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NEWS ABOUT: Vietnam

Vietnam stories: 59 news summaries

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Philippines Braces for Typhoon

MIltag may become "super typhoon" before hitting shore Saturday

Nov 23, 07 1:22 AM CST
(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... More »

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Vietnam • Philippines • typhoon • Typhoon Mitag • Typhoon Hagibis • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

US Won’t Force Diplomats to Serve in Iraq

Volunteer officers
step forward to fill
last open spots

Nov 15, 07 9:10 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Vietnam Vets Honored in DC

58,256 names being read this week, marking memorial wall's 25th anniversary

Nov 9, 07 7:19 PM CST
(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... More »

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veterans • Vietnam • Washington DC • Vietnam War

Only Obama
Can Mend
Boomer Rifts

Sullivan: He's the
man to win a truce
in the culture wars

Nov 9, 07 2:45 PM CST
(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... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • baby boomer • Vietnam • culture wars

Interpol IDs Serial Pedophile in Scrambled Web Photos

Cops: Canadian teacher hiding out in Bangkok

Oct 16, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

Famed anti-Vietnam agitator supports
monks on US tour

Oct 14, 07 7:07 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Vietnam • Dalai Lama • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhism • monks • military junta • Thich Nhat Hanh • meditation • Zen • Theravada • Mahayana • Vajrayana

Good Grief! Peanuts Writer Was Depressive

New biography
depicts buried rage
of comic artist

Oct 13, 07 8:23 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Vietnam • depression • Coca Cola • biography • cartoonist • Peanuts • Schulz • Charlie Brown • Snoopy • Linus • Great Pumpkin • Eisenhower

Interpol Asks Public Help to Find Pedophile

Despite photos, abuser has remained at large for years

Oct 8, 07 8:52 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Vietnam • pedophile • sex offenders • Cambodia • Interpol

Typhoon Lekima Lashes Vietnam

Hundreds of thousands evacuate low-lying areas, but damage thought to be minimal

Oct 3, 07 12:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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China • Vietnam • tropical storms • Typhoon • Typhoon Lekima

He Quietly Gave Away Billions

But now the secretive philanthropist spills the beans behind his generosity

Sep 29, 07 10:39 AM CDT
(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... More »

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philanthropy • Africa • Vietnam • AIDS • Cuba • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Atlantic Philanthropies • duty free • Ford Foundation

Vietnam Bridge Collapse Kills 60

Dozens more injured in southern city of Can Tho

Sep 26, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Vietnam • Japan • bridge collapse • disaster

Giuliani Tops McCain With Vets

Vets favor Rudy over McCain; Obama

Aug 24, 07 1:29 PM CDT
(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%)... More »

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

Bush Uses Vietnam to Argue Against Iraq Pullout

American withdrawal in Asia created 'tragedy'

Aug 22, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Iraq • Vietnam • George W. Bush

Bush to Cite Vietnam as Lesson for Iraq

Speech asserts war succeeded in helping transform area

Aug 22, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Hollywood Won’t Wait for Troops to
Come Home

Slate of controversial war films on the way

Aug 14, 07 7:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Afghanistan • Hollywood • Vietnam • film • Tom Cruise • World War II • Robert Redford • Lions for Lambs • Meryl Streep • Iraq war • movies

10 Arrested in Laos Takeover Scheme

Plotters led by former Laotian general and US military officer 

Jun 5, 07 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten suspects were arrested in six Californian cities today for conspiring to overthrow the government of Laos. The plotters included a former general in the Laotian army and a former US military officer who was a covert operative during the Vietnam War, the AP reports. Most of the group were... More »

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California • US attorney • Vietnam • Los Angeles • United States • Laos • explosives • Sacramento • missile • Hmong • mine

Halberstam Dies in Car Crash

Prize-winning writer who blended journalism with history was 73

Apr 23, 07 10:36 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Big Oil Shut Out
Of Iraq Deals

First new oil contracts go to China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia

Apr 6, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Quickie Adoption for Angelina

Vietnamese officials deny special treatment

Mar 14, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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