Leaders wrestle with austerity as EU jobless fears rise

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

European Union leaders wrestled with German demands for strict austerity and a French-Italian push for growth-friendly spending at a summit coloured by fears that rampant unemployment is destroying the bloc, and clouded by a bailout for Cyprus. As thousands protested over European jobless lines stretching to 26 million, outgoing Italian premier Mario Monti on Thursday urged his peers to allow Italy, and other countries facing public finance pressures, to spend in order to create more jobs. Without that, he warned,...

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Documentary film on 1968 Tet offensive on VTV1

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Hanoi Times English 3 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Following the popular documentary ‘Paris Agreement of 1973’ that received a lot of attention, another episodic documentary film o­n Mau Than Tet (Lunar New Year) military campaign better known as ‘Tet Offensive of 1968’ be aired o­n VTV1.

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Documentary film on 1968 Tet offensive on VTV1

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Documentary film on 1968 Tet offensive on VTV1

Following the popular documentary ‘Paris Agreement of 1973’ that received a lot of attention, another episodic documentary film on Mau Than Tet (Lunar New Year) military campaign better known as ‘Tet Offensive of 1968’ will be aired on VTV1 tonight.

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Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state

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Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state

US President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Senator John Kerry as his new secretary of state, as he began to reshape his national security team for a second term clouded by increased global turmoil.

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Singapore cuts 2012 GDP growth forecast

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Singapore cut its economic growth forecast this year to 1.5 per cent, the lower end of the target range, as the economy shrank sharper than previously estimated in the third quarter, the government said on Friday.

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World oil prices recover in Asia

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World oil prices recover in Asia

World oil prices recovered in Asian trade Tuesday owing to tensions between Syria and Turkey, but bad news on the regional and global economy fostered an atmosphere of caution.

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Clinton on rare visit to encourage East Timor

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VietNam News English 9 month(s) ago

Hillary Clinton on Thursday became the first US Secretary of State to visit East Timor, hoping to encourage the growing self-sufficiency in one of the poorest nations in a strategic region.

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Hundreds of wild animals seized from truck in Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 10 month(s) ago

Traffic police in the southern province of Binh Phuoc Tuesday seized hundreds of wild animals they found hidden in sacks on a truck they flagged down for a routine check.

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Eleven killed in Mexico gun battle

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Eleven killed in Mexico gun battle

Seven police officers and four gunmen were killed in a shootout in Mexico's northwestern state of Sinaloa, a stronghold of one of the country's ruthless drug gangs, officials said.

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Suu Kyi to receive honour from Oxford University

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Suu Kyi to receive honour from Oxford University

Aung San Suu Kyi was to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University on Wednesday in the city where she studied and brought up the family she would later leave behind.

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Grammy Awards set for Feb 10 in Los Angeles

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 12 month(s) ago

Grammy Awards set for Feb 10 in Los Angeles

The 55th Grammy Awards, the music industry's annual mega-bash, will take place on February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, organizers announced Thursday.

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W. Africa bloc threatens coup leaders in Mali, G. Bissau

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VietNam News English 13 month(s) ago

West African presidents on Thursday threatened tougher action against coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau who have resisted efforts to fully restore civilian rule.

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Abbas, Clinton discuss upcoming Quartet meeting

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VietNam News English 15 month(s) ago

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on Wednesday about the need for consultations over stalled peace talks, Abbas's spokesman said.

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Vietnam’s business optimism falls sharply in 2011

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Vietnam’s business optimism falls sharply in 2011

Business optimism in Vietnam fell sharply in the year 2011, but remained in positive level while global business optimism is balanced on a knife edge heading into 2012, says a report of Grant Thornton.

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Three dead and 257 wounded in Egyptian clashes

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VOV News English 18 month(s) ago 1 related news

Three dead and 257 wounded in Egyptian clashes

Three people were killed as troops fought daylong battles with protesters, showing the tensions seething in Egypt nine months after Hosni Mubarak's fall.

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