(2002 pop 125,000). Dalat is a small city located in the central highlands of Vietnam 205 kilometers (127 miles) southwest of Nha Trang and 308 kilometers (191 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City. Named for the "River of the Lat Tribe" after...

Rebels attacked an army base in Niger on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, wounding 30 and taking at least 47 prisoners, according to a government statement.The statement read on national TV by government spokesman Mohamed Ben Omar said a group of heavily armed men attacked security...

A Vietnamese court sentenced three pro-democracy activists to prison Thursday after convicting them of spreading subversive propaganda, as the communist country continued its latest crackdown against dissent.Prosecutors said the three had collaborated with Cong Thanh Do, a Vietnamese emigre from San Jose, Calif., who was...

Rebels attacked an army base in Niger on Friday, killing 13 and wounding 30 soldiers, and taking at least 47 prisoners, according to a government statement.The statement read on national TV by government spokesman Mohamed Ben Omar said a group of heavily armed men attacked...

Rebels in Niger's northern desert released six of the dozens of government soldiers they have held captive for more than a month to Libyan authorities, a Niger official said late Saturday.The rebels, members of Niger's ethnic Tuareg minority who charge the administration has reneged on...