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Thammasat University: Withdraw Honorary Doctorate Degree for Vietnamese Communist Leader Nguyen Phu Trong

With all due reference to Thammasat University’s philosophy and the academic values it creates, we strongly call upon the rector and dean of the university to reverse their decision of granting the award to Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong.

(YORK, UK) - Vietnam has made a great deal of progress since the end of the US war there that ended in 1975.

But the seemingly progressive nation has big problems on its hands when it comes to the basic, general notions of political freedom.

Vietnam: a Victim of Chemical Weapons

Owing to the great harm to humans and the environment, most countries agree to add chemical weapons to the list of weapons of mass destruction...

(DA NANG Vietnam) - After nuclear weapons, chemical weapons are one of the most destructive weapons, causing mass destruction because chemicals in this type of weapon have a common character...

They're highly toxic, fast-acting to cause major losses to the enemy or direct hazard for many people, animals and plants in general.

Veterans... Does the Federal Government Really Care About You?

Those who served have a list of particular concerns, from Agent Orange to Depleted Uranium and beyond....

(WASHINGTON DC) - Obviously, like all of us who live in this country, we are exposed to environmental pollutants, household chemicals, and workplace hazards.

But what most of us would never imagine is that our employer would, without our knowledge, deliberately expose us to life threatening toxins.

AGENT ORANGE MAN (Better Living Through Chemistry)

New song illustrates the frustrating plight of despair for those unfortunate enough to be poisoned by their own government during the Vietnam War.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - The song "AGENT ORANGE MAN (Better Living Through Chemistry)" is Recorded by Michael Gram (Former LHI Records Recording Artist).

It tells the story of the Chemical Poisoning of Military Veterans and the environment both in Vietnam and here in the United States of America.

John McCain`s Continuing Disservice to America

First a friend to communist captors, now he's kissing cheeks with the terrorists, McCain must be stopped.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Has John McCain lost his mind? His illegal meeting with Sunni terrorists in Syria is the latest stain on this warmonger's record. He's a morally repugnant low life rich guy who does nothing to this country but a disservice.

I have written before that McCain is the Manchurian Candidate, the one who was programmed long ago to destroy this nation from within.

Rolling Thunder XXVI May 26, 2013: Until They Are Home

Always remember our troops serving, those who have borne the battle and those who gave their lives for us so we can live free!

(WASHINGTON DC) - Few things are more "American" than the roar of hundreds of thousands of bikers riding through Washington D.C.

Each year bikers honor the more than 58,000 who gave their lives in the Vietnam War and the countless number left behind.

Amerasian Women Witnesses Baby Lift Crash in 1975, Suffers with Agent Orange Illnesses

Linda believes her health conditions are caused by the chemical defoliant the U.S. sprayed over Vietnam.

(LANGHORNE, PA) - Linda is an Amerasian woman, born in 1972 in Saigon, Vietnam.

The term Amerasian was coined to define Asian born children fathered by U.S. Military men, and has been used to describe children from Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines in an attempt to stop the negative term half-breed.

Looking for God Within the Kingdom of Religious Confusion

[Creative nonfiction] Scriptural realities illuminate this mythical journey to discover the truth about God.

(POICVIANA, Fla.) - Jacob fell to his knees weeping as he watched his nine-year-old daughter, Jessica, lowered into the abyss of death, a site eloquently referred to earlier in the sermon as her "peaceful resting place, to await the second coming of the Lord."

To Jacob it was the cold, dark hole where Jessica's body would remain alone forever.

Toxicity Found in Breast Milk of Mothers in Dioxin-Affected Areas

According to the researchers, newborns' heads in Bien Hoa City were bigger than in Da Nang; the babies who were born prematurely gained weight slowly.

(DONG NAI VNS) - During the war in Viet Nam, US troops stored more than 98,000 buckets of Agent Orange at Bien Hoa airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai.

After they overflowed several times, the contamination level far exceeded what regulations permitted.

Upcoming Action at Dow Chemical`s Shareholder Meeting

The ongoing chemical disaster occurring in Bhopal, India, has claimed over 25,000 lives in the past 29 years.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - An upcoming action at is planned for the Dow Chemical shareholder meeting in Michigan, the event is organized by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal--North America (ICJB-NA)

ICJB-NA strives to hold Dow Chemical accountable for the ongoing chemical disaster occurring in Bhopal, India, which has claimed over 25,000 lives in the past 29 years.