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Man Charged In Stabbing Death Of Estranged Wife Jul 22, 2004 4:40 pm US/Central Minneapolis (WCCO) A St. Paul man was charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Moua Her was charged Thursday with 2nd degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Sheng Vang, his estranged wife who was found Sunday morning in a garage in St. Paul. She had been stabbed 63 times. According to the warrant, she was found by Her’s mother, who did not recognize the woman, in the garage of the family home. Her’s mother...

Posted on Sun, Jul. 18, 2004 Hmong journey By Ben Stocking Mercury News Vietnam Bureau WAT THAM KRABOK, Thailand - Teng Yang and his family live on the other side of the earth from the home they will soon make in California. But in many ways, they inhabit another universe. If they get sick, they slaughter a pig and two chickens as offerings to the spirits. A 13-year-old bride, a man with two wives -- these are accepted social arrangements in the dusty squatters' colony where they have spent the past 11 years of their drifters' lives. Teng and his...