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Vietnamese journalist sentenced to 2 years in jail
Posted on Oct 15, 2008 - 3:57 am
AP - A Vietnamese court sentenced a journalist to two years in prison on Wednesday, accusing him of writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases.
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Vietnam journalists face jail for graft scandal reports
Posted on Oct 15, 2008 - 12:44 am - AFP
AFP - Two Vietnamese journalists faced possible jail terms Wednesday on charges of "abusing democratic freedoms" in their reporting on a major corruption scandal in the communist country.
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Vietnam journalists on trial for exposing state corruption
Posted on Oct 14, 2008 - 12:51 pm - AFP
AFP - Vietnam on Tuesday put on trial two reporters who helped expose a major state corruption scandal, in a case seen as a test on the limits of media freedom in the communist country.
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Veteran broadcaster sees bleak future for BBC
Posted on Oct 14, 2008 - 9:00 am - AFP
AFP - BBC veteran foreign editor John Simpson has warned of a bleak future for the broadcaster, and predicted he himself will be sacked "in horrible circumstances" by bosses he opposes.
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Vietnam tries 2 journalists for corruption reports
Posted on Oct 14, 2008 - 3:12 am - AP
AP - Two Vietnamese journalists known for their aggressive reporting on corruption went on trial Tuesday for allegedly writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases.
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Violence threatens India's social stability: PM
Posted on Oct 13, 2008 - 6:39 am - AFP
AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Monday that a dangerous rise in ethnic and communal tensions was posing a serious threat to the country's social stability.
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Voting stations open in Lithuanian elections
Posted on Oct 12, 2008 - 5:55 am - AP
AP - Two populist parties appeared poised for a strong showing Sunday in parliamentary elections that could usher in a governing coalition aligned more toward Russia than Europe.
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Vienna director sick, but opera good
Posted on Oct 11, 2008 - 8:56 pm - AP
AP - Damnation was the dominant theme Saturday in a new Vienna State Opera production of Charles Gounod's Faust. But redemption triumphed in the form of wonderful singing and a powerful orchestral performance.
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Vietnam allows ANZ to set up local bank
Posted on Oct 11, 2008 - 12:02 am - AFP
AFP - Vietnam has given the go-ahead for Australia's ANZ bank to set up a wholly owned subsidiary based in Hanoi, an official statement said here Saturday.
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Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch
Posted on Oct 10, 2008 - 11:13 am - Reuters
Reuters - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.
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Venezuela tax agency closes McDonald's temporarily
Posted on Oct 10, 2008 - 9:18 am - AP
AP - The Venezuelan government has ordered all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books.
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Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium
Posted on Oct 09, 2008 - 11:59 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark.
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Veteran president leads in landmark Maldives election
Posted on Oct 08, 2008 - 11:39 pm - AFP
AFP - The veteran leader of the Maldives has taken the lead in the islands' first democratic election but is short of the majority needed to avoid a tough run-off, preliminary results showed Thursday.
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Volvo Cars to slash more than 3,000 jobs
Posted on Oct 08, 2008 - 8:12 am - AP
AP - Ford-owned carmaker Volvo Cars said Wednesday it will slash more than 13 percent of its work force because of falling global demand.
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Volvo Cars to cut some 3,000 more jobs
Posted on Oct 08, 2008 - 4:02 am - AFP
AFP - Beleaguered Swedish car maker Volvo, a unit of US auto giant Ford, said Wednesday it planned to cut more than 3,000 jobs in Sweden and abroad in addition to the 2,000 cuts announced earlier this year.
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Voting starts in historic Maldives elections
Posted on Oct 08, 2008 - 12:48 am - AFP
AFP - Voting started Wednesday in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election, which sees the Indian Ocean archipelago choosing whether to replace Asia's longest-serving leader.
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Vatican No. 2: Pius protected Jews during WWII
Posted on Oct 07, 2008 - 2:29 pm - AP
AP - The Vatican stepped up its defense of Pope Pius XII on Tuesday, countering allegations the wartime pontiff was silent about the Holocaust by saying he saved Jews through his prudent diplomacy.
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Verdict in Dubai 'sex on the beach' trial due Oct 16
Posted on Oct 07, 2008 - 2:35 am - AFP
AFP - A Dubai court will deliver its verdict on two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in the booming Gulf emirate on October 16, legal sources said on Tuesday.
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VI lawyers claim media pressure led to arrests
Posted on Oct 06, 2008 - 10:05 pm - AP
AP - Lawyers for three U.S. Virgin Islands men accused of beating and stabbing to death a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man argued Monday that media pressure pushed prosecutors to pin their clients with false charges.
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Venezuela bureaucrats told to trim high living
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 - 5:28 pm - AP
AP - Bureaucrats in oil-rich Venezuela can look forward to fewer expensive SUVs, top-of-the-line mobile telephones and whiskey-fueled parties next year.
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Voting begins in Bosnia's local elections
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 - 1:03 am - AFP
AFP - Voting started on Sunday in Bosnia's forth post-war local elections which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling nationalists.
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Vietnam economy back from brink, global crisis spells new worries
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 - 12:04 am - AFP
AFP - Vietnam's economy, which started overheating months ago, has begun to stabilise, but experts warn the government must stay the course as the global financial system is plunged into crisis.
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