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Thông Tin, Trang tiếng Anh

US helps Vietnam to eradicate deadly Agent Orange

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BBC

17 June 2011 Last updated at 08:44 ET

Agent Orange victims are seen at a hospice in Danang Millions suffered deformities as a result of the herbicide sprayed over Vietnam

Vietnam and the United States have taken the first step towards cleaning up Agent Orange contamination.

The US sprayed 12 million gallons of the defoliant over jungles between 1961 and 1971 during the Vietnam war.

Vietnamese experts say more than three million people have suffered the effects of the herbicide, of which some 400,000 died.

The development is being hailed as one of the most significant in relations between Washington and Hanoi.

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Biển Đông, Trang tiếng Anh

China’s Troubled Neighbors

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By PHILIP BOWRING

HONG KONG — Appropriately, the meeting straddled the anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Defense ministers and top brass from the United States, China and a host of lesser regional powers were in Singapore for meetings known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. Just as June 4 in Beijing ended many illusions about the nature of the Communist Party of China, so events of the past year have stripped away many illusions about the country’s “peaceful rise.”

No longer does the region assume that peace is a given and Chinese economic growth will not create other problems. Instead, the focus is on managing conflicts and attempting to allay mutual suspicions through dialogue.

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Speech of US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, June 4, 2011

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International Institute for Security Studies (Shangri-La Dialogue)

As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, Saturday, June 04, 2011

Thank you, John, for that kind introduction.

And congratulations to the International Institute for Strategic Studies on reaching this important milestone with the tenth Shangri-La Security Dialogue.  This conference, in that relatively short span of time, has become a vital forum for encouraging dialogue and understanding among the participant countries.

I’d also like to extend my thanks to the government of Singapore for hosting us once again, and to the Shangri-La hotel staff for all their hard work as well.  Although the mix of weighty topics and senior governmental officials is clearly the main draw for attendees, I’ve long suspected that one of the key reasons people keep coming back to this event is the wonderful hospitality of this hotel and this city.

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Gates to unveil plans to increase U.S. military involvement in SE Asia

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The Cable

Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, June 3, 2011 – 12:06 AM Share

SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, Singapore – The U.S. and China are both striving to portray a warm bilateral relationship as they headline a huge international security conference in Singapore this weekend. Meanwhile, the U.S. side is preparing to unveil parts of its new approach to Southeast Asia, which will include more U.S. military ties to the region as a means of countering growing Chinese influence.

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Trang tiếng Anh

General Stanley McChrystal talks about leadership

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With a remarkable record of achievement, General Stanley McChrystal has been praised for creating a revolution in warfare that fused intelligence and operations. A four-star general, he is the former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan and the former leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which oversees the military’s most sensitive forces. McChrystal’s leadership of JSOC is credited with the December 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the June 2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. McChrystal, a former Green Beret, is known for his candor.

Phát triển kinh tế, Trang tiếng Anh

Global food prices hit new record highs, says UN food agency

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BBC

A worker packs onions in India
Food markets are “already precarious”, the UN says

Global food prices have hit record highs, and could rise even further, according to the United Nations.

The UN’s Food Price Index rose 2.2% in February to the highest level since the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began monitoring prices in 1990.

It also warned that spikes in the oil price could make the “already precarious” situation in the food market even worse.

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Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

Libya unrest: US repositioning forces in region

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BBC

28 February 2011 Last updated at 15:43 ET

USS Enterprise (right)
The USS Enterprise (right) is currently in the Red Sea

The US defence department says it is repositioning forces in the Libya region as the West weighs potential intervention against Muammar Gaddafi.
The Pentagon said it was moving forces to “provide for that flexibility once decisions are made”.

The US already has a significant presence close to Libya, with several bases in southern Italy.

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Defiant Gaddafi refuses to quit amid Libya protests

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BBC

22 February 2011 Last updated at 13:23 ET

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has refused to stand down amid widespread anti-government protests which he said had tarnished the image of the country.

In his first major speech since unrest began last week, Col Gaddafi said the whole world looked up to Libya and that protests were “serving the devil”.

Reading from the country’s constitution, he said enemies of Libya would be executed.

Rights groups say nearly 300 have been killed in the violence so far.

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Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa — country by country

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By the CNN Wire Staff
February 16, 2011 12:25 p.m. EST
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • The winds of unrest have swept through North Africa and the Middle East
  • The demonstrations started in Tunisia in December
  • The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt have resigned amid mass protests
  • Protests were held Wednesday in Yemen, Libya and Iraq

Are there protests where you are? Share your photos and video with CNN iReport, but please make safety your first priority.

(CNN) — Unrest has spread across the Middle East and North Africa. Here’s a look at what has happened — and what is happening — in various countries:

Wednesday developments:

BAHRAIN

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said those involved in the deaths of two people during recent protests have been taken into custody. Also Wednesday, thousands of people gathered for a peaceful funeral procession for a Bahraini man killed when clashes erupted during another protester’s funeral procession, the president of a human rights group said. The king of the small Gulf nation addressed his country on national television Tuesday, promising changes in the law after the deaths.

Protesters initially demanded reform and the introduction of a constitutional monarchy. But some are now calling for the removal of the royal family.

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Abortion causing huge gender imbalance in Vietnam, UN admits

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by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:24 EST

VIETNAM, December 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After decades of involvement in coercive population control measures, including abortion, contraception, and sterilization of women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is admitting that policies it has championed are causing a serious imbalance in the ratio of male to female births in Vietnam.

In a series of public statements that began in June of this year, the UNFPA notes that “Vietnamese parents’ long-standing preference for sons, increased access to sex selection technology and declining fertility rates, which have increased pressure on smaller families to fulfill their wish for a son, are the main causes for the rapid changes in Viet Nam’s sex ratio at birth in favor of males.”

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Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

We Are Witnessing An Arab People’s Revolution

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Brookings

January 28, 2011 —

We are in the midst of a brave new world.

The uprisings raging from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen are heralding a new Arab, post-Islamist revolution.