 Evacuations start for new Philippine storm
 02.10.2009 7:18  25 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Philippines, Saturday, Party, Philippine, Officials, Vietnam, Typhoon
Officials fear Typhoon Parma - due to hit Saturday unless it changes course - will cause a second disaster in the northern Philippines after the worst flooding in four decades swamped the homes of more than 2 million people. The storm that caused those floods, Ketsana, also ripped across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, killing at least 406 people - 293 in the Philippines, 99 in Vietnam and 14 in Cambodia....
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| Officials discuss motives in slaying of 3 in Ariz.
(AP)
02.10.2009 4:23 19 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: William, Office, Daniel, County, Officials, Vietnam
 AP - An Arizona man went on a vengeful killing spree over the last two years because he wanted to rid society of less-than-desirable people, including a drug-using Vietnam vet, a sex offender and a teenager struggling to kick a drug habit, prosecutors said Thursday.
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| Step forward for Agent Orange clean-up effort in Vietnam (AFP)
01.10.2009 18:08 21 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: United, United States, States, Orange, Stir, Vietnam
AFP - Efforts to clean up contamination from the wartime herbicide Agent Orange in Vietnam took a step forward Thursday when the United States awarded a contract to prepare for dioxin containment. Czytaj więcej »
| Buddhist monks: Vietnam police still harassing us
01.10.2009 17:50 21 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Doug, Vietnam
The monks' ongoing standoff with Vietnamese authorities has tested the communist country's sometimes edgy relationship with religion, which the government views as a potential rival power structure. The government closely monitors all churches in the country. The Buddhists say the police are now pressuring them to leave the Phuoc Hue pagoda in Lam Dong province, even though local officials of the state-sanctioned Buddhist Church of Vietnam have welcomed them to stay. The 376 monks and nuns are followers of Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese-born monk who helped popularize Buddhism...
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| U.S. Accused of Climate Apathy at Talks
01.10.2009 15:46 30 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Bill, West, Four, Prime, Congress, Climate, Change, Climate Change, Asbo, Shark, Southeast, Comments, Vietnam
Details of Climate Bill in Congress Particularly Criticized as Weak Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo Activists wave flags and march on the street during a protest outside the U.N. regional office, where delegates are holding talks on climate change Thursday, in Bangkok, Thailand. Activists and fishers from Southeast Asia blamed northern countries on the recent severe flooding that was experienced by the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia due to massive rains brought by typhoon Ketsana. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) Photo Essay U.N. Climate Change Summit...
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