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Today, even as many still struggle with isolation, high poverty rates ... San Jose, population 900,000, has the biggest concentration of Vietnamese of any American city: Nearly one in 10 residents has roots in the southeast Asian nation that has been in turmoil since the 1950s, when a communist government seized power.
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www.asian-nation.org/vietnamese-community.shtml
www.asian-nation.org/vietnamese-community.shtml
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Nonetheless, in the first several months after the fall of Saigon, approximately 130,000 refugees from Southeast Asia were resettled, ... Not surprisingly, these radical social and economic policies significantly disrupted the lives of many Vietnamese who increasingly became marginalized in the new communist regime.
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www.asian-nation.org/exodus.shtml
www.asian-nation.org/exodus.shtml
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The Southeast Asian Times; NEWS FOR NORTHERN ... But he insisted that this had nothing to do with the Thai government's conflict with Cambodia, The Nation newspaper reported him as saying. It was because he could not find time to travel to Cambodia and the papers for the exchange were still being drafted, he said.;
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www.southeastasiantimes.com/
www.southeastasiantimes.com/
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Vietnamese authorities have given permission for the first ever exhibition of nude photographs in the conservative communist country, state media and ... Junior Janice Phaik Lin Goh focused her research on the hard facts of sex trafficking in Southeast Asia. ... 'Ambassadors' of Thaksin; Thai media still infatuated with Thaksin,
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www.asiansexgazette.com/asg/southeast_asia.htm
www.asiansexgazette.com/asg/southeast_asia.htm
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The charter only calls for a new agency to review human rights among the members of the 40-year-old Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The document gives the body no powers to punish violators _ an apparent diplomatic victory for military-ruled Myanmar, the most troublesome member of the 10-nation bloc.
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www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-top-asian-news-230-am-gmt-/2007...
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-top-asian-news-230-am-gmt-/2007/11/20/3110394.htm
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This year the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is marking its 40th anniversary, and the 10 ... One of the association's greatest achievements was helping end the long civil war in Cambodia, paving the way for the communist countries of Indochina to join Asean. ... "Their imperative is to survive as a regime.
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7102936.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7102936.stm
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The police in Communist Party-ruled Laos, ... Furthermore, the Thai government of Thaksin was criticized for the over 2,000 people killed in the country's "war on drugs," which the report stated had been the result of this Southeast Asian nation's worsened human rights record. ... ; Asia Still Dangerous for Journalists; 10/31/2004...
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antiwar.com/ips/macan.php?articleid=2126
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the nation, bangkok's independent newspaper, business and general news in english ... The Nation ... But China is not South Korea and the road to liberal democracy is still very long. China is still ruled by the Chinese Communist Party, which has self-serving capitalist inclinations.
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www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/04/19/opinion/opinion_300...
www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/04/19/opinion/opinion_30071067.php
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Suharto ruled with a totalitarian dominance that saw soldiers stationed in every village in his Southeast Asian nation of about 6,000 inhabited islands. He was toppled by mass street protests in 1998. Multiple-organ failure, Jan. 27.
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www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008passages.htm
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