding guests in Vietnam died Wednesday when a train collided with their minibus, state media reports said.   The 15-seat bus was returning to the northern province [...]

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As US cuts back, China aims to be top at science 

February 19, 2011
As US cuts back, China aims to be top at science 

This picture taken in 2009 shows a masked worker in a lab coat sorting silicon wafers at the manufacturing centre of solar cell maker Trina Solar in Changzhou. China has its eye on becoming the top science nation in the world, overtaking the United States and European nations, researchers at a US science conference said [...]

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Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone 

February 3, 2011
Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone 

A satellite image obtained from the US Naval Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Yasi approaching the coast of Australia on February 2, 2011. Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world’s most powerful cyclones spared the nation’s northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and [...]

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Authorities in deed are friends indeed 

December 24, 2010

  When people are in trouble, they look for help most from those agencies whose job and duty it is to protect and safeguard their rights. However, the sad truth is that concerned authorities and agencies often fail to fulfill their most basic obligations and meet people’s expectations. Earlier this week, the press reported scams [...]

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Economics university lecturers are the poorest

January 12, 2010
Economics university lecturers are the poorest

LookAtVietnam – Polytech and technology university lecturers prove to be the ones with the highest monthly salaries, while pedagogical university lecturers’ salaries are second Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) Planning and Finance Department Director Nguyen Van Ngu on January 10, 2010 revealed that technology lecturers have an average monthly salary of 5.1 million dong [...]

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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...