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Indian health officials cull birds to curb the spread of bird flu, as poultry fell ill and died in new areas in the region, in Badha village, Margram, about 270 kilometers (167 miles) north of Calcutta, India, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread. (js1)
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 Philadelphia Daily News 
Vietnam reports 1st bird flu death in 2 years
Thu 19 Jan 2012
The Associated Press Vietnam, Cambodia report bird flu deaths HEALTH Antidepressants Might Raise Fall Risk in Nursing Homes Christopher M. Clark, led Alzheimer's study Johnson & Johnson settles suit... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
Vietnam War memorial in the new Chinatown in Houston, Texas In the post-war era, Americans struggled to absorb the lessons of the military intervention.[180] As General Maxwell Taylor, one of the principal architects of the war, noted "first, we didn't know ourselves.
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 Scoop 
Why I oppose the Vietnam War
Wed 18 Jan 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 3:31 pm Opinion: Mitchel Cohen Why I oppose the Vietnam War by January 15, 2012 January 15, 2012 marked what would have been Dr. King's 83rd birthday. The airwaves are... (photo: Creative Commons / WhisperToMe)
Farmers spread Coffee seeds under the sun to dry after harvest in Potoru, Pujehun District-Sierra Leone.  Bloomberg  Mon 16 Jan 2012
Vietnam Coffee Farmers Curb Pre-Tet Sales to Push Price Higher
Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the biggest robusta grower, may sell 33 percent of this year’s harvest by the start of the Tet Lunar New Year holiday, less than the usual 50 percent as they limit sales to... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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black rhino  Independent online (SA)  Sat 14 Jan 2012
2011 saw dramatic increase in rhino killings
The devastating poaching onslaught on SA’s rhinos is continuing, with a record number – 448 – being killed last year. This total includes 19 black rhinos, a critically endangered... (photo: GFDL / Theolinders)
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AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012 IRINnews Thu 12 Jan 2012
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012
WASHINGTON, 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious wish-list of priorities for Africa that would give the continent a stronger global... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
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Vietnam Airlines' Airbus A320 at Dong Hoi Airport IATA: VDH – ICAO: (Vietnamese: Cảng hàng không Đồng Hới or Sân bay Đồng Hới) is an airport located in Loc Ninh commune, 6 km north of Dong Hoi city, capital of Quang Binh province, in North Central Coast of Vietnam, 500 km South-east of Hanoi by road. The Saigon Times Mon 9 Jan 2012
Airlines add flights on stronger Tet demand
HCMC - Vietnamese airlines are providing the domestic market with many more seats to satisfy surging demand for air travel in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), the... (photo: Creative Commons / Genghiskhan)
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File - Workers at a tea plantation farm in Kerala, India. The Saigon Times Thu 5 Jan 2012
2011 tea exports decrease on poor crop
HANOI – Although Vietnam’s exports of agro-products in 2011 soared by one third year on year, tea was the only item seeing a drop in both export volume and value. Data... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
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Shrimps at the Wet Market IRINnews Wed 4 Jan 2012
VIETNAM: From rice to shrimps and ginger - adapting to saltwater intrusion
Photo: David Longstreath/IRINThe Mekong Delta is Vietnam's breadbasketHANOI, 28 December 2011 (IRIN) - Rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion in Vietnam’s fertile... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
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Tiger Australia Zoo m&c Fri 30 Dec 2011
Vietnam's tiger population halved in a decade
Hanoi - The number of wild tigers in Vietnam shrank from 100 a decade ago to fewer than 50, an official said Friday. 'Illegal poaching and the wildlife trade are the main... (photo: Creative Commons / Benchill)
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Climate in mountain ranges -  environment - climate change IRINnews Wed 28 Dec 2011
VIETNAM: Climate change threatens economic progress
Photo: WikipediaFlooding, contaminated fields and pests are increasingly making life difficult for farmersHANOI, - When Hai Trai was growing up in Vietnam's Mekong Delta,... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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