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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Barbados, Ecuador
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The lessons of Vietnam
HENRY A. KISSINGER was secretary of State from 1973 to 1977.THE IRAQ WAR has reawakened memories of the Vietnam War, the most significant political experience of an entire American generation. But this has not produced clarity about its lessons. Of course, history never repeats itself exactly. Vietnam and Iraq...Tags: Coup d'Etat, Hanoi (Vietnam), Iraq, Robert F. Kennedy, Wars and Interventions
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'Rescue Dawn'
![Werner HERZOG has been here before, and not just because he first visited this story in his 1997 documentary "Little Dieter Needs to Fly." His first Hollywood feature, "Rescue Dawn" is a dramatic interpretation of the true-life ordeal of U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, who escaped from a Laotian prisoner-of-war camp and survived weeks in the jungle just before the start of the Vietnam War. Herzog returns to the themes that have preoccupied him throughout his career — the single-minded hero with the impossible dream, the cruel indifference of nature to his desires, the obsessions that rescue and doom him. Like the protagonists of "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre: The Wrath of God," Dengler is the quintessential Herzog hero, evincing a strength of purpose that strains at the edges of human potential and possessed of an unwavering certainty that flirts with crazy but — in this case, at least — declines to seal the deal.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-07/30943765.jpg "Werner HERZOG has been here before, and not just because he first visited this story in his 1997 documentary "Little Dieter Needs to Fly.\" His first Hollywood feature, \"Rescue Dawn\" is a dramatic interpretation of the true-life ordeal of U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, who escaped from a Laotian prisoner-of-war camp and survived weeks in the jungle just before the start of the Vietnam War. Herzog returns to the themes that have preoccupied him throughout his career — the single-minded hero with the impossible dream, the cruel indifference of nature to his desires, the obsessions that rescue and doom him. Like the protagonists of \"Fitzcarraldo\" and \"Aguirre: The Wrath of God,\" Dengler is the quintessential Herzog hero, evincing a strength of purpose that strains at the edges of human potential and possessed of an unwavering certainty that flirts with crazy but — in this case, at least — declines to seal the deal.")
Times Staff WriterWerner HERZOG has been here before, and not just because he first visited this story in his 1997 documentary "Little Dieter Needs to Fly." His first Hollywood feature, "Rescue Dawn" is a dramatic interpretation of the true-life ordeal of U.S. Navy pilot...Tags: Movies, Prisoners and Detainees, Death, Steve Zahn, Documentary (genre)
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A look at Laos from the Mekong
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe Mekong River has changed from the days when it was a staple of the 6 o'clock news during the Vietnam War 40 years ago. The only incursions were boys doing cartwheels in the shallows and girls hawking their needlework during our two-day river cruise...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Interior Policy
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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Mexico, Barbados, Arts and Culture
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How a hill tribe from Laos changed a Pennsylvania tradition
Story by Kathleen Parrish Photography by Douglas Benedict Of The Morning CallFirst of a four-part series Narathi Palua is sewing in the tropi cal sunshine. His head, shaved but for a few black tufts, is bent in concentration and his long fingers deftly pull a silver needle through the heavy fabric. He is 13, gangly, all legs...Tags: William Penn, Culture, Family, Swiss Confederation, Interreligious Dialogue
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Imports buoy Thai villages, hurt Lancaster County sales
Photography by Douglas Benedict Of The Morning CallLast of a four-part series Tshaj Sawm Huj is barreling down the highway in a tan pickup, gnawing strips of dried squid as he heads for the province of Phrae in northeastern Thailand to pick up an order of quilts for buyers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He...Tags: Death, Delaware County, Family, Christianity, Arts and Culture
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A way of life woven from misery
Story by Kathleen Parrish Photography by Douglas Benedict Of The Morning CallSecond of a four-part series At night, in a crowded refugee camp in northern Thailand, untold miles from the Laotian home she fled at a moment's notice in May 1975, Bee Kha slept on the raised wood floor of a hut and dreamed of America. Maybe one day...Tags: Arts, Death, Family, Christianity, Arts and Culture
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Prosperity amid new set of troubles
Of The Morning CallSpring had come to Lancaster County, soft and warm as the velvet on a newborn calf's nose. Fields bloomed emerald, dogwood trees unfurled plumes of white cotton and Amish men traded the black hats of winter for summer straw. The days pulsed with new...Tags: Death, Los Angeles, Family, Furniture, Christianity
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Taking the waters in Laos' jungle
Mission VIEJO reader Chad Briggs was touring Laos in April when he came upon a picturesque part of a jungle preserve north of Vientiane, the capital. "I actually was just taking pictures of the waterfall when these monks waded in," Briggs says, adding...Tags: Cambodia
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Some wounds of war have healed—many others won't go away
Tribune national correspondentsAt one end of the National Mall, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is walking into the Capitol for a vote, with students on the steps instantly recognizing him and calling out his name. At the other end, in his 18th year of manning a POW-MIA booth, Chris...Tags: Al Gore, John Kerry, Death, Arts and Culture, Washington (U.S. state)
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Rather than Barneys, perhaps Bangkok
Special to The TimesIt started years ago on the sultry Indonesian island of Java when I arrived without enough cool clothing. Out of desperation, I approached street-side mom-and-pop tailors in the city of Yogyakarta. They spoke no English, so I relied on rough sketches...Tags: Vietnam, Clothing, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture
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