A woman who left a small town in India at age 6 to come to America has become one of the most important leaders in the United States Department of […]
Charges of United States bias as Taiwan election nears
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Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with U.S.
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McDermott a good pick for India ambassador?
The post for U.S. Ambassador to India has just opened up after the sudden resignation of former Ambassador Timothy Roemer, who was appointed by President Obama in 2009.
America wages a new war in Vietnam — on AIDS
“They told him, ‘There’s nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,”’ said Do Thi Phuong. When she contracted AIDS, she didn’t seek help, fearing that she would also be shunned. Instead, like her husband, she went home to die.