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Garden Grove woman awaits husband's release from jail in Vietnam
World NowNguyen Quoc Quan was arrested a month ago upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, reportedly charged with terrorist acts linked to Viet Tan, a banned party pushing for democracy in the Communist country. The group says that the charges are fabricated and has... -
Horst Faas dies at 79; Pulitzer Prize-winning combat photographer
As chief of photo operations for the Associated Press in Saigon for a decade beginning in 1962, Horst Faas didn't just cover the fighting — he also recruited and trained new talent from among foreign and Vietnamese freelancers. The result was...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Berlin (Germany), Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City for $995 round trip on Asiana
You can fly to Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, round trip from LAX for $995, including all taxes and fees, on Asiana from late summer into fall. The fare, subject to availability, is for travel any day of the week between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30. Info:...
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Tet '68, Kabul '12: We still don't get it
Recently, after Afghan militants unleashed sophisticated, synchronized attacks across Afghanistan, including in the capital, Kabul, the Pentagon was quick to emphasize what hadn't happened. "I'm not minimizing the seriousness of this, but this was in...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Kabul (Afghanistan), Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Haqqani Network
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Southeast Asian sweets add variety to life
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFresh mango glistening the brilliant orange of a late-summer sun, glutinous rice balls glowing a radiant pandan green, tender taro cakes blooming the same piercing purple as a field of lilacs. Bhan Kanom Thai is a rainbow rush of colors. The Hollywood...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Mangos, Southeast Asia, Coconut Cream
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Ramsey-Shilling property brokerage bought by Avison Young
Money & CompanyProminent Los Angeles property brokerage Ramsey-Shilling Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. has been bought by Avison Young, Canada’s largest independent commercial real estate services company.... -
Book review: 'Westmoreland' by Lewis Sorley
Los Angeles TimesReading Lewis Sorley's scalding biography of Army Gen. William Westmoreland, "Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam," is like watching a slow-motion replay of an oncoming train wreck. The result of this collision is known: failure of the U.S....Tags: Republican Party, Wars and Interventions, Documentary (genre), West Point, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Richard Threlkeld dies at 74; veteran TV anchor and correspondent
Richard Threlkeld, a former CBS and ABC correspondent who covered the fall of Saigon and helped establish the CBS "Sunday Morning" show with weekly stories that showcased his prodigious energy and incisive writing, died Friday in a car crash on Long...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Transportation Accidents, Movies, Motorvehicle Accidents, Journalism
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Critic's Choice: Southeast Asian noodle restaurants
Southern California's one big bowl of noodles for anyone who loves Southeast Asia's many incarnations. And we're not just talking about pho and pad Thai. Look to the Central Vietnamese restaurants of Westminster for your fix of mi quang, neon-yellow...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Cilantro, Salads, Foods and Beverages, Restaurants
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Dine like a Vietnamese emperor
It's just before the dinner rush at Huong Giang, a central Vietnamese restaurant in Westminster's Little Saigon, and dozens of dim-sum-like dishes obscure our tabletop. Chopsticks eagerly reach for fat little shrimp-filled dumplings and impossibly...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Salads, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Restaurants, Foods and Beverages
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Meal Ticket
LA Times MagazineA guide to the restaurants that built Southern California’s reputation for global breadth.... -
Nguyen Cao Ky dies at 80; wartime leader of South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky, the flamboyant former air force general who ruled South Vietnam with an iron fist for two years during the Vietnam War, died Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was 80.
Ky, who split his time between Southern California and Vietnam,...Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Navy, Armed Forces, Political Corruption
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