Vietnam

Officials: Vietnam not blocking Facebook

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in Vietnam said the country's government is not actively blocking the social networking Web site Facebook despite scores of connectivity complaints. The BBC reported Saturday the...

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Americans conflicted over Afghanistan war

WINONA, MINN. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at the band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial.

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Youths Killed in Combat Mobilize Peers

Casualties of Young People at War Affect the Political Mobilization of Their Peers Back Home How casualties of young people at war affect the political mobilization of their peers back home. The awful news out of Fort Hood,...

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Really Rare Rhinos Found by Dung-Sniffing Dogs (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos...

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Malaria Shows Signs of Resisting Primary Drug Used to Fight It

By Nathan Seppa, Science News WASHINGTON—Malaria that is resistant to the best available drug is more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously reported, new research shows. Signs of malarial resistance to artemisinin have...

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Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Bill Moyers, who was at the side of President Lyndon Johnson at the time when disastrous decisions were being made to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that was Vietnam, used his experience...

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Editorial: Watching out for the unibombers

In the days when university students were conspiring to stop the Vietnam War by holding flowers and singing, the Security Intelligence Service looked after the interests of the nation by sending agents on campus. Students could...

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Jimmy Carter hails the role of UAE's Takatof in Habitat for Humanity programme

Chiang Mai, Nov 21st, 2009 (WAM): Former US President Jimmy Carter hailed the role played by the volunteers of Takatof International Volunteering Programme in supporting the Habitat for Humanity's annual Jimmy and Rosalynn...

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With his record, it's pointless doing a tango with Hun Sen

While a lot of people got furious about the Hun Sen/Thaksin episode, it is worthwhile noting that Hun Sen is eager to divert any domestic attention from his recent dealings with Vietnam, where he is said to have agreed to some...

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CEO causes commotion with antique rifle

Police respond after woman spots man with weapon Tom Metcalf said he was sending apology notes Friday morning after the Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to a call that a man was carrying a weapon on Roop Street near the...

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