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Three nights of short films is being organized in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City from April 1 to 9 by the French Cultural Center and Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation in Vietnam. 

Heavy artillery fire and explosions shook central Abidjan, as rival forces were accused of massacring hundreds in western Ivory Coast.

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have been hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages over a page on the social network.

Japan's prime minister set foot in the tsunami zone for the first time since calamity struck three weeks ago, as the UN warned of a "very serious" nuclear situation.

The US private sector boosted hiring in March, driving the unemployment rate to a two-year low, the government said Friday.

A Libyan rebel conditional ceasefire offer was spurned by the regime of Moamer Kadhafi as their forces battled each other for the oil town of Brega.

Libyan rebels were digging in in their battle with Moamer Kadhafi's forces for the oil town of Brega as leaders admitted they were ready for a ceasefire under the right conditions.

Vietnam has won the championship title at Singapore International Open Karate Championships 2011 with a total of 7 gold and 1 bronze medals.

Gunfire erupted around the home of under-siege Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo and the presidential palace on Friday.

Microsoft declared war on Internet king Google when it joined an anti-trust complaint in Europe that could result in billions of dollars in fines.

World tennis number one Rafael Nadal will square off against Swiss rival Roger Federer in a rare semi-final showdown Friday.

67 contemporary feature and short films by Vietnamese directors and overseas Vietnamese will be screened throughout the US.

Libyan rebels failed Thursday to secure control of the oil town of Brega from Moamer Kadhafi's forces.

Libyan rebels failed to secure control of the oil town of Brega from Moamer Kadhafi's forces, as the West shied away from supplying arms to their outgunned rag-tag army. 

With the war on AIDS nearing its 30th anniversary, the UN declared "a moment of truth" had come for new strategies to address the campaign's failures.

Police in white moon suits in Japan pull bodies of tsunami victims from an evacuated zone in halting work interrupted by radiation alarms.

Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points for the second-straight game and the New York Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit for a 120-116 win over New Jersey.

Spain, struggling to avoid a debt bailout, will miss key public deficit targets this year and next, the central bank warned Wednesday.

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi suffered a major blow with the defection of his foreign minister.