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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Hanoi</title>
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		<title>Vietnamese followers of famed Zen master seek asylum in France after pressure from officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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Vietnamese monks under pressure seek French asylum

HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a famous Buddhist teacher plan to seek temporary asylum in France after months of pressure from Vietnam&#8217;s communist authorities to leave pagodas in the country&#8217;s south.
Some 400 disciples of Thich Nhat Hanh, who has popularized Buddhism in the West and sold millions of books ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-followers-of-famed-zen-master-seek-asylum-in-france-after-pressure-from-officials-245353/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Vietnamese followers of famed Zen master seek asylum in France after pressure from officials</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi restaurant owner found making tiger-bone paste</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - A Hanoi restaurant owner has been detained for making medicinal paste from the bones of rare wild animals, including tigers and monkeys, police said Monday.

Tran Trong Binh, head of Hanoi&#8217;s environmental police department, said police had detained two men Sunday evening at a Hanoi restaurant.   	 	
Officers found an 80-litre cooking .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hanoi-restaurant-owner-found-making-tiger-bone-paste-240787/">Hanoi restaurant owner found making tiger-bone paste</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-fighter pilot who endured torture in &#8216;Hanoi Hilton&#8217; prison where McCain was held dies at 82</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Pilot who endured torture at &#8216;Hanoi Hilton&#8217; dies

JACKSON, Miss. — Retired Air Force Col. Jack Pitchford, a fighter pilot from Mississippi who survived seven years in the notorious Vietnamese prison camp known as the &#8220;Hanoi Hilton,&#8221; has died. He was 82.
The Natchez, Miss., native died Wednesday after battling a brain tumor, said his brother, 64-year-old ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-fighter-pilot-who-endured-torture-in-hanoi-hilton-prison-where-mccain-was-held-dies-at-82-239617/">Ex-fighter pilot who endured torture in &#8216;Hanoi Hilton&#8217; prison where McCain was held dies at 82</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass grave of Vietnamese soldiers discovered</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - Authorities have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 25 Vietnamese soldiers killed in combat 41 years ago, an official said Thursday.

&#8220;They belonged to a commando company killed in 1968 while trying to liberate Quang Ngai prison,&#8221; said Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Trong Luyen, commander of the military forces in Quang .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-grave-of-vietnamese-soldiers-discovered-239126/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Mass grave of Vietnamese soldiers discovered</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese man sleeps beside wife&#8217;s bones for five years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - A man who encased his wife&#8217;s skeleton in a plaster statue and kept it in bed beside him for five years has been ordered to bury the remains, authorities said Tuesday.

Le Van, 55, a resident of Ha Lam village in Thang Binh District in Quang Nam province, removed his wife&#8217;s remains from her .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-man-sleeps-beside-wifes-bones-for-five-years-238056/">Source article &nbsp;: Vietnamese man sleeps beside wife&#8217;s bones for five years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Only 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - There are only 80 elephants left in the wild in Vietnam and they are in danger due to illegal hunting and deforestation,  state media reported Friday.

The state-run newspaper Lao Dong quoted experts at a Vietnam Forest Management Agency workshop on elephant preservation as saying the population was dropping fast.	 	
Vietnamese press have .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/only-80-wild-elephants-left-in-vietnam-236451/" title="Only 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam storm toll rises to 109</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - The toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae in central Vietnam has risen to 109, the country&#8217;s Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Control reported Friday.

The authority said 16 people remained missing, and local media were reporting death figures as high as 119.	 	
Flood waters were beginning to recede across much of Phu Yen and ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-storm-toll-rises-to-109-220397/" title="Vietnam storm toll rises to 109">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese man rescued after spending 3 days in tree; storm death toll hits 108</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tran Van Minh</dc:creator>
		
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Man spends 3 days in tree during Vietnam storm

HANOI, Vietnam — The 69-year-old watchman couldn&#8217;t swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and two days.
After several failed attempts to rescue Phan Cao Chuc, a military helicopter was able to .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-man-rescued-after-spending-3-days-in-tree-storm-death-toll-hits-108-220023/">Vietnamese man rescued after spending 3 days in tree; storm death toll hits 108</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam storm death toll rises to 99; damages estimated at $55 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Vietnam storm death toll rises to 99
HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 99 in central Vietnam on Thursday and authorities estimated damage from the storm at $55 million.

In the hardest-hit province Phu Yen, three districts that are home to 300,000 people remained inundated, said Nguyen Ba Loc, deputy chairman .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-storm-death-toll-rises-to-99-damages-estimated-at-55-million-218454/">Vietnam storm death toll rises to 99; damages estimated at $55 million</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam storm death toll rises to 91 as authorities step up rescue and relief operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Vietnam storm death toll rises to 91
HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 91 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in the country&#8217;s central region.

In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 26 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated areas, bringing .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-storm-death-toll-rises-to-91-as-authorities-step-up-rescue-and-relief-operations-217409/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Toll in Vietnam typhoon rises to 81</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - The toll after typhoon Mirinae hit the central Vietnamese provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Khanh Hoa has risen to 81 Wednesday, a media report said. 

An official committee for flood, storm prevention and control of Phu Yen province said that at least 81 people have died and many others have been .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/toll-in-vietnam-typhoon-rises-to-81-217349/">Original source &nbsp;: Toll in Vietnam typhoon rises to 81</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam storm death toll rises to 87 as authorities step up rescue and relief operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Vietnam storm death toll rises to 87
HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 87 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in affected areas of the central region.

In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 26 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-storm-death-toll-rises-to-87-as-authorities-step-up-rescue-and-relief-operations-217293/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Vietnam storm death toll rises to 87 as authorities step up rescue and relief operations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Mirinae kills at least 30 in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - Typhoon Mirinae killed at least 30 people and left eight missing in the central Vietnamese provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Khanh Hoa, a media report said Wednesday.  

An official committee for flood, storm prevention and control of Phu Yen province said that at least 21 people died, two went missing .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/typhoon-mirinae-kills-at-least-30-in-vietnam-217077/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Typhoon Mirinae kills at least 30 in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam storm death toll rises to 57 as authorities step up rescue and relief operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Vietnam storm death toll rises to 57
HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 57 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in the affected central regions.

In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 24 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated areas, disaster .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-storm-death-toll-rises-to-57-as-authorities-step-up-rescue-and-relief-operations-216954/" title="Vietnam storm death toll rises to 57 as authorities step up rescue and relief operations">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Mirinae kills 23 people in Vietnam, 2 in Cambodia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical storm kills 23 in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam — Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on rooftops, disaster officials said Tuesday.

The death toll in the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen was 15 after the storm drenched the region with heavy rain Monday, ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tropical-storm-mirinae-kills-23-people-in-vietnam-2-in-cambodia-216086/">Tropical Storm Mirinae kills 23 people in Vietnam, 2 in Cambodia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Mirinae kills 11 people, leaves 2 missing in central Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical storm Mirinae kills 11 in central Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam — Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 11 people, leaving two missing and forcing families onto rooftops, disaster officials said Tuesday.
Floods in Phu Yen province killed 10 people after the storm hit, drenching the region with heavy rains Monday, said .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tropical-storm-mirinae-kills-11-people-leaves-2-missing-in-central-vietnam-215736/">Tropical Storm Mirinae kills 11 people, leaves 2 missing in central Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Mirinae slams into Vietnam&#8217;s central coast as thousands evacuate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Major storm slams Vietnam; thousands evacuate

HANOI, Vietnam — Tropical Storm Mirinae slammed into Vietnam&#8217;s central coast Monday, unleashing heavy rains and winds and forcing more than 80,000 people to evacuate before losing steam as it moved inland.
The storm was packing winds of 63 miles per hour (102 kilometers per hour) as it made landfall in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tropical-storm-mirinae-slams-into-vietnams-central-coast-as-thousands-evacuate-214762/" title="Tropical Storm Mirinae slams into Vietnam&#8217;s central coast as thousands evacuate">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Mirinae slams Vietnam&#8217;s central coast as thousands evacuate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical Storm Mirinae slams Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam — Tropical Storm Mirinae slammed Vietnam&#8217;s central coast Monday, unleashing heavy rains and winds and forcing more than 80,000 people to evacuate.

The storm packed winds of 63 mph (102 kph) as it made landfall in Phu Yen province Monday afternoon.
Mirinae hit the Philippines with typhoon strength over the weekend. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tropical-storm-mirinae-slams-vietnams-central-coast-as-thousands-evacuate-214638/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Tropical Storm Mirinae slams Vietnam&#8217;s central coast as thousands evacuate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam evacuates coastal areas as tropical storm approaches</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Vietnam evacuates coastal areas as storm nears

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam evacuated coastal areas Monday as tropical storm Mirinae approached after battering the Philippines, where it left 20 people dead.
Mirinae weakened as it headed over the South China Sea and was downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical storm. It was expected to strike Vietnam&#8217;s central ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-evacuates-coastal-areas-as-tropical-storm-approaches-214513/">Vietnam evacuates coastal areas as tropical storm approaches</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam demands investigation of China&#8217;s &#8216;brutal&#8217; treatment of fishermen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has demanded that China investigate &#8220;brutal&#8221; treatment of Vietnamese fishermen who sought shelter during a typhoon in disputed South China Sea islands, where officials allege they were beaten and robbed by Chinese personnel.

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to the Chinese ambassador on Wednesday, objecting to the &#8220;brutal  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-demands-investigation-of-chinas-brutal-treatment-of-fishermen-202998/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — The United States has condemned Vietnam&#8217;s recent conviction of nine democracy activists, the arrest of a writer and the expulsion of Buddhist monks from a monastery where they practiced the teachings of a renowned Zen master.

The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi issued a statement saying it was &#8220;deeply disturbed&#8221; by last week&#8217;s convictions .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-condemns-vietnams-treatment-of-democracy-activists-monks-196613/">US condemns Vietnam&#8217;s treatment of democracy activists, monks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Ketsana kills over 160 in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - At least 163 people have been killed in typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam, a media report said Sunday. 

Seventeen people were missing and 616 people were injured after the storm that hit the country&#8217;s highlands and central provinces last Tuesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported. 	 	
The Kon Tum province was the worst hit ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/typhoon-ketsana-kills-over-160-in-vietnam-187020/">Original article on  : Typhoon Ketsana kills over 160 in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhists: Vietnamese police try to oust famed monk&#8217;s followers from second temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher who were forced out of a Vietnamese monastery over the weekend have taken refuge at a nearby pagoda, but they say they have once again been surrounded by police.

The monks&#8217; ongoing standoff with Vietnamese authorities has tested the communist country&#8217;s sometimes edgy relationship with religion, which ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/buddhists-vietnamese-police-try-to-oust-famed-monks-followers-from-second-temple-184097/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Buddhists: Vietnamese police try to oust famed monk&#8217;s followers from second temple</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana strikes Vietnam&#8217;s central coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Twenty-three people are dead in central Vietnam from Typhoon Ketsana.

Disaster officials have reported deaths in six provinces, including three in Quang Nam, where the storm made landfall around 2 p.m. It packed winds of up to 144 kilometers per hour (90 mph).
Disaster official Nguyen Van Vy said nine people died in Kon .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/23-dead-as-typhoon-ketsana-strikes-vietnams-central-coast-182384/">Read the original article &nbsp;: 23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana strikes Vietnam&#8217;s central coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>170,000 evacuated as Typhoon Ketsana approaches Vietnam&#8217;s central coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Authorities in Vietnam have evacuated 170,000 people as Typhoon Ketsana bears down on the country&#8217;s central coast.

The storm killed 240 people in the Philippines. It is expected to make landfall in Vietnam later Tuesday afternoon somewhere between the city of Danang and Quang Nam province.
Disaster official Nguyen Van Vy says 170,000 people ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/170000-evacuated-as-typhoon-ketsana-approaches-vietnams-central-coast-182049/">Read more : 170,000 evacuated as Typhoon Ketsana approaches Vietnam&#8217;s central coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese court sends 6 to prison for arranging more than 300 fraudulent foreign adoptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese court official says six people have been sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years in prison for arranging more than 300 fraudulent adoptions.

Among those sentenced were the heads of two welfare centers who helped persuade unwed pregnant mothers to give up their babies in exchange for free food and shelter.
Chief .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-court-sends-6-to-prison-for-arranging-more-than-300-fraudulent-foreign-adoptions-181984/">Source &nbsp;: Vietnamese court sends 6 to prison for arranging more than 300 fraudulent foreign adoptions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhists: Vietnamese police, mob force monks from monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher say Vietnamese police and an angry mob have forced 150 monks from a monastery in Vietnam&#8217;s Central Highlands that has been the center of a monthslong standoff.

The Buddhists say an angry mob descended on the site Sunday morning, smashing windows and knocking down doors in an .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/buddhists-vietnamese-police-mob-force-monks-from-monastery-181803/" title="Buddhists: Vietnamese police, mob force monks from monastery">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhists: Mob, police force last followers of famed monk to leave Vietnam monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher say police and a mob of villagers have forced them out of a monastery in central Vietnam, ending their monthslong standoff with the communist authorities over religious freedom.

Followers of Thich Nhat Hanh, an Vietnam-born monk who has popularized Buddhism in the West, said about 150 monks .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/buddhists-mob-police-force-last-followers-of-famed-monk-to-leave-vietnam-monastery-181218/">Original source &nbsp;: Buddhists: Mob, police force last followers of famed monk to leave Vietnam monastery</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>At least 23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana roars into Vietnam after deadly path in Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path.

Ketsana left more than 200 dead across the northern Philippines as a weaker tropical storm.
After gathering strength .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/at-least-23-dead-as-typhoon-ketsana-roars-into-vietnam-after-deadly-path-in-philippines-180906/">Original article &nbsp;: At least 23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana roars into Vietnam after deadly path in Philippines</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Ketsana leaves at least 38 dead in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - At least 38 people have been killed and 10 are missing after typhoon Ketsana struck central Vietnam, national storm and flood authorities said Wednesday.

The typhoon brought winds of 117 km per hour (kph) when it came ashore in the central province of Quang Nam Tuesday morning, and dumped up to 900 mm of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/typhoon-ketsana-leaves-at-least-38-dead-in-vietnam-180698/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Typhoon Ketsana leaves at least 38 dead in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical storm Ketsana kills 11 in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - At least 11 people were killed and three others missing after tropical storm Ketsana made landfall in central Vietnam, a media report said Tuesday.

The storm battered the central Vietnamese provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Nam, Yen Bai, Kon Tum, and Dak Lak. Binh Dinh and Kon Tum are the worst affected provinces, Vietnam ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tropical-storm-ketsana-kills-11-in-vietnam-180621/">Tropical storm Ketsana kills 11 in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Floods leave 17 dead in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - Four days of floods killed at least 17 people and left six missing in central Vietnam, the country&#8217;s Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control said Monday.

 Heavy rains destroyed more than 9,600 homes and flooded some 2,500 hectares of rice and 5,800 hectares of vegetables, officials said. Twenty three fishing boats ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/floods-leave-17-dead-in-vietnam-180266/">Floods leave 17 dead in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tensions rise at Vietnamese pagoda as police question followers of world-famous monk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Authorities are intensifying their efforts to oust followers of an internationally known Buddhist monk from a monastery in Vietnam&#8217;s Central Highlands and have accused them of trying to &#8220;sabotage&#8221; Vietnam&#8217;s communist government.

An angry crowd gathered outside the Bat Nha monastery on Monday and local police conducted late-night searches of the rooms, said ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tensions-rise-at-vietnamese-pagoda-as-police-question-followers-of-world-famous-monk-174882/">Tensions rise at Vietnamese pagoda as police question followers of world-famous monk</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam puts 16 people on trial for selling babies for foreign adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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HANOI, Vietnam — A court in northern Vietnam has put 16 people on trial for allegedly selling more than 250 babies for foreign adoption, a court official said Tuesday.
The head of two social welfare centers in Nam Dinh province as well as several doctors and nurses at village clinics went on trial Tuesday, said Dang ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-puts-16-people-on-trial-for-selling-babies-for-foreign-adoption-174877/">Original article on  : Vietnam puts 16 people on trial for selling babies for foreign adoption</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Three workers die in Vietnam fish sauce vat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - Three workers at a fish sauce factory suffocated when they entered a fermenting vat and inhaled a toxic gas, Vietnamese press reported Monday.

The newspaper Nong Nghiep (Agriculture) reported that Bui Dinh Tuan, 36, had climbed into a fish sauce vat to repair a pipe Saturday morning at the factory where he worked in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/three-workers-die-in-vietnam-fish-sauce-vat-174451/">Source article &nbsp;: Three workers die in Vietnam fish sauce vat</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Multinationals selling baby formula in Vietnam break milk law meant to promote breastfeeding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has found.

International guidelines and Vietnamese law recognize breast milk as superior to formula for an infant&#8217;s health. Yet dozens of interviews with mothers, doctors, health officials and shopkeepers .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/multinationals-selling-baby-formula-in-vietnam-break-milk-law-meant-to-promote-breastfeeding-173203/">Original article &nbsp;: Multinationals selling baby formula in Vietnam break milk law meant to promote breastfeeding</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s 1st independent think tank disbands to protest restrictions on academic freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese scholars disbanded the country&#8217;s first independent think tank to protest a government decree that went into effect Tuesday restricting the right to conduct and publish research.

The Institute of Development Studies, whose members include some of the country&#8217;s most esteemed scholars and economists, announced its decision Monday night on its Web site, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnams-1st-independent-think-tank-disbands-to-protest-restrictions-on-academic-freedom-168604/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — A woman who was jailed after writing a blog critical of the Vietnamese government said Monday that she agreed to stop blogging as a condition of her release.

&#8220;It&#8217;s time for me to put an end to this blog,&#8221; Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh said in a handwritten statement posted on her Web site ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freed-vietnamese-blogger-agrees-to-stop-writing-as-condition-of-release-from-jail-167609/">Freed Vietnamese blogger agrees to stop writing as condition of release from jail</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger kills gardener at Vietnam zoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI - A tiger leapt out of its enclosure and killed a gardener at a private zoo in southern Vietnam, a police officer said Friday.

The tiger jumped over a two-metre-high fence and attacked three gardeners late Thursday at the Dai Nam Zoo in Binh Duong province, local police chief Thang Cuu Long said.	 	
Long said .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiger-kills-gardener-at-vietnam-zoo-165768/">Tiger kills gardener at Vietnam zoo</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey shows high dioxin levels at Agent Orange hotspot near former US air base in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — New environmental tests confirm extremely high levels of dioxin, the toxic ingredient of Agent Orange, in people, fish and soil near a former U.S. air base where American troops stored the herbicide during the Vietnam War.

&#8220;Time is of the essence&#8221; to finish cleaning up the site, now home to the Danang airport, .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/survey-shows-high-dioxin-levels-at-agent-orange-hotspot-near-former-us-air-base-in-vietnam-165708/">Survey shows high dioxin levels at Agent Orange hotspot near former US air base in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam, US launch panel to examine health issues associated with Agent Orange</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese and U.S. scientists wrapped up their annual meetings on Agent Orange on Thursday, launching a task force to examine health issues in areas where the defoliant was used during the Vietnam War.

The panel will begin by focusing on programs to aid the disabled in Danang, a city on the central coast ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-us-launch-panel-to-examine-health-issues-associated-with-agent-orange-164710/">Vietnam, US launch panel to examine health issues associated with Agent Orange</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US, Vietnam begin 4th annual meetings on eradicating Agent Orange</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam urged the U.S. to speed funding for Agent Orange victims Tuesday at the start of the fourth annual meeting on joint efforts to clean up areas that American forces contaminated with the toxic herbicide during the Vietnam War.

U.S. troops sprayed Agent Orange on jungles to deprive Vietnamese troops of ground cover. ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-vietnam-begin-4th-annual-meetings-on-eradicating-agent-orange-162212/">US, Vietnam begin 4th annual meetings on eradicating Agent Orange</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese police release blogger, online journalist after more than a week in custody</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities have released a blogger and an online journalist more than a week after detaining them for questioning about postings critical of the Communist government&#8217;s handling of relations with China.

Police took Bui Thanh Hieu, who writes a blog under the pen name Nguoi Buon Gio, or Wind Trader, into custody for .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-police-release-blogger-online-journalist-after-more-than-a-week-in-custody-161169/">Vietnamese police release blogger, online journalist after more than a week in custody</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese police release blogger after more than a week in custody</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities have released a blogger more than a week after detaining him for questioning about postings critical of the Communist government&#8217;s handling of relations with China and the Catholic Church.

&#8220;I don&#8217;t know why they let me go,&#8221; Bui Thanh Hieu said by telephone Sunday. &#8220;They may have realized that my acts ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-police-release-blogger-after-more-than-a-week-in-custody-160912/">Original article on  : Vietnamese police release blogger after more than a week in custody</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam arrests another blogger as crackdown on online government critics continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese police arrested another blogger, her mother and diplomats said Friday, as authorities continued a crackdown against writers who have criticized Communist Party policies online.

Authorities arrested Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 30, who writes under the pen name Me Nam, on Wednesday at her home in Nha Trang, foreign diplomats said on condition .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnam-arrests-another-blogger-as-crackdown-on-online-government-critics-continues-159815/">Source article &nbsp;: Vietnam arrests another blogger as crackdown on online government critics continues</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese president to release more than 5,000 prisoners in National Day amnesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam will release more than 5,000 prisoners as part of an annual prison amnesty, but not a Catholic priest whom U.S. senators have campaigned to have freed, an official said Monday.

President Nguyen Minh Triet will release 5,459 prisoners to mark National Day, which falls on Wednesday, Vice Minister of Public Security Le .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-president-to-release-more-than-5000-prisoners-in-national-day-amnesty-154910/">Vietnamese president to release more than 5,000 prisoners in National Day amnesty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese police detain dissident blogger in latest crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese blogger who criticized the Communist Party&#8217;s policies has been detained by police, his close friend said Monday, days after another popular blogger was fired from his job at a state-controlled newspaper.

Bui Thanh Hieu, who writes his blog under the pen name &#8220;Nguoi Buon Gio&#8221; or &#8220;Wind Trader,&#8221; was taken into ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-police-detain-dissident-blogger-in-latest-crackdown-154718/">Vietnamese police detain dissident blogger in latest crackdown</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>University student hurls acid at professor after flunking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — A university student angry about flunking his English classes barged into a lecture, threw a bucket of acid at a professor and then stabbed him in the back as he tried to flee, a university official said Tuesday.

Students later overpowered the alleged attacker, Tran Xuan Thanh, and turned him over to police. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/university-student-in-vietnam-hurls-acid-at-professor-after-flunking-english-classes-148890/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: University student hurls acid at professor after flunking</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US Sen. Webb visits Vietnam on last leg of Southeast Asian tour</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia is visiting Hanoi on the last leg of a Southeast Asian tour. The highlight of his swing through the region was a stop in Myanmar, where he won the release of an imprisoned American man.

He told reporters Wednesday that he wants to impress upon Americans and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-sen-webb-visits-vietnam-on-last-leg-of-southeast-asian-tour-143713/" title="US Sen. Webb visits Vietnam on last leg of Southeast Asian tour">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese official says evicting Buddhist monks just the law, not religious repression</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Monks following a world-famous Buddhist teacher are being evicted from a Vietnamese monastery for failing to clear their activities with the government, an official said Tuesday, but he denied the dispute was about religious freedom.

Followers of Thich Nhat Hanh, who has sold more than 1 million books in the West, say the ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-official-says-evicting-buddhist-monks-just-the-law-not-religious-repression-129942/">Vietnamese official says evicting Buddhist monks just the law, not religious repression</a>.]]></description>
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