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  • November 2007

    • Philippines Braces for Typhoon

      Associated Press  |  Nov 23, 07 1:22 AM CST

      Philippines Braces for Typhoon

      (Newser) - Typhoon Mitag is racing for the eastern Philippines as officials continue to evacuate almost 200,000 people, the AP reports. Blowing at more than 100 miles per hour, Miltag may become a "super typhoon" with 138mph winds before making landfall Saturday, one expert said. The Philippine region bracing for Miltag is still on the mend after fatal mudslides and floods in 2006. More »

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      Vietnam  • Philippines  • typhoon  • Gloria Arroyo

    • US Won’t Force Diplomats to Serve in Iraq

      Associated Press  |  Nov 15, 07 9:10 PM CST

      US Won&rsquo;t Force Diplomats to Serve in Iraq

      (Newser) - The State Department won’t have to assign diplomats to open posts in Iraq because enough staff members have volunteered for the spots, the AP reports. The department planned to require foreign service officers to serve at the US embassy in Baghdad and in nearby provinces if there weren’t enough volunteers, a decision that drew widespread criticism. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Condoleezza Rice  • State Department  • Vietnam  • US Embassy  • foreign service

    • Vietnam Vets Honored in DC

      Chicago Tribune  |  Nov 9, 07 7:19 PM CST

      Vietnam Vets Honored in DC

      (Newser) - Veterans and loved ones are braving Washington, D.C.'s cold temps this week to honor those who fell or vanished in Vietnam, the Chicago Tribune reports. Marking the Vietnam memorial's 25th anniversary, they started reading its 58,256 names aloud this week, and plan to finish tomorrow. This is the fourth time the 65-hour ceremony has been undertaken. More »

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      Washington DC  • veterans  • Vietnam  • Vietnam War

    • Only Obama Can Mend Boomer Rifts

      Atlantic Monthly  |  Nov 9, 07 2:45 PM CST

      Only Obama Can Mend Boomer Rifts

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate who can take the US past the “debilitating, self-perpetuating” Vietnam-vintage divisions within the Baby Boom generation, conservative Andrew Sullivan asserts in an Atlantic cover story. Sullivan is so disturbed by the “nonviolent civil war” keeping America busy at home while the world struggles that he’s supporting a Democrat he believes can turn the page. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Iraq  • Rudy Giuliani  • Vietnam  • Baby Boom generation

  • October 2007

    • Interpol IDs Serial Pedophile in Scrambled Web Photos

      Reuters  |  Oct 16, 07 9:30 AM CDT

      Interpol IDs Serial Pedophile in Scrambled Web Photos

      (Newser) - Interpol has identified a suspected serial pedophile who posted altered photos of himself with as many as 12 boys he apparently molested in Vietnam and Cambodia, reports Reuters. Agents identified Christopher Paul Neil, a Canadian English teacher who has taught at Asian schools, after Interpol released digitally unscrambled photos from the internet in a rare appeal to the public for help. More »

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      Germany  • South Korea  • child abuse  • Vietnam  • Thailand  • pedophile  • Cambodia  • Interpol

    • Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

      Time  |  Oct 14, 07 7:07 PM CDT

      Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

      (Newser) - Revered Buddhist spokesman Thich Nhat Hanh, famed for enlisting Martin Luther King's help against the Vietnam War, is supporting his spiritual brethren in Burma on a US tour. The monks' struggle against Burma is "already a success," he told Time , "because if monks are imprisoned or have died, they have offered their spiritual leadership." More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Dalai Lama  • Vietnam  • military junta  • monks  • Buddhism  • meditation

    • Good Grief! Peanuts Writer Was Depressive

      Salon  |  Oct 13, 07 8:23 PM CDT

      Good Grief! Peanuts Writer Was Depressive

      (Newser) - Charles Shulz hid his dark side amid tales of Charlie, Lucy, Linus and Snoopy, according to a new biography. Snoopy's romance was secretly Shulz's extramarital affair, and Charlie Brown was victim to the very buried rage that Shulz took out on others. An old pal confirmed this dark portrayal, writing that Shulz had a “mean streak” that led to “not so humorous practical jokes.” More »

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      depression  • Vietnam  • Coca Cola  • biography  • cartoonist  • Peanuts  • Eisenhower

    • Interpol Asks Public Help to Find Pedophile

      Reuters  |  Oct 8, 07 8:52 AM CDT

      Interpol Asks Public Help to Find Pedophile

      (Newser) - Interpol is issuing an unprecedented worldwide appeal for help in tracking an elusive sexual abuser of more than 12 young boys. In 2004, the global police body received about 200 photos of a man abusing boys, with his face obscured by a swirl pattern. Computer experts decoded the swirl, but police haven’t been able to identify the resulting face, Reuters reports. More »

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      Vietnam  • pedophile  • Cambodia  • sex offenders  • Interpol

    • Typhoon Lekima Lashes Vietnam

      Reuters  |  Oct 3, 07 12:22 PM CDT

      Typhoon Lekima Lashes Vietnam

      (Newser) - Hundreds of thousands fled to higher ground in Vietnam today and 20,000 fishing boats headed for port, as Typhoon Lekima pelted low-lying areas with driving rain and 75 mph winds before heading westward toward Laos. Officials believe Lekima passed through scantly populated areas, Reuters says, but won’t be able to estimate damage until tomorrow. More »

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      China  • Vietnam  • tropical storms

  • September 2007

    • He Quietly Gave Away Billions

      New York Times  |  Sep 29, 07 10:39 AM CDT

      He Quietly Gave Away Billions

      (Newser) - Chuck Feeney’s foundation gave $458 million in grants last year—third only to Ford and Gates—but very few know the secretive philanthropist’s name. Having thus far shielded himself from fame, Feeney gets some star treatment in a new biography that sheds light on his good deeds and spartan lifestyle, reports the Times —in a profile quietly buried in Wednesday’s edition. More »

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      Africa  • Cuba  • AIDS  • Vietnam  • philanthropy  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    • Vietnam Bridge Collapse Kills 60

      Reuters  |  Sep 26, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      Vietnam Bridge Collapse Kills 60

      (Newser) - As many as 60 workers were killed today when a bridge under construction in the southern Vietnamese city of Can Tho collapsed, Reuters reports. Chinese and Japanese contractors were working on the bridge over the Hau river; Vietnamese TV reported that rain might have softened the bridge's foundations, though no official explanation has been given. More »

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      Japan  • disaster  • Vietnam  • bridge collapse

  • August 2007

    • Giuliani Tops McCain With Vets

      New York Post  |  Aug 24, 07 1:29 PM CDT

      Giuliani Tops McCain With Vets

      (Newser) - In a new poll, military veterans like Rudy Giuliani best of the top-tier presidential hopefuls. Rudy beats ex-POW John McCain's favorable rating 64% to 52%, the Post reports. Surprisingly, the third place candidate is Barack Obama, at 44%, edging out Edwards (43%) and Thompson (40%). Clinton (37%) and Romney (33%) bring up the rear. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • election 2008  • Rudy Giuliani  • military  • veterans  • Vietnam

    • Bush Uses Vietnam to Argue Against Iraq Pullout

      CNN  |  Aug 22, 07 3:57 PM CDT

      Bush Uses Vietnam to Argue Against Iraq Pullout

      (Newser) - In a speech today before a veterans' group, President Bush said the lessons of America's withdrawal from Vietnam argue against a rapid pullout from Iraq, CNN reports. "Millions of innocent citizens" paid the price after the US left Vietnam in 1975, Bush said, referring to "'re-education camps' and 'killing fields.' " More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Vietnam

    • Bush to Cite Vietnam as Lesson for Iraq

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 22, 07 8:22 AM CDT

      Bush to Cite Vietnam as Lesson for Iraq

      (Newser) - President Bush will tell a convention of veterans today that the Vietnam War was, in the long view, a success that has lessons for Iraq, the Los Angeles Times reports. In excerpts released by the White House, Bush argues that the war contributed to bringing peace and prosperity to the area. "In Asia, we saw freedom triumph over violent ideologies after the sacrifice of tens of thousands of American lives—and that freedom has yielded peace for generations," the draft speech says. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • war  • veterans  • Vietnam  • Ed Gillespie

    • Hollywood Won’t Wait for Troops to Come Home

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 14, 07 7:15 PM CDT

      Hollywood Won&rsquo;t Wait for Troops to Come Home

      (Newser) - About a dozen films exploring America's widely debated role in Iraq and Afghanistan are set for release or in production, marking a break with Hollywood's unwritten rules for depicting an ongoing war. Most films made during WW2 were outright propaganda. And films critical of the Vietnam conflict weren't released until three years after the fall of Saigon. More »

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      Iraq war  • Afghanistan  • movie  • film  • Hollywood  • World War II  • Vietnam  • Tom Cruise  • Meryl Streep  • Robert Redford

  • June 2007
  • April 2007

    • Halberstam Dies in Car Crash

      Associated Press  |  Apr 23, 07 10:36 PM CDT

      Halberstam Dies in Car Crash

      (Newser) - David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote definitive annals of everything from the Vietnam War to pro football, was killed in a car crash in Menlo Park, Calif., today. Halberstam, who wrote 21 books, was on his way to interview former New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle when the car he was riding in was broadsided. More »

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      obituary  • sports  • journalism  • Vietnam  • car crash  • journalists killed  • Pulitzer  • David Halberstam  • Menlo Park

    • Big Oil Shut Out Of Iraq Deals

      CNN  |  Apr 6, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      Big Oil Shut Out Of Iraq Deals

      (Newser) - U.S. oil companies are far from first in line as Iraq doles out its initial oil contracts.   China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia—have the inside track instead, thanks to contracts and infrastructure dating back to the Saddam regime, and more positive Iraqi sentiment. "They have no involvement with the secular or ethnic people," an Iraqi energy analyst says. "The conditions favor them." More »

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      Iraq  • China  • India  • United States  • oil  • business  • Indonesia  • Vietnam  • ExxonMobil  • fuel  • Exxon  • BP  • Chevron  • Iraq oil  • Shell

  • March 2007

    • Quickie Adoption for Angelina

      BBC  |  Mar 14, 07 2:22 PM CDT

      Quickie Adoption for Angelina

      (Newser) - Vietnamese officials say the paperwork on Angelina Jolie's adoption is nearly complete—just days after it was submitted in early March. Vietnamese officials say their efficiency was spurred by the child's age and complete files and not by preferential treatment, but the speed up likely has a simpler explanation: anticipation of a massive donation, like the ones Jolie dropped on Cambodia and Ethiopia after adopting children there. More »

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      children  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • Vietnam  • adoption  • Ethiopia  • Cambodia  • families

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