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WINONA, Minn. -- Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at a band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial.
An ancient evergreen tree reveals its secret life to scientists, helping them decode climate history. By Andy Nelson | Correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor/ November 10, 2009 edition Photos by Andy Nelson/The...
The Javan rhino has dusky gray skin and a head topped with a single horn. Human population pressures and poaching threaten the endangered animal, according to WWF (formerly World Wildlife Fund). We all know dogs like to smell...
IN the push towards high income status, parallels can be drawn from the country's past efforts at nurturing technology-based industries. And questions need to be asked if those efforts had borne much fruit.
RECENTLY, I travelled to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in Vietnam with my mum on a five-day/four-night trip. The best part of this trip was that my best friend, a guy, was tagging along, too. For instance, she does not believe in...
HO CHI MINH CITY: Bumi Armada Bhd and Vietsovpetro have signed a US$700mil deal with Vietnam-based Hoang Long Joint Operating Co for the lease of a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at...
Forty years ago today, black-and-white photographs of slaughtered women, children and old men in a Vietnamese village shocked the world -- or that portion of the world willing to believe American soldiers could gun down unarmed...
Bilateral FTAs are more palatable deals for Asian exporters COME Jan 1, which is not too long from now, the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) arrangement will be implemented. A late comer to Asian FTA party, Malaysia to date, had...
It was a cold, cloudy day at the Dole Institute on Nov. 10, the time when Marines from the Lawrence area came together to celebrate the 234th birthday of the Corps. As a Vietnam veteran, it is my one chance to see other...
Tom Metcalf said he was sending apology notes Friday morning after the Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to a call that a man was carrying a weapon along Roop Street near the Metcalf Builders office on Basque Way. Turns...
