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U.S. activist guilty in attack on Vietnamese singer

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 4:41PM UTC View Comments

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — A California activist faces up to more than three years behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism. Ly Tong was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor assault and felony use of tear gas in connection with the July 2010 attack. Authorities say Tong...

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Vietnam arrests US pro-democracy activist

By AP News Sun, Apr 29, 2012 4:15AM UTC View Comments

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — State media say a Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist has been arrested and accused of terrorism for allegedly trying to sabotage liberation celebrations commemorating the end of the Vietnam War. The Tuoi Tre newspaper says 58-year-old Nguyen Quoc Quan was detained April 17 after arriving at the airport in southern Ho Chi Minh...

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China releases 21 Vietnamese fishermen after month

By AP News Sat, Apr 21, 2012 12:10PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China says authorities have released 21 Vietnamese fishermen whom they had detained for more than a month on a disputed island in the South China Sea. The official Xinhua News Agency said late Friday that according to the South China Sea Fishery Bureau, the fishermen were released after they guaranteed in writing...

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Vietnam finds mass grave of communist soldiers

By AP News Tue, Apr 03, 2012 4:30PM UTC View Comments

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A mass grave has been found containing the remains of 23 communist soldiers believed to have been killed during the Tet Offensive, seen by many as the turning point of the Vietnam War. Col. Nguyen Minh Hung of provincial military command in central Khanh Hoa province said Tuesday that construction workers...

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Hong Kong Airlines dolphin shipment: When profit trumps compassion

By Elmer W. Cagape Wed, Feb 22, 2012 4:22PM UTC View Comments

A friend shared on Facebook an article at China Daily that featured Hong Kong’s ‘other’ carrier Hong Kong Airlines making hefty profits after it was chartered to fly live dolphins from Japan to Vietnam. Although we don’t interfere with how they do business – we mind our own – the sad thing about it is...

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