By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent
U-TAPAO, Thailand – It once was a forward operating base for the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. About 100 miles southeast of Bangkok and renamed as U-Tapao International Airport, it now has become the capital city’s only air link to the outside world – and a way out for the [...]
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By Eric Baculinao, NBC News Beijing Bureau Chief
BEIJING – With colorful kites, art exhibits and inspirational performances across Beijing from the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium to the chic 798 Art District, Chinese and U.N. organizers marked World AIDS Day with a commitment to wage battle against the epidemic threatening the world’s most populous nation.
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