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                    [ArticleID] => 1268748
                    [Title] => In Vietnam, Kerry takes on a new enemy
                    [Summary] => 

Along the winding muddy waters of the Mekong Delta where he once patrolled for communist insurgents on a naval gunboat, Secretary of State John Kerry turned his sights yesterday on a new enemy: climate change.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-16 04:46:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1509961 [AuthorName] => Matthew Lee [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949310 [Title] => Hagel mixes business and memories in Asia trip [Summary] =>

Forty-five years ago, as the Vietnam war raged on, Army Spc. Chuck Hagel and Nguyen Tan Dung were on opposite sides of combat serving in the Mekong Delta — both wounded more than once as they battled for their countries.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-02 15:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 839611 [Title] => I am curious yellow [Summary] =>

It’s funny how you can hear a song your whole life and never really pay attention to the words.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785716 [Title] => Discovering Vietnam [Summary] =>

It is difficult for anyone to resist the charms of Vietnam. It is a city just waking up to modernism and technology while still remaining firmly attached to its time honored traditions and revered customs.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804796 [AuthorName] => Honey Jarque Loop [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 640381 [Title] => Snakes [Summary] =>

I’ve heard the saying, “Must you be bitten by a snake, just to find out if it’s venomous?”

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 595100 [Title] => Didto sa Vietnam [Summary] =>

Gikan sa tuig 1859 hangtud 1885 gisakop sa Pransya ang nasud nga Vietnam ug nahimong kabahin ang nasud sa gitawag nga French Indochina.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134584 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1701367 [AuthorName] => Rico Lucena [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449939 [Title] => Don't look down on short people! [Summary] =>

I never knew that the Armed Forces of the Philippines had a minimum height requirement. It seems odd that one had to be a certain height to be a soldier and fight a war.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 23377 [Title] => Si Viet Cong ng Sto Cristo! [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135127 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358162 [Title] => Kids can be the most murderous ‘soldiers’ in any insurgent army [Summary] => You must have noticed yesterday’s frontpage streamer headline, stating that the US Department of Labor has said children under the age of 18 have been recruited into terrorist organizations here, including the Abu Sayyaf and the Communist New People’s Army. This assertion is part of the US agency’s report on "child labor" throughout the world.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258141 [Title] => What’s done is done: After the local euphoria fades, we must prepare to cope with further crisis [Summary] => Well, it’s done. There’s no rever-sing or revising the decision to yield to the terrorists’ ultimatum, abandoning our participation in Iraq, and incurring the disappointment and ire of our former "coalition" allies.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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