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Vietnam To Police Blogs With Random Checks, Self-Reporting

Authorities currently block some Web sites run by overseas Vietnamese that espouse views critical of the government, and they often seek to shut down anything seen as encouraging public protest.

(BANGKOK) - Vietnamese authorities plan to police the content of dissident blogs through random checks and self-policing by the country’s blogging community, a senior Vietnamese Internet security expert has told Radio Free Asia.

“There should be a legal corridor to assure better operation of the blogs,” the director of the state-run Bach Khoa Internet Security Center, Nguyen Tu Quang, told RFA’s Vietnamese service. “We’ll manage them by randomly checking—we don’t need to control all the blogs.”

“When we create a legal corridor, determining what is legal and what is a violation of Vietnamese law, the blog community will detect such things on its own and will let the government know of violations,” Quang said.

Vietnam War Crimes Suspect William Doyle Dies

William Doyle, the face of Vietnam crimes, dead at 75.

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) - Americans today largely seem to have forgotten the costly mistakes of the Vietnam War; errors that reduced credibility and ruined the popularity of defeating the Communists in that SE Asian country. One of the soldiers who helped solidify the angst and resentment toward our military was William Doyle, a "face of Vietnam crimes" who died this week in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 75.

West Coast Doctors Square Off Over PTSD Therapy

A combat veteran-turned-physician who treated PTSD victims for years, trades verbal blows with the psychologist pioneering virtual reality therapy for PTSD.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Two west coast doctors, a psychiatrist and a retired osteopath, are lobbing shots at one another over how to treat combat vets who suffer from combat-related stress. Their starkly different opinions on treatment reflect the enormity of problems associated with PTSD.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have been exposed to combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Many who served witnessed horrific scenes on the battlefield and are scarred emotionally as well as physically. The resulting problem is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.

It seems fair that controversy would accompany such a serious problem and it does on several levels. Approaches to PTSD treatment vary considerably, and many cases remain undetected as career soldiers and Marines risk promotion and advancement opportunities if they reveal their mental stress to their commands, in search of treatment.

Air Force Pilot Missing in Action From Vietnam War is Identified

An Air Force pilot since 1967 is located and brought back to the United States for burial.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

He is Captain Lorenza Conner, U.S. Air Force, of Cartersville, Georgia. He will be buried October 25th in Cartersville.

On October 27th 1967, Capt. Conner and his copilot flew an F-4D Phantom II fighter jet in a flight of four on a combat air patrol mission over North Vietnam where the plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Tuyen Quang Province, North Vietnam.

Miss Universe Outcome: An Unusual Pattern of Correlations (VIDEO)

Strange coincidences parallel world history.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Maybe I am a little slow at the draw here, but strange ironies and coincidences in this week's contest for the most appreciated woman in the world.

Why Did the FBI Let Roxanna M. Brown Die?

A famous American journalist and art curator is unexpectedly arrested and dies without medical treatment in FBI custody. Her brother, a playwright, distinguished Vietnam Vet and military education specialist, wants answers.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - The world is a place of many senseless tragedies; and sometimes the tangled web of life leaves no answers for loved ones who have to survive the needless death of a family member.

Vietnamese Government Confirms UFO Explosion (VIDEO)

UFO debris rains down over Phu Quoc Island coastline.

(KIEN GIANG, Vietnam) - An unidentified flying object exploded at about 10:00 AM on May 27th over the northern part of Phu Quoc Island, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

This is a region off the coast of the southern province of Kien Giang. Col. Nguyen Van Qui, military chief of the island district, reported the explosion and consequent discovery of debris.

McCain`s Attack on the Last Vietnam POW Underscores a History of Poor Discretion

John McCain, who isn't known for surrounding himself with winners, used a CIA confirmed enemy agent to discredit the last POW to leave Vietnam.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The story of Marine Pfc Robert Garwood, the last POW to leave Vietnam, is a sad and twisted tale that most of us will never know the full truth about.

Remains of C-130 Crew Missing From Vietnam War Recovered

The final chapters are written in a saga about 14 families who believed their loved ones never died at all.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced the information today.

Remembering Sean Flynn: a Photojournalist Who Died at War (VIDEO)

The son of the actor Errol Flynn was a combat photojournalist in Vietnam who believed getting the truth was worth a high price.

(SALEM, Ore.) - People who remember "Combat Rock" by The Clash might remember a song called Sean Flynn, but they probably don't know exactly who the band was singing about.

Those who remember "Combat Rock" by The Clash might remember a song called Sean Flynn, but they probably don't know exactly who the early punkers were talking about.