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...REAPPOINTED. Nong Duc Manh, 65, as general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party; in Hanoi. Known as a canny consensus-builder, Manh remains head of a party beset by recent corruption scandals, including the resignation of the minister of transport over accusations he failed to prevent embezzlement of state funds by several officials. Manh pledged to combat graft while maintaining Vietnam's robust economic growth by accelerating market reforms...
...remain at the Tower of London at all times, a great tragedy would befall England. Tough days, then, for Baldrick, Branwen, Gwyllum, Hugine, Munin and Thor - the sextet normally roaming in the fortress grounds, now placed in aviaries. Still, the birds - and the nation - are safe for now. DUC CHICKEN France is Europe's biggest poultry-producing country - and its consumers are keen on organic and free-range produce. Or they were, before fears of avian flu cast a shadow. Duc, one of France's two publicly quoted poultry producers, is attaching photos of caged hens to its products...
...Unfortunately, the museum couldn't have it all. Les Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame (circa 1410-12) is at Paris' Bibliothèque National and is too fragile to travel, and the brothers' most famous work, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (circa 1411-16), is at the Musèe Condè in Chantilly, near Paris; the museum is bound by contract not to lend it out. But the Valkhof show makes up for these missing pieces in a creative way: it features an animation of two scenes, February and April, from...
...time. Unfortunately, the museum couldn't have it all. Les Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame (circa 1410-12) is at Paris' Bibliothèque National and is too fragile to travel, and the brothers' most famous work, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (circa 1411-16), is at the Musée Condé in Chantilly, near Paris; the museum is bound by contract not to lend it out. But the Valkhof show makes up for these missing pieces in a creative way: it features an animation of two scenes, February and April...
...delay is the desire to avoid a fresh bird-flu controversy before an Asian-European summit in Hanoi next month. "For the time being, we are just identifying it as flu type A H5 and we don't plan to identify what strain it is," says Tran Duc Long, deputy legal director at the Ministry of Health. The delay has international health experts concerned. "It is an obligation to report it if they have a positive case," says the World Health Organization's Hanoi representative, Hans Troedsson. "It affects international public health and lack of information could have severe implications...