January 15, 2012
Do Ngoc Tuan (R), 42, of Long An Province’s Ben Luc Town won more than US$300,000 after buying unsold tickets from vendor Pham Thi Lanh (L) Tuan’s equanimity in the face of such a change in his fortunes has made the news as much as the winning itself. Just as impressive is the story [...]
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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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July 26, 2011
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (pictured) has said that US support is vital for Greece, after a day of Washington meetings as Athens pushed to finalize its second massive international bailout. Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has said that US support is vital for Greece, after a day of Washington meetings as Athens pushed to [...]
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July 23, 2011
US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media at the White House. US President Barack Obama angrily summoned top lawmakers for crisis talks Saturday on averting a disastrous early August debt default that could send shockwaves through the fragile global economy. With an August 2 deadline fast approaching, Obama warned that polarized lawmakers [...]
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March 20, 2011
Rebel fighters sit on a tank captured from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Benghazi March 19 European and US forces unleashed warplanes and cruise missiles against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in the biggest Western military intervention in the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Libyan state television said 48 people [...]
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March 14, 2011
A woman looks at the damage caused by a tsunami and an earthquake in Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area March 13, 2011 Japan aims to compile a package to fund the rebuilding effort after its strongest earthquake on record, a step that may worsen the challenge of reining [...]
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December 4, 2009
Viet Nam, on the brink of becoming a middle-income country and facing new development challenges, is getting better assistance from donors and development partners . . . Vietnamese Government officials, led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, talk with development partners at the Consultative Group meeting on how to stimulate rapid and sustainable economic growth [...]
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November 15, 2009
This photo obtained in March 2003 shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged organizer of the September 11, 2001, attacks, shortly after his capture. Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and four co-accused will be tried in a civilian court in New York just blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, [...]
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November 11, 2009
Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last week’s mass shooting incident at Fort Hood army base, Tex., is now conscious and began to talk, U.S. authorities said on Monday. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last week’s mass shooting incident at Fort Hood army base, Tex., (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)Hasan, a 39-year-old licensed U.S. Army psychiatrist [...]
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October 10, 2009
A car bomb blast on Friday killed up to 41 people in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), provincial minister and local police said. Residents stand in the midst of the aftermath of a car-bomb explosion in Peshawar, located in Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province on [...]
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