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Vietnamese Farmer Jailed for Trying to Defend His Property from Illegal Land Grab

Vietnamese Farmer Jailed for Trying to Defend His Property from Illegal Land Grab

Doan Van Vuon, a Vietnamese fish farmer who tried to defend his property from land grabbing military by using homemade traps and bombs was jailed on Friday. In a case…

Building Collapse in India Leaves 47 Dead, Scores Injured

Building Collapse in India Leaves 47 Dead, Scores Injured

  On Thursday night, a residential building being constructed illegally collapsed, killing 47 people and injuring 70 more, according to The Associated Press. The property was being built on forest…

North Korea Approves Nuclear Attack Against United States

North Korea Approves Nuclear Attack Against United States

  In response to increased threats from North Korea, the Pentagon said that it moved a ballistic missile defense system to the Pacific. The Terminal High Altitude Defense System (Thaad),…

U.S. Announces Plans to Send Advanced Missile Defenses to Guam

U.S. Announces Plans to Send Advanced Missile Defenses to Guam

Against the backdrop of the continued threats from North Korea to attack U.S. bases, and the latest information of North Korea moving a Musudan missile to its east coast, United…

U.S. Woman Raped and French Man Beaten in Rio De Janeiro

U.S. Woman Raped and French Man Beaten in Rio De Janeiro

  An American woman was gang raped and beaten on a public transport van as her French boyfriend was handcuffed, beat with a crowbar and forced to watch, according to…

USTR Reviewing India’s Supreme Court Ruling on Novartis AG

USTR Reviewing India’s Supreme Court Ruling on Novartis AG

On Tuesday, Andrea Mead, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, said referring to the recent court ruling in India against Novartis AG that the USTR was “reviewing the…

North Korea Vows to Restart Nuclear Reactor

North Korea Vows to Restart Nuclear Reactor

  North Korea continues to make threats to South Korea and the United States. In the standoff with the United States and its allies, North Korea announced on Tuesday that…

Apple Tenders Apology in China to Regain Bon Homie

Apple Tenders Apology in China to Regain Bon Homie

In a move rare for a company of the size of Apple, the company apologized to Chinese consumers on Monday for improper communication of its warranty policy and promised that…

Two Men Killed in Shanghai by New Strain of Bird Flu

Two Men Killed in Shanghai by New Strain of Bird Flu

  A strain of avian flu never before seen in humans has killed two men in Shanghai, according to ABC News. A woman who contracted the same strain, H7N9, is…

U.S. F-22s Fly over the Sky of South Korea

U.S. F-22s Fly over the Sky of South Korea

Following the loud saber rattling by North Korea, someone quietly hacked North Korea’s official news agency website over the weekend, and F-22 stealth bombers from U.S. joined military drills in…