December 30, 2011
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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December 25, 2011
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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December 2, 2010
A soldier aims an XM25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Maryland. It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo,” but this latest dream weapon is real — and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban’s worst nightmare. The Pentagon has rolled out prototypes of its first-ever [...]
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December 11, 2009
Vietnamâs efforts to renovate and globalize its education system must go together with better policies that make teaching a more rewarding job, experts say. Teachers need better remuneration and training opportunities so that the profession is more attractive and carries better prospects, they said at a two-day international workshop in Hanoi earlier this week.Titled âPolicies [...]
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June 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Language barriers can be very destructive to community spirit. That’s why Senior Lieutenant Thao Duy Lenh is so popular. As a Mong man, Lenh has helped draw together comrades at his border post in Quan Son district, Thanh Hoa province, Cross-cultural communication: Senior Lieutenant Thao Duy Lenh prepares materials to teach Mong language [...]
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April 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – An exhibition entitled Wartime Sketches by war veteran Pham Ngoc Lieu is being held at the Viet Nam Military History Museum. Wartime action: A soldier features in a sketch by painter Pham Ngoc Lieu, drawn during the Quang Tri battle.Organised by the Viet Nam Fine Arts’ Association, the exhibition features more than 200 [...]
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December 4, 2008
Three paramilitary officials have been accused of physically abusing a soldier from Military Zone No. 9 last weekend while he was on vacation in his hometown in southern Tien Giang Province. My Tho Town’s Trung An Commune Police Chief Tran Van Hoa Wednesday confirmed Doan Ngoc Hoai Phong had been attacked on Sunday by three [...]
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