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...Nguyen Tien Trung, a French-educated IT engineer, also admitted to the court that he had joined the Democratic Party, though he said he made a mistake by engaging in pro-democracy activities and deeply regretted his actions. He was given a seven-year jail term. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, an Internet developer, who maintained that he had done nothing wrong, received a 16-year sentence. A fourth defendant received a five-year sentence as an accomplice to the other defendants...
...flying into Saigon, not having to sit on a flak jacket," says Bob Handy, 55, of Santa Barbara, Calif., who served a year in Chu Lai with the Marines. "I'm going back because it's a beautiful country." Like most of her fellow Vietnamese- born travelers, Tran Thi Thuc, 49, a health-care worker from Kalamazoo, Mich., was hoping to visit relatives. "I have not seen my mother since 1975," she says, recalling a hasty departure with her husband and two children the week before Saigon's collapse. Tearful reunions outside the terminal at Tan Son Nhut now occur...
...fearful of crime. The first day they moved to Brooklyn they witnessed a mugging in the subway. Says Thuy, 22: "We've been warned not to leave home unless it's necessary, not to go out after dark, and to always travel in twos and threes." Adds Thuc Phan, 20: "How can we tell robbers we are too poor...
...were slain in 1963, Mme. Nhu took up residence in a commodious, ocher-colored Roman villa purchased with funds the family had accumulated during the years of power. Now 48, she still lives there with her three children in almost complete seclusion, under the supervision of Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc, 75, Diem's oldest brother. She was last heard from in a statement saying the Pentagon papers' details on U.S. involvement in Diem's overthrow showed "That I, Mme. Nhu. spoke the truth." Her most recent price for an interview: $1,000, with photo...
...Thuc Ky, leader of the Dai Viet Party and former presidential candidate: "The U.S. should be more interested in forming a strong government to fight the second phase of the Communist campaign instead of trying to organize a new political front. Only a strong government can regain the confidence of the people and continue the fight against the Communists...