Posts Tagged ‘ The Border ’

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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US forces quit Iraq nine years on 

December 18, 2011
US forces quit Iraq nine years on 

  US soldiers wave at their comrades as they cross the border between Iraq and Kuwait. The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait on Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock. The last of roughly 110 [...]

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Kadhafi forces fight back, China recognizes NTC 

September 13, 2011
Kadhafi forces fight back, China recognizes NTC 

One of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's sons, Saadi Kadhafi, arrived Sunday in Niger, a government spokesman says. A defiant Moamer Kadhafi vowed to fight until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks on three fronts on Monday, and as Libya’s interim government won recognition from China. The ferocious counterattacks on a Ras Lanuf oil [...]

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Fishermen vow to defend Vietnamese fishing grounds 

June 4, 2011
Fishermen vow to defend Vietnamese fishing grounds 

  Vietnamese fishing boats anchor around the marine defense platform DK1 in the East Sea. Fishermen all along Vietnam’s central coast say they’re committed to protecting their fishing grounds from rampant encroachments by Chinese boats. Tran Ta has worked as a fisherman in Phu Yen Province for the past ten years. These days, he says [...]

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Elephant killing highlights long-time persecution 

May 2, 2011
Elephant killing highlights long-time persecution 

  Poaching, habitat encroachment could push pachyderms to extinction in Vietnam very soon, experts warn Beckham, the elephant, was found dead in Da Lat last Sunday. Vietnam’s Asian elephant population may be wiped out in the next decade if rampant poaching and habitat loss are not addressed, conservationists say. The most recent killing of an [...]

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Gunman wounds congresswoman, kills six 

January 9, 2011
Gunman wounds congresswoman, kills six 

People gather for a vigil at University Medical Center for US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was in critical condition after being shot in the head by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona. A gunman shot a congresswoman in the head, seriously wounding her, and killed six other people in a shooting rampage at a public meeting [...]

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Farm produce languishes at China border

February 1, 2010
Farm produce languishes at China border

LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of trucks carrying farm produce to China have been halted at the Tan Thanh border gate over the last several days. Tuoi Tre reporters witnessed a long three kilometer queue of vehicles transporting fruit to China on the afternoon of January 29. It was a suffocating line because of vehicles’ smoke and [...]

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Smuggled goods overflowing the southwest border line

January 27, 2010
Smuggled goods overflowing the southwest border line

LookAtVietnam – Smuggled goods carried by Vietnamese people, day and night, are penetrating Vietnam’s market. A motorbike that carried smuggle goods in Chau Doc TownSmuggled goods from Cambodia  Tien Phong reporters, made a recent fact-finding trip to learn how smuggled goods are carried to Vietnam. They departed from Vinh Nguon Commune in Vietnam’s Chau Doc town [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 27/12

December 27, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 27/12

New visa regulation for VN, Cambodia’s citizens; Vietnam, China set up joint committee for border management; Party delegation visits Laos; People’s Army Day celebrated in Russia New visa regulation for VN, Cambodia’s citizens As from Jan. 1, 2010, citizens of Vietnam and Cambodia holding ordinary passports valid for at least six months will need no [...]

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25 dead, 102 injured in Russian train derailment

November 29, 2009
25 dead, 102 injured in Russian train derailment

At least 25 people have been killed and 102 others injured in the derailment of a Russian express train on Friday. A TV grab taken on Nov. 28 shows a scene of a train derailment near the town of Bologoye, Russia. At least 25 people have been killed and 95 others injured in a derailment [...]

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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...