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Three American warships and four Philippine Navy vessels will take part in naval training exercises to be held June 28-July 8 in the Sulu Sea.

Vietnam ranked third at the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships, bringing home 14 golds, 11 silvers, and 12 bronzes.

Barack Obama vowed to stand by Puerto Rico Tuesday as it fights economic misery and mulls whether to become the 51st US state.

Japan's Fukushima city will hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres away.  

The Boston Bruins have kept their Stanley Cup hopes alive, punishing Vancouver 5-2 to force a game seven in the NHL's championship series.

Almost three-quarters of Japanese respondents to a newspaper poll favour a gradual phase-out of nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima atomic accident .

The Vietnamese government issued an ordinance regarding exemption from military conscription in times of war.

UN food agency called for greater use of environmentally sustainable techniques by poor farmers in order to increase crop intensity.

A football tournament for the Vietnamese students in the summer of 2011 wrapped up in Moscow on June 12.

International donors pledged $4.3 billion to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against life-threatening diseases at a London conference.

Rivals to lead the IMF lit into French favorite Christine Lagarde, with one suggesting she had conflicting interests.

Britain and Bill Gates joined forces to pledge more than half of the $3.7 billion sought to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against preventable diseases.   

The IMF's executive board meets Monday as the campaign to find a new chief reels from the unexpected twist of a dark horse candidacy.

Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks captured their first NBA championship with a 105-95 win over the Miami Heat.

A competition of hip hop dancers was held in Ly Nam De Theatre in Hanoi.

The sci-fi thriller "Super 8" opened at the number one spot at the North American box office this weekend.

The death toll from a killer bug outbreak centred on Germany rose to 35 Sunday as health officials said it was the worst of its kind on record.

Travellers were left stranded after ash from Chile's volcanic eruptions prompted Australian airlines to ground some domestic services.

Turkey voted Sunday in parliamentary polls, with the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party set to win a third straight term in office.