Vietnam 40 years On: How a Communist Victory Gave Way to Capitalist Corruption

After the military victory, Vietnam’s socialist model began to collapse. Cut off by US-led trade embargos and denied reconstruction aid, it plunged into poverty. Now its economy is booming – but so is inequality and corruption
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Finland Drops Depth Charges in 'Submarine' Alert

The Finnish navy drops underwater depth charges as a warning to a suspected submarine in waters near its capital, Helsinki.
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First Offshore Wind Farm In The U.S. Kicks Off Construction

Offshore wind is coming to the United States
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Bali Nine: Indonesia executes eight prisoners but reprieves Mary Jane Veloso

Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and six other men are executed by firing squad, as Filipina Mary Jane Velosa wins a last-minute reprieve.
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The Untold Story of Silk Road. How a 29-year-old idealist built a global drug bazaar and became a murderous kingpin.

The postman only rang once. Curtis Green was at home, greeting the morning with 64 ounces of Coca-Cola and powdered mini doughnuts. Fingers frosted synthetic white, he was startled to hear someone at the door. It was 11 am, and surprise visits were uncommon at his modest house in Spanish Fork, Utah, a high-desert hamlet in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains. Green ambled over, adjusting his camouflage fanny pack.
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Feeding Nine Billion (Video 1)

Introducing Solutions to the Global Food Crisis by Dr. Evan Fraser
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Firefighter Arrested for 3 Slayings in 15-Year-Old Cold Case

While David Watson was rising through the ranks at the Tucson Fire Department, authorities working to solve three cold-case murders had him in mind as their main suspect. Watson, 46, was finally arrested on Saturday, nearly 15 years after the first of the killings. The fire department captain is accused of killing his ex-wife, her mother and a third woman, and he now faces three counts of first-degree murder.
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