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Services operating in Vietnam, ending the war as the principal air superiority fighter for both the Navy and Air Force, as well as being important in the ground-attack and reconnaissance roles. The Phantom continued to form a major part of U.S. Military air power throughout the 1970s and 80s, being gradually replaced by more modern [...]

Short for Alpha Team, The A-Team is a Vietnam-era crack commando unit wrongfully accused of robbing the Bank of Hanoi. Having escaped from a maximum security prison, the four man team survives in the anonymity of the Los Angeles underground. Templeton Faceman Peck (Dirk Benedict), the consummate ladies man; Sgt. T), a gold-drenched muscleman afraid [...]

The authorities of two related provinces, Can Tho and An Giang, have worked with the Transport Ministry and the Cambodian government on this project. Tran Thanh Man, Chairman of Can Tho city, said this road will be 230km in length, including 110km from Can Tho to the Vietnam-Cambodia border in An Giang province. The remaining [...]

He started out, though, in his native New Zealand as the leader of a punk outfit called The Scavengers. Were all the songs covers of Buckley? Big Buckley fan both Tim and Jeff, but Tim was the pure poet, the magician, the starsailor. Long may the melody find the rhyme. Howies edit, with its [...]

Singapore and Malaysia have registered strong economic growth, while Vietnam has become the darling of foreign investors, and in 2006 its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was second only to the PRC in Asia. However, these developments do not mean that this observer has adopted a pollyannaish view of Southeast Asia. Politically, the September [...]

In the last year, the price of wheat has tripled, corn doubled, and rice almost doubled. As prices soared, food riots have broken out in about 20 poor countries including Yemen, Haiti, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, and Mexico. In response some countries, such as India, Pakistan Egypt and Vietnam, are banning the export of [...]

She was an early crowd favorite which sometimes can be the kiss of death (sorry Miss Massachussettss) so I am absolutely thrilled that she took the crown. She will travel the nation promoting her platform of ovarian and breast cancer awareness and will vie for the title of Miss Universe in Vietnam on July 13, [...]