Category Archives: Trang tiếng Anh

Bomb database useful for past, present wars

Boston Globe – JULY 30, 2012

Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson’s project is aiding efforts to spot unexploded bombs that still endanger civilians.

Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson’s project is aiding efforts to spot unexploded bombs that still endanger civilians. MEG MCKINNEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

By Bryan Bender GLOBE STAFF

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Six years ago it seemed a zany idea when Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson, 45, a bespectacled Minnesota native with an outsized gee-whiz quality even by military standards, began a rather unusual hobby: documenting a century of US air power — bomb by bomb.

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Donald Trump is making the Great Man theory of history Great Again

The president-elect’s unpredictable rise is forcing historians and social scientists to rethink their most basic assumptions about how the world works.

The imminent ascension to the U.S. presidency of Donald Trump, a man whose supporters and detractors both agree is exceptional in the context of American history, raises a question which historians and social scientists generally prefer to shy away from: To what extent does historical change depend on the actions of a handful of unusual individuals — history’s archetypal Great Men and Women — as opposed to large-scale, long-term, impersonal forces?

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Critics attacked, history revised as China nationalism rises


A picture of communist China’s late founder, Mao Zedong, is seen on top of car as people gather to celebrate the 123rd anniversary of his birth on Dec. 26 in Shaoshan, China. | REUTERS

by  Jan 15, 2017

BEIJING – Writer Lu Yong had merely wanted to show support for a professor who had taken flak online for criticizing Mao Zedong, the founder of the communist state who died more than four decades ago.

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Arabica coffee genome sequenced

Date:January 13, 2017

Source:University of California – Davis

sciencedaily_Summary:The sequencing of the genome of Coffea arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production, has now been announced by researchers.

The first public genome sequence for Coffea arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production, was released today by researchers at the University of California, Davis.

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Former U.N. chief Ban throws weight behind THAAD deployment


by  Staff Writer, Jan 15, 2017

Former United Nations chief and presumptive South Korean presidential candidate Ban Ki-moon has backed the deployment later this year of a U.S. anti-missile system to the country amid North Korea’s progress in its nuclear and missile programs.

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Monsanto’s Roundup linked to liver disease, study says

Turbulence in South China Sea: India Offers Missile to Vietnam

SPUTNIK NEWS ASIA 09.01.2017

India's mobile surface-to-air missile defense system Akash is displayed during a press day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition in Goyang, north of Seoul, on October 28, 2013

India is an old friend of Vietnam and both don’t subscribe to China’s claim in the South China Sea. That is the reason for raised eyebrows over India’s offer to supply missiles to Vietnam. 

(Sputnik) — India has offered to supply indigenously developed Akash missile to Vietnam at a time when both countries are talking of China’s growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Vo Quy, Father of Environmental Conservation in Vietnam, Dies at 87

Prof. Vo Quy was a remarkable man, a much admired environmentalist, a popular TV host who made science accessible and entertaining.  He was a generous and caring human being whose twinkling eyes and modest good humor, and his integrity, positively influenced governments and party leaders, and several generations of Vietnamese citizens.  Dr. Quy introduced many foreigners to the rich diversity of Viet Nam’s flora and fauna and instilled in everyone a sense of personal responsibility for the preservation of this fragile environment. He was a determined but temperate leader in the struggle to understand the damage caused by Agent Orange and to seek justice for those affected by its consequences.

Chuck Searcy

New York Times

ASIA PACIFIC | OBITUARY

Vo Quy, Father of Environmental Conservation in Vietnam, Dies at 87

By MIKE IVES

Vo Quy, center, checking plant samples in central Vietnam in 1996. Dr. Quy was well known for his pioneering studies on Vietnam’s wildlife.Credit Kathy Wilhelm/Associated Press

HONG KONG — In the early 1960s, a young ornithologist successfully persuaded Vietnam’s top leaders, including its founding president, Ho Chi Minh, to designate a tract of land near the capital as the country’s first national park.

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