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Written by: admin 6/25/2007
Vietnamese president challenged about imprisoned priest Orange County Register Congress and the president met with Vietnam?s president Nguyen Minh Triet last week and focused on human-rights violations in the country. lawmakers repeatedly brought up the situations of Vietnamese dissidents arrested by the government. One such case was that of Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly, recently sentenced to eight years in prison in what critics called a show trial. Catholic News Service reported in April that the Vatican was requesting clemency for the priest who has often struggled for more religious freedom in the communist country. Making a difference on vacation MSNBC.com The caravan of do-gooders heading hither and yon on altruistic volunteer tourism (a.k.a. "voluntourism") programs has reached proportions that, if not biblical, are certainly large enough for the tourism industry to take notice. The percentage of travelers planning to volunteer during vacations in 2007 nearly doubled from the previous year, jumping from 6 percent to 11 percent in the latest poll by travel web site Travelocity. God is missing Associated Press New dollar coins featuring John Adams are missing edge inscriptions including "In God We Trust," according to the Professional Coin Grading Service, a rare coin authentication company based in Newport Beach, Calif. The company said people have found hundreds of Adams dollar coins without the edge lettering, repeating a previous mistake. The U.S. Mint has no plans to remove this phrase from the coin.
Vietnamese president challenged about imprisoned priest Orange County Register Congress and the president met with Vietnam?s president Nguyen Minh Triet last week and focused on human-rights violations in the country. lawmakers repeatedly brought up the situations of Vietnamese dissidents arrested by the government. One such case was that of Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly, recently sentenced to eight years in prison in what critics called a show trial. Catholic News Service reported in April that the Vatican was requesting clemency for the priest who has often struggled for more religious freedom in the communist country.
Making a difference on vacation MSNBC.com The caravan of do-gooders heading hither and yon on altruistic volunteer tourism (a.k.a. "voluntourism") programs has reached proportions that, if not biblical, are certainly large enough for the tourism industry to take notice. The percentage of travelers planning to volunteer during vacations in 2007 nearly doubled from the previous year, jumping from 6 percent to 11 percent in the latest poll by travel web site Travelocity.
God is missing Associated Press New dollar coins featuring John Adams are missing edge inscriptions including "In God We Trust," according to the Professional Coin Grading Service, a rare coin authentication company based in Newport Beach, Calif. The company said people have found hundreds of Adams dollar coins without the edge lettering, repeating a previous mistake. The U.S. Mint has no plans to remove this phrase from the coin.
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