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  • ODD NEWS Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam

    Having read the news item "Jordan’s ambassador to Macedonia presents credentials" (The Jordan Times, May 23, 2013), I would like to stress that no such country is a member of the United ...

  • Pan Pacific Petroleum days from spudding Vietnam offshore oil and gas well

    (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pan Pacific Petroleum (ASX: PPP) is poised to participate in the drilling of up to three wells in the Nam Con Son Basin offshore southern Vietnam.The Ocean General semi-submersible drilling rig is now on tow to Block 121, operated by Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) to drill the Ca Voi-1X well targeting the large Whale Prospect.Ca Voi-1X is expected to spud ...

  • RP to export for first timehybrid corn seed to Vietnam in2...

    MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will be able to export for the first time its hybrid corn seed once nearby Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam opens up to biotechnology products within the next two ...

  • Vietnam nationals caught after Qld escape

    SEVEN Vietnamese nationals who broke out of a remote Cape York detention centre have been caught in Cairns. The group are understood to have climbed over a fence at the Scherger detention centre, about 15km east of Weipa, on Thursday. "The circumstances of how they escaped are still unclear," a Department of Immigration spokeswoman told AAP. It's believed the group then managed to ...

  • Leading Vietnamese Bank Reaches New Clients with IBM Smarter Computing

    Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank , one of the leading commercial banks in Vietnam, has turned to IBM Systems and Software to streamline business processes across its IT infrastructure and enable broader client reach through new online and mobile banking services. ...

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This Is It [Blu-Ray]

This Is It [Blu-Ray]

When Michael Jackson died unexpectedly on June 25th of last year, he was mere weeks away from launching a 50-date concert series in London that would hopefully reconfirm his status as the King of Pop by marking his return to the stage after a nearly decade-long absence. When Jackson and his ... ...

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  • Vietnam War-era films unearthed man attempts to reunite families with their films

    (CBS News) Keeping in touch with loved ones fighting on the front lines has changed. These days, military families can use webcams or e-mail. In the past, they turned to home video, and before that, film. A man in Albuquerque, N.M., found some rare film footage from the Vietnam War era and now, he wants to return those memories to more than 200 families. In 1968, Sheri Maloy is one of the people ...

  • Vietnam - Coalition calls on Vietnamese government to end persecution of activists

    joined a coalition of organisations to pressure the Vietnamese government to end its persecution of the activists. The eight activists, along with six others, were charged under Article 79 of Vietnam's penal code for "carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's ...

  • Clumsy crane operator sends tree crashing cutting power to one-third of Vietnam

    A clumsy crane operator triggered a 10-hour blackout across a third of Vietnam on Wednesday, exposing the fragility of the nation’s power grid. — JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty ...

  • Vietnam activist sentences reduced

    A Vietnamese court has reduced the prison sentences of four activists convicted in January of trying to overthrow the communist state. Eight out of 14 defendants convicted had appealed against their sentences, four of whom were successful on Thursday, their lawyer has said. Most of the jailed were Catholics, but they included bloggers and students. Scores of activists have been jailed since ...

  • The best books on Vietnam start your reading here | Pushpinder Khaneka

    Vietnam ) war by a North Vietnamese army veteran, although fiction, revealed truths to many people inside and outside Vietnam. The main protagonist, Kien - a thinly disguised portrait of the author - is a tortured soul whose sanity is threatened by his brutal experiences during the war.The story begins after the war, with Kien working in an army unit clearing battlefields of rotting corpses. The ...

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