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Margie Mason
Storm continues South China Sea rampage
The Asia-wide death toll from Tropical Storm Chanchu rose to 91 on Friday, with nearly 250 Vietnamese fisherman still missing at sea and 28 reported dead as the tempest moved…
US official warns of bird-flu pandemic
The top United States health official trudged on Saturday through a Vietnamese market where live chickens are sold and slaughtered in an effort to get a very first-hand look at…
Little-known retrovirus jumps from primate to man
The monkey temples on the resort island of Bali are a perfect photo opportunity for tourists feeding bananas to man’s closest relative, but most visitors are likely unaware…
Once mortal enemies, two Vietnamese now live in peace
In the last days before the fall of Saigon, Nguyen Thanh Trung was a pilot with a mission to bomb the presidential palace and United States embassy. Thirty years later, his…
Bird flu ‘possibly linked’ to 11 human deaths
A bird flu outbreak that has sickened nearly 600Â 000 chickens in Vietnam is suspected of being linked to the deaths of 10 children and an adult in Hanoi, the World Health…