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Thai police discovered bomb-making material after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted Monday that everything was under control. Authorities beefed up security in parts of the capital and other areas popular with tourists after the United States and Israel warned Friday of a possible terrorist [...]
Rescue workers searching the half-submerged hulk of an Italian cruise ship for missing passengers and crew recovered a sixth body on Monday, more than 48 hours after the vessel capsized off Italy’s west coast. The captain of the 114,500-tonne Costa Concordia, arrested on Saturday, was accused of manslaughter and abandoning his ship before all of [...]
While relevant agencies are trying to discover the cause of the fires that have destroyed of about 40 motorbikes nationwide, two more vehicles burst into flames yesterday, while a hydrofoil also suffered the same fate in Vung Tau. Yesterday afternoon, as 22-year-old Nguyen Thi Nhung was riding her Attila scooter on a road in Dong [...]
This story happened about 4 years ago. I had been dating my wife for about a year and she was ready for me to meet her family. She invited me to her sister’s, Ms. Diễm, wedding as an opportunity for a first meeting. I was nervous about this meeting. I had heard some of Mr. [...]
Thai transsexual ladyboys are taking to the air as flight attendants for a new airline, a move that some said could be a key step towards still broader acceptance in a nation where they are already unusually visible. Known as “katoeys” or “ladyboys,” transgenders and transsexuals hold mainstream jobs in a variety of fields in [...]
The founder of a newspaper that investigated government corruption was shot dead in Russia’s North Caucasus region, in what an international watchdog called “a lethal blow to press freedom.” A gunman shot Gadzhimurat Kamalov as he was leaving the offices of the newspaper Chernovik in the capital of Dagestan province shortly before midnight on Thursday, [...]
Russia’s customs service said on Friday it had seized radioactive sodium-22, an isotope that is used in medical equipment but has no weapons use, from the luggage of a passenger planning to fly from Moscow to Tehran. The service said in a statement that the material could be obtained only “as a result of a [...]
A Canadian FC, Vancouver Whitecaps defeated five rivals in the close auction, held by the US Major League Soccer (MLS) to buy Vietnamese origin player Lee Nguyen on December 14. Four other FCs that were interested in the Vietnamese player include: Toronto FC, another Canadian FC which attend the MLS, and three American FCs – [...]
Instead of using smart or luxurious mobile phones, a lot of people now decide to use normal phones as they need to cut down expenses. This gives an important reason for counterfeit mobile phone products to return to the Vietnamese market. Counterfeit mobile phones sourced from China have been absent on the stock market [...]
Minister’s wages in 40 years is enough to buy a house for low-income people After housing projects for low-income earners like Dang Xa, Kien Hung, Ngo Thi Nha and Sai Dong in Hanoi are offered for sale at the prices of VND10 to VND13.27 million ($500-680) per a square meter, many people said that the [...]