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FOX 6 News Birmingham - Tue Nov 17, 9:03 am ET
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks.
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Grand Island Independent - Fri Nov 20, 5:13 pm ET
There may be an addition in 2010 to the stately display of American flags that grace the Hall County Veterans Park near the United Veterans Club in north Grand Island every Independence Day.
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The Virginia Gazette - Sat Nov 21, 1:51 pm ET
Seldom has the adage, “better late than never” held as true as it did when retired Army Brig. Gen. John W. Nicholson was awarded the Silver Star for bravery during the Vietnam War.
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NBC26 Green Bay - Thu Nov 19, 3:06 pm ET
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year globally - more than HIV and malaria combined.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 20, 10:23 am ET
Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
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Farmington Press - Sat Nov 21, 7:28 am ET
Farmington V.F.W. Post 5896 recently unveiled a portrait of one of its past members, Paul Ketcherside, Jr., a decorated Vietnam Veteran who died 39 years ago. The portrait was presented to his sister Barbara Ketcherside , shown in center, by Mike White, President of Camp Hope, shown on right, and Tony Carroll, Post Commander, shown on left. The portrait was drawn and donated by world renowned ...
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Nevada Appeal - Sat Nov 21, 7:15 am ET
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 Metcalf Builders office on Basque Way. Turns out that man was Metcalf, who brought an antique Russian rifle, given to his godfather during the Vietnam War, to his Carson ...
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Sat Nov 21, 6:41 am ET
Mike White, president of Camp Hope (right) and Tony Carroll, commander of VFW Post 5896, (left) present a portrait of past member Paul Ketcherside Jr. to his sister Barbara Ketcherside. Paul Ketcherside, a decorated Vietnam Veteran, died 39 years ago. The portrait was drawn and donated by world renowned artist Michael G. Reagan. A portrait artist for more than 30 years, Reagan has drawn ...
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Carteret County News-Times - Sat Nov 21, 6:38 am ET
CHERYL BURKE BEAUFORT — Doing two tours of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Green Berets, as well as serving in Panama and Korea, retired Lt. Col. Samuel Sanford of Morehead City understands what soldiers go through when serving in hostile lands.
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KOB 4 Albuquerque - Sat Nov 21, 12:38 am ET
A disabled Vietnam veteran says he chose to do the right thing after a night of drinking by not getting on the road drunk. He was arrested for DWI anyway, and convicted by a judge.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 18, 12:23 am ET
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Rice exports from Vietnam, the world’s second-biggest shipper, may exceed the previous record by 20 percent this year, even as the total value of exports is forecast to drop.
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The Montana Standard - Sat Nov 21, 3:31 am ET
A floor-to-ceiling map of the world hangs in an office building in Ennis. Small yellow thumbtacks mark seemingly random places: the Pacific Northwest, Nigeria, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Canada. But each thumbtack represents a voice, and the three Ennis women who run Divanti International Real Estate have talked with each of them.
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The Register-Guard - Sat Nov 21, 3:09 am ET
Lee Pickens Lee A. “Slim” Pickens of Eugene died Nov. 12 of complications from heart surgery. He was 62. No service is planned. He was born Oct. 9, 1947, in Huntington Park, Calif., to Darrell Pickens and Ruby Burrnett. He received an associate’s degree. He was a Vietnam veteran and …
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WXYZ-TV Detroit - Fri Nov 20, 10:20 pm ET
A Vietnam veteran from Royal Oak is in Washington, D.C., on a hunger strike to gain attention for fellow veterans' causes. The man is starving himself for what he says...
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Local 12 Cincinnati - Wed Nov 18, 11:57 am ET
Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan is planning a trip to Vietnam next year, returning there for the first time since his release as a prisoner of war.