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FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Nov 19, 6:20 pm ET
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — While AIDS and malaria get most of the headlines, global health organizations are trying to raise awareness that diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhea have proven more deadly among the world's poorest children.
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CommonDreams.org - Fri Nov 20, 1:16 pm ET
by Evelyn Theiss Forty years ago today, black-and-white photographs of slaughtered women, children and old men in a Vietnamese village shocked the world -- or that portion of the world willing to believe American soldiers could gun down unarmed peasants and leave them to die in streets and ditches. The Plain Dealer, in an international exclusive, was the first news outlet to publish the images ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 17, 6:58 am ET
Hanoi - The governor of Vietnam's Central Bank acknowledged Tuesday that the country's foreign debt had risen dramatically this year. Addressing the country's National Assembly, Central Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau did not specify the country's tota...
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Delano Eagle - Thu Nov 19, 2:36 am ET
Vietnam veterans might still be fighting the war today without knowing it, thanks to the lingering effects of an herbicide used in the war called Agent Orange.
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The Vermont Cynic - Sat Nov 21, 11:49 am ET
“If I were mayor, would I ask someone from the KKK to address a NAACP event?” – Vietnam veteran and Burlington resident Tom Dion...
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Highland Community News - Sat Nov 21, 11:47 am ET
Veterans who live in San Bernardino County and missed graduating from high school because of their military service in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, may be eligible to receive their high school diploma.
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The Port Lavaca Wave - Sat Nov 21, 10:47 am ET
The names of forty-seven fallen soldiers are etched on the outside wall of the Calhoun County Courthouse. One lost his life in World War I. Thirty-six perished in World War II. One young man was lost in Korea. Nine were taken in Vietnam.
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The Online NewsHour - Wed Nov 18, 3:28 pm ET
As the Obama administration grapples with the question of whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, a number of historians have spoken about the similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
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Galveston County Daily News - Wed Nov 18, 7:35 pm ET
LEAGUE CITY City employees worked together to get a new mobile home for a disabled Vietnam veteran whose old house was beyond repair.
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Nasdaq - Wed Nov 18, 4:17 am ET
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of of VND44.4 billion ($ 2.5 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND2.89 trillion traded Wednesday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
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Nevada Appeal - Sat Nov 21, 7:45 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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Carteret County News-Times - Sat Nov 21, 7:38 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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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 17, 12:58 am ET
Hanoi - Vietnam has protested new moves by China to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, local media reported Tuesday. China announced November 8 it had decided to establish local governing bodies k...
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OfficialWire - Fri Nov 20, 10:11 am ET
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Independent Press - Wed Nov 18, 3:53 pm ET
By Mike Neavill NEW PROVIDENCE — A large audience and sunny skies greeted more than 90 Vietnam War veterans on the Sunday before Veteran’s Day. With a stunning background of red, white and blue, Beacon Hill Post 190 unveiled a...