January 16, 2012
Many overseas Vietnamese scientists have been returning to the country in recent years to work in education and research, and they are troubled by the indifference shown towards both pure science and their return. Educational institutions needed to be more enthusiastic about pure science or the country would suffer a severe brain drain that could last for a [...]
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December 23, 2011
Grocer Raffaele Ferrara in his shop in Pignasecca square in Naples. In the gangster-ridden streets of Naples, any word against the Camorra mafia syndicate is dangerous. The rebellion by a group of shopkeepers against extortion is unprecedented. “The fear is huge because they threaten you, your shop, your family,” said Raffaele Ferrara, a grocer [...]
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December 23, 2011
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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November 13, 2011
A journalist looks at the ‘Newslist’ on the Guardian website on November 10. A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters’ shoulders — digitally, at least. The website of the left-leaning Guardian daily is publishing its ‘newslist’ — a schedule of stories [...]
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June 1, 2011
 A Chinese boat illegally fishing in Vietnamese waters in a photo taken on board a Vietnamese naval ship. In the past two weeks, Vietnamese fishermen have reported a rash of violent Chinese intrusions into Vietnamese waters. Some fear the incursions are part of a Chinese plot to take the East Sea by force. Nguyen [...]
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May 25, 2011
The logo of American International Group (AIG) is seen at their offices in New York in this file photograph from September 18, 2008. The US Treasury made a small profit when it sold a portion of its shares in American International Group Inc on Tuesday, but it was unclear how its investment in the beleaguered [...]
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May 14, 2011
Climate change threatens far more than our environment. It’s already led to the spread of infectious diseases and respiratory ailments across the globe and contributed to thousands of deaths through heat waves and other extreme weather events. It’s even fueled recent revolts in the Middle East and North Africa. That’s according to Dan Ferber [...]
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March 22, 2011
Vietnam’s government grapples with an unprecedented inflationary predicament Construction workers have lunch on the sidewalks of a street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City As consumer prices continue to rise, globally, fuel and energy have spiked at home. Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, sat down with Thanh Nien Weekly to discuss [...]
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February 9, 2011
Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop speaks during a press conference in Espoo, Finland, on September 10, 2010. World-leading mobile phone company Nokia is “standing on a burning platform,” surrounded by a “blazing fire” of competition, new company head Stephen Elop said in an internal memo obtained by AFP Wednesday. Elop’s memo paints a picture of [...]
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February 6, 2011
Egyptian anti-government protesters gather in Cairo’s Tahrir square. Unrest in Cairo threatens to undermine America’s decades-long partnership with Egypt’s intelligence services, which have backed the US counter-terrorism campaign to the hilt. For years, Egypt has shared sensitive intelligence with the United States — and long before the attacks of September 11, 2001, Cairo’s spies helped [...]
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