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  Eleven Countries Make 'Global Survival Pact'

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:19 PM ET

  for the 11 countries most at risk from global warming, according to Voice of America. The participating countries are Kiribati, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Barbados and Bhutan, reports Act on Copenhagen.In a welcome address, Maldivian Environment Minister Mohamed Asla Read More

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  The ABCs of Veterans Day

  By Darragh Worland | Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:46 PM ET

  that sometimes students will mention a relative who fought in a past war. This year, he said, one of his students said he had an uncle who fought in Vietnam but never wants to talk about it. Glaser explained that war can be a tough subject for veterans."They understand what a war is. They don' Read More

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  Farmers turned Environmentalist in Vietnam

  By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:47 PM ET

  sense win/win scenarios that's sets a great example for how people can work together for economic improvement.  Photo courtesy Alex.ch vi Read More

  More like this in: Coffee, Asia, Farming, Trees, Fertilizer, Southeast Asia, Hydroelectric, Floods, Logging
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  Facebook Reunites Long-Lost Father, Son

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:59 AM ET

  relatives and lovers are now planning a reunion for the end of the year. We can't wait to hear how it goes.Photo courtesy of Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Florida, Paris, Love, Cambodia, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Asia, Americas, Europe, Family
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  Celebrating World Food Day

  By Ben Corbett | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:09 PM ET

  Meanwhile, China placed second because it "cut hunger numbers by 58 million in ten years through strong state support for smallholder farmers."Vietnam ranked fourth,while Ghana and Malawi ranked third and fifth, demonstrating "that with political will there is a way – even for poo Read More

  More like this in: United States, China, Farmers, Agriculture, Brazil, Italy, New Zealand, Ghana, Denmark, Ireland, Malawi
• Vietnam Heroes Get Their Due

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:48 PM ET

  of the fierce battle on that day or their participation in it.Alpha Troop, led by John Poindexter, rescued more than 70 soldiers from the North Vietnamese almost four decades ago. Although the numbers were never clearly recorded, about seven men died and 70 more were wounded in the blood Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, The New York Times, Veterans, Vietnam War, US, Politics & Policy
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  The Chicago Seven Turns 40

  By Ben Corbett | Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:22 PM ET

  as the Chicago Eight, with a defense made up of the Youth International Party (YIPPIES), and the National Mobilization Comittee to End the War in Vietnam (MOBE), including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Black Panther leade Read More

  More like this in: Police, Vietnam War, Democratic National Convention, Abbie Hoffman, Black Panthers, US, Social Responsibility, Politics & Policy, Events, Activism
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  The Evolution of the Peace Sign

  By Kirk Bromley | Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  that started as meaning Victory (thank you, Winston Churchill; no thank you, Richard Nixon), was co-opted by the hippies to signify resistance to Vietnam, and has since morphed into a wide array of digital significations, be they flashed at passers-by to express love or something less tha Read More

  More like this in: Asia, Peace, Hippies, Winston Churchill, Life & Style, Culture
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  The Woodstock Experience

  By Wynter Mitchell | Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  it as I felt, as I was in it... It felt good. Music helped us bounce to that war. It gave us a soundtrack. One of my strongest recollections of Vietnam – over all the horror and dead people, even stronger than those memories – is the memory of the whole company of us, 100 men, shiftin Read More

  More like this in: Music, Vietnam War, Shepard Fairey, Ed Wood, Michael Lang, Santana, Woodstock Music Festivals
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  Back to School GIs

  By Lisa Germinsky | Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:48 PM ET

  the very least we can do for the men and  women who risk their lives, so the rest of us don't have to. Photo by momos, courtesy Common Read More

  More like this in: Education, Associated Press, Housing, Veterans, Columbia University, Tuition, Vietnam War, National Guard