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• 'Vietnam,' 'Combat!' DVDs out by Memorial Day

  THE TEN THOUSAND DAY WAR Finally available again on DVD, this acclaimed 1980 docuseries (from onetime CNN correspondent Peter Arnett and a Canadian production company) takes a clear-eyed look at an earlier era's seemingly unending American involvement in a   Read more »

• Veterans invited to information day in Northport

  Affairs will hold a daylong Information Day and Enrollment Event Saturday for Vietnam veterans.The event, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include information about benefits and enrollment, as well as a presentation about post-traumatic stress disorder.The event   Read more »

• China opening up disputed islands to tourists

  that people will be allowed to go on cruise tours to the islands known as Xisha in China and Paracel elsewhere by next month. Vietnam also claims the islets, sandbanks and reefs southeast of China's Hainan Island in the South China Sea.Hainan's executive vice   Read more »

• 'The Sapphires' review: Charming Aboriginals

  "The Sapphires" follows four Aboriginal women who in 1968 form a singing group and find fame, of a sort, by entertaining the troops in Vietnam . It's a sweet little tale, and that co-writer Tony Briggs is the son of one of the real-life singers adds to the   Read more »

• Hagel's GOP foes signal vote should go on

  more information damaging to the nominee -- and the Obama administration -- surfaces in the coming week.Critics maintain the decorated Vietnam combat veteran and former senator is unqualified to lead the U.S. military. A top White House official expressed   Read more »

Around the web

• The Himalayas-Once Moaning, now Groaning

  are stealing water, life line for 30 million mountain folks and 3 billion in the Himalayan-water-dependent nations, as far as Vietnam. [1] As South Asian and Chinese governments felt the heat of electricity shortage, the Himalayan potential for hydro-power 7:16 AM from HillPost.in Read more »

• Why Does China Bully India?

  will and social cohesiveness. It uses this barometer as it relentlessly pursues its territorial claims on South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and India. Japan is capable and prepared to take on China on the dispute over the Senkaku 6:56 AM from India Today Read more »

• Practicing for Ielts

  I am writing about my favourite city, my hometown: Yen Bai city. Situated in the northwest of Vietnam, next to the Red River, the city covers an area of approximately 108 square km. Even though I am living in the capital right now, in my eyes, Yen Bai is still 4:38 AM from EssayClub.com Read more »

• Coastal experts land in Vietnam

  to gain help in saving the Mississippi River delta system. Experts from around the world will spend much of next week in Vietnam addressing coastal land loss, particularly along the Mississippi and Mekong river systems. Representatives from the AmericaÂs WETLAND 2:53 AM from The Monroe News Star Read more »

• Veteran, 92, gets lost medals

  -- Vic Hurlburt knows all about serving his country. The Air Force Vietnam veteran has experienced first hand the pride that comes from a lifetime of duty and sacrifice. That's why Hurlburt and his cohorts at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4327 worked so hard 1:07 AM from Mercedes Sun-Star Read more »