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Mỹ Sơn ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [mǐˀ səːn]) is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Shaiva Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 14th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people. [1] [2] The temples are dedicated to the veneration of God in accordance with Shaivism ...
James H. Kasler. Colonel James Helms Kasler (May 2, 1926 – April 24, 2014) was a senior officer in the United States Air Force and the only person to be awarded the Air Force Cross three times. [1] [2] The Air Force Cross ranks just below the Medal of Honor as an award for extraordinary heroism in combat. Kasler was a combat veteran of World ...
Relations. Bob (father), Louise (mother), Ronald, Jack, and Kent (brothers) Jerrold B. Daniels or Jerry Daniels (June 11, 1941 - April 29, 1982) was a CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer (PMOO) in their Special Activities Center who worked in Laos and Thailand from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. He was known by his self-chosen CIA call ...
Incapillo is a Pleistocene -age caldera – a depression formed by the collapse of a volcano – in La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is part of the southernmost volcanic centre in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ). Subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate is responsible for most of the volcanism in the CVZ.
1,000/km 2 (2,600/sq mi) Hà Tiên is a provincial city in Kiên Giang Province, Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Its area is 10,049 ha (100.49 km 2; 38.80 sq mi) and the population as of 2019 is 81,576. The city borders Cambodia to the west. Hà Tiên is a tourist site of the region thanks to its beaches and landscapes. [citation needed]
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (Vietnamese: [vìət naːm kwə́wk zən ɗa᷉ːŋ]; chữ Hán: 越南國民黨; lit. ' Vietnamese Nationalist Party ' or ' Vietnamese National Party ' ), abbreviated VNQDĐ or Việt Quốc , was a nationalist and democratic socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century. [4]
Lethwei ( Burmese: လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: [lɛʔ.ʍḛ]) or Burmese boxing is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts. [1] Lethwei is considered to be one of the most agressive and brutal martial arts in the world, [2] [3] as the sport is practiced bareknuckle with only tape and gauze while ...
It is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume. Its name, Hang Sơn Đoòng, is variously translated from Vietnamese as "cave of the mountain river" [4] or "cave of mountains behind Đoòng [village]". [disputed – discuss] As a solutional cave, it was formed in soluble limestone [5] and is believed to be between 2 and 5 million ...