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A USAF Honor Guard team of pallbearers carries the flag draped coffin, which contains the remains of USAF Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT) Sherry Lynn Olds, down the aircraft ramp and onto the flight line at Tyndall AFB, Florida, Olds was killed in the terrorists bombing attack on the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya on August 07, 1998.
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 The Guardian 
US embassy cables: How Moscow mayor built a fortune from city finances
Wed 1 Dec 2010
Friday, 17 April 2009, 10:42 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 MOSCOW 000980 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 04/16/2019 TAGS PGOV, PREL, PHUM, PINR, KCOR, KDEM, ECON, ETRD, RS SUBJECT: C-RE8-02308... (photo: US DoD file / Lisa Carroll)
"Belize Human Trafficking Victim Speaks Out"
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Human trafficking in Vietnam shows no letting up, police says
Wed 1 Dec 2010
Hanoi - Nearly 5,000 women have been trafficked from Vietnam over the past six years, usually to work in brothels or as sex slaves, authorities said Wednesday. According to police, 4,793 victims of... (photo: WN / Betty Philips)
 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh with the Prime Minister of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung at the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on July 06, 2007(jsen2)  The Guardian  Wed 1 Dec 2010
Vietnam PM calls for "strong" steps to control the dong
(Adds detail, context) HANOI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told the central bank to take "strong" steps to stabilise the foreign exchange and gold markets, and... (photo: PIB)
Economy   Market   Photos   Vietnam
A Tiger in a relaxing mood after the rains at National Zoological Park in New Delhi on July 7, 2005  m&c;  Wed 1 Dec 2010
Vietnam officials under fire for trying to sell seized tiger paste
Hanoi - Authorities in central Vietnam were slammed Wednesday for organizing an auction of tiger paste seized from traffickers amid international alarm over the fate of the animal. 'Their actions... (photo: PIB of India)
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Tiger   Wildlife
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North-bound lane of Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines Inquirer Tue 30 Nov 2010
Metro Manila is '7-11 of disasters'
MANILA, Philippines—Metro Manila is the '7-11 of disasters.' The National Capital Region topped cities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 'most at... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Disasters   Manila   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Metro Manila
Saigon River. Gulf News Thu 25 Nov 2010
Saigon is a city of clean lines
Saigon is not a minimalist city. Here, forms are confusing and many things — such as the power supply or drainage system — do not always function. Integration... (photo: Public Domain / Zeugma fr)
Environment   Photos   Saigon   Tourism   Vietnam
forest PhysOrg Tue 23 Nov 2010
Developing countries often outsource deforestation, study finds
--> The rapid net gain in forest area in Vietnam since the early 1990s has been accompanied by an increase in timber imports from neighboring countries, a significant... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Deforestation   Forest   Outsource   Photos   Wikipedia: Deforestation
Barack Obama Orlando Sentinel Tue 23 Nov 2010
Correction: Obama-Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Nov. 16 about President Barack Obama's presentation of the Medal of Honor, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Staff Sgt.... (photo: Public Domain / Sgt. Jarod Perkioniemi)
Obama   Photos   Politics   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Technical Field Manager Nick Guest inspects a Cluster Bomb Unit in the southern village of Ouazaiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, that was dropped by Israeli warplanes during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israeli war. A top U.N. humanitarian official Tuesday demanded an immediate moratorium on the use of cluster bombs, a day after the international Red Cross stepped up its campaign against the unreliable and inaccurate weapons. The U.N. has estimated that Israel dropped as many as 4 million of the bomblets in southern Lebanon, with perhaps 40 percent of the submunitions failing to explode on impact. The Star Mon 22 Nov 2010
U.S., China, Russia resist weapons pact - report
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States, Russia and China are working against a pact signed by 108 countries to ban cluster munitions that kill civilians long after... (photo: AP Photo / Mohammed Zaatari)
Human Rights   Photos   UN   Weapons   Wikipedia: Cluster bomb
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses a rally in Florence, S.C., Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. (js1) The Jordan Times Sat 20 Nov 2010
Asia after Obama
Tweet By Brahma Chellaney US President Barack Obama’s 10-day Asian tour and the consecutive summit meetings of the East Asian Summit (EAS), the G-20, and the Asia-Pacific... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
Asia   Photos   President   Summit   US


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