Vietnam War-era artillery shell explodes, injuring 4 workers near former American airstrip Officials say a Vietnam War-era artillery shell has exploded at a ...
Congressman John Murtha of Pa., influential critic of Iraq war, dies at age 77 Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who ...
Vietnam War-era artillery shell explodes at school, terrifying students Officials say a Vietnam War-era artillery shell has exploded in a school yard, shattering windows and terrifying hundreds of students. Principal Ho Dac Thiet says the explosion occurred Wednesday at the Nguyen Hue ...
The mummified corpse of a Vietnamese king who died hundreds of years ago was reburied on Monday, half a century after farmers accidentally dug it up. State television showed a red cloth, decorated with dragons, being draped over the coffin at the ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tigers in the Greater Mekong region are facing extinction, their numbers down more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade due to poachers and habitat destruction, conservationists say. A new report by wildlife group WWF says tiger ...
Governments must act decisively to prevent the extinction of tigers in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region, where numbers have plunged more than 70 percent in 12 years, the WWF said Tuesday. The wild tiger population across Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ...
Governments must act decisively to prevent the extinction of tigers in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region, where numbers have plunged more than 70 percent in 12 years, the WWF said Tuesday. The wild tiger population across Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ...
An award-winning Vietnamese writer is to be tried on Friday for "propaganda against the state", her lawyer said, in the latest case of a crackdown on democracy activists in the communist nation. Pham Thanh Nghien's hearing will take place in the northern ...
Asiatic moon bear pokes from a trailer in a farm in Khanh Binh village, Tan Uyen, Binh Duong province, Vietnam, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. 19 rare Asiatic moon bears awaiting their next gall bladder milking. These bears were found this way on ...
One of the world's most influential Buddhist monks made a plea for religious freedom in Vietnam Monday after his followers were forced from two temples. Devotees of French-based Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh say they have gone underground in ...
Observers from a global association of lawyers were barred last week from a controversial Vietnamese trial at which four dissidents were jailed, the group said Saturday. The International Bar Association's (IBA's) Human Rights Institute said two observers it sent to monitor the ...
Thirst for bear bile grows in Asia; 19 bears rescued in Vietnam after being milked for years The three tractor-trailer containers sat in a row, divided with metal partitions into 19 tiny, sweltering cells. Massive claws and furry black noses poked between ...
