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Putin’s party has domination cut in Russia

December 5th, 2011

Several thousand protesters took to the streets on Monday to demand an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule after voters cut his party’s parliamentary majority in an election that was condemned as unfair by European monitors. Police said they detained 300 people in Moscow, where they confronted a crowd of 3,000 to [...]

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UNESCO recognition likely for Vietnam music genre

November 10th, 2011

Northern Vietnam’s traditional Xoan Singing is likely to become the next UNESCO world intangible heritage, a senior official at the UN body told the media in Paris, France, Tuesday. It is in a nomination list with others like Balinese Traditional Dance or Noken Papua Handicraft from Indonesia and will be considered to choose the world’s [...]

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Quake in Turkey kills five, topples buildings

November 10th, 2011

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake killed at least five people in eastern Turkey, less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 in the same area, a government official said. “Twenty people were found alive and five were dead,” Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay was quoted as saying in televised remarks after visiting [...]

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A heart-rending letter to mom: I hate money

November 10th, 2011

A heart-rending essay able to bring tears to anyone is circulating fast online. Its writer is a high school student who gradually learns that money can make the world go round or even stop. Nguyen Trung Hieu wrote the essay in only one night for a literature subject assignment “State your opinions on the role [...]

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Bananas grown with coffee to combat climate change

November 10th, 2011

In a remote corner of eastern Rwanda, farmer Louis Ntiricakeza hacked at the trunk of one of his banana trees with a small, rusty machete. A coffee bush is pictured at a farm in Sakara Village, Eastern Rwanda. Pointing to the pieces of bark scattering on the ground he explained his technique, a process that [...]

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Vietnam through to semis after East Timor win

November 10th, 2011

Vietnam opened the door to the SEA Games’ semi-final round after their 2-0 victory over East Timor yesterday at Jakarta’s Lebak Bulus Stadium. Vietnam team celebrating a goal. Photo by Dtinews Locals celebrating the team’s victory in HCM City. Photo by Dtinews Vietnam with seven points from three matches returned to the top position in group [...]

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Sapa’s Silver Waterfall full of litter

October 16th, 2011

Thac Bac, or the “Silver Waterfall”, in Sapa has been a tourist attraction for years, but now is marred by trash. Despite many refuse bins that have been put in near the waterfall, both tourists and locals continue to litter in and around the site. Waste has piled up at the foot of bridge running [...]

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Woman who aged overnight denies allergy as cause

October 16th, 2011

The 26-year-old woman whose face mysteriously turned saggy and wrinkled like an 80-year-old in just a matter of days told Tuoitrenews in an exclusive interview October 15 that the strange cause of the disease is not seafood allergy like most newspapers have reported. Tuoitrenews Saturday morning visited Nguyen Thi Phuong who has grabbed global media [...]

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Soc Trang’s woman delivers conjoined twins

October 16th, 2011

A woman in the southern province of Soc Trang has delivered a conjoined twins. The woman was admitted to a local hospital in the morning of October 12. Doctors performed an examination and found out that the baby has two heads. They decided to do cesarean on the afternoon of the same day. The woman [...]

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Overseas Vietnamese confesses to robbery

October 16th, 2011

35-year-old Vietnamese American Nguyen Mark Joseph, also known as Khanh, has confessed he was the mastermind of the robbery at Thu Thanh gold shop in Binh Thuan Province Friday. Khanh was arrested by the Binh Thuan police on Saturday. He was also the driver of the seven-seat Innova car at the crime scene. A preliminary [...]

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