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Richard Gere: After Obama, a Tibetan leader of China?  Photo (courtesy of AFP): Richard Gere is a Buddhist and long-time supporter of the exiled Tibetan leader
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Actor-activist Richard Gere voiced hope on Monday that China could one day have a Tibetan leader much as the United States now has a black president, but said it was crucial to be firm with Beijing.
Gere, a Buddhist, was in Washington to lobby Congress to support Tibet on the eve of the 50th anniversary of China's crushing of an uprising in which spiritual leader Dalai Lama escaped to India.
China has poured troops into Tibet for the sensitive anniversary but Gere said the election of US President Barack Obama should serve as an inspiration for historically oppressed people.
"Thirty years, 20 years ago, who would have thought there could be a black president of the United States? Things change rapidly -- and it's usually in crisis and tragedy that things change the most," Gere told AFP. |
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Congresman Ed Royce of California Renews Call for 'Country of Particular Concern' Re-designation
[25/02/2009 - Vietnam Review]
 Photo: Vietnamese Christians protest the Hanoi government's confiscation of the Catholic Church's land in Thai Ha, Hanoi, in August 2008.
Media Release
United States Congress Rep. Ed Royce (CA-40)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 25, 2009
Audra McGeorge (202) 225-4111
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Department of State released its 2008 Human Rights Report. The section on Vietnam detailed the wide range of human rights abuses that remain endemic across the country. Of particular concern, Vietnam continues to deny its citizens the right to assemble freely, as well as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
"This report gives in detail many of the human rights abuses that continue to plague Vietnam, but I'd like to see the State Department take a tougher stance. Merely calling the situation 'unsatisfactory,' as this report does, is a grave understatement. We need to be condemning these abuses in much tougher terms," said Royce.
Of particular concern is the Vietnamese Communist Government's control of all information. As the 2008 Human Rights Report found, Vietnam has no free, independent press, and restrictions on internet access are worsening. Bloggers who publish material that criticizes the state are often heavily fined or imprisoned.
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Movie: The Leaves of Time
[17/03/2007 - Vietnam Review]
Posted by Danny Lee in Entertainment (Wednesday February 14, 2007 at 4:04 pm)
“Những Chiếc Lá Thời Gian - The Movie” retraces the steps of a Vietnamese immigrant on the bumpy road to success in America, through sweat and tears.
The cast includes first class Vietnamese actors: Quang Dũng, and Việt Trinh, with Miss Asia USA 2006 Jenny Phạm, as a special guest star. The movie is directed by Lê Cung Bắc (in Vietnam) and Bùi Quang Đạt (in the U.S.). Screenplay by Châu Thổ and Bùi Quang Đạt.
Nguyễn, the movie’s protagonist, leaves Vietnam for the U.S., with the promise to return after three years to marry his first love, Thủy. In America, Nguyễn finds himself in various difficult situations, due to his misunderstanding of the local culture and his limited language skills. Nguyễn juggles with several menial jobs trying to put aside some savings.  |
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Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double of Pham Xuan An
[20/09/2007 - Vietnam Review]
 By Larry Berman
New York, HarperCollins, 2007
Photo: Author Larry Berman (left) and Perfect Spy Pham Xuan An.
More than a secret agent, a reporter, a Communist, he was a friend to many people, a true internationalist and humanitarian. Historian Larry Berman's latest book, Perfect Spy, is a biography of Vietnam's greatest undercover operative, Pham Xuan An, multiply awarded as a hero of his country. It is the tale of a complicated man who risked his life to both save his country from foreign invasion and to save the lives of many people on both sides of the war.
Pham Xuan An joined the Communist Party in the 1940s because he believed in the Party's anti-imperialist ideals and its goal of uniting the country under a sovereign power. Because An enjoyed American culture, could speak English, and made friends with a number of prominent Americans, the leadership of the independence forces centered in the Communist Party approached him about taking on a special mission. |
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Drs. L. Spies, Member of the Dutch Parliament: Vietnam Expects To Reach the MDGs in 2012
[28/02/2009 - Vietnam Review]
 Photo (KQN Images/Vietnam Review): Drs. L. Spies, member of the Dutch Parliament, Vice-Chairperson of the Christian Democratic Party
Remark of Drs. L. Spies, member of the Dutch Parliament, on behalf of the biggest party in The Netherlands, the Christian Democratic Party at the Conference on Vietnam in Alphen a/d Rijn, the Netherlands, on February 7-8, 2009. Conference sponsors: the Universal Peace Federation and the International Foundation for the Development of Vietnam.
Mrs. Spies started her speech by thanking the organizers of the conference for the invitation. After that she introduced herself. As she is a citizen of Alphen a/d Rijn, it was possible for her to come by bike to the conference - a healthy and environmental friendly way. |
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Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers
[22/10/2008 - Vietnam Review]
 FoxNews
October 20, 2008
Barack Obama once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by former domestic terrorist William Ayers and was mentioned by name in the book itself.
Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself.
A blogger unearthed the Dec. 21, 1997, endorsement in the Chicago Tribune and posted photographs of the praise for Ayers' book on Zombietime.com Saturday.
Featured next to a smiling photograph of himself, then-State Senator Obama called Ayers' book, "A Kind and Just Parent: Children of the Juvenile Court," a "searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair."
The book, which details life at the Chicago Juvenile Court prison school, mentions Obama by name on page 82 when it describes Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood: |
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