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Far-right lawmakers' move to leading party concerns Greek JewsJewish Telegraphic AgencyMakis Voridis and Adonis Georgiadis resigned from the far-right Popular Orthodox Rally, or LAOS, and will run as candidates of the New Democracy party in April's elections. New Democracy is leading in the polls. The lawmakers, who have expressed or ...Greek Jewry concerned over far-right lawmakers' movementSt. Louis Jewish Lightall 2 news articles »
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GoKunming (blog)Getting Away: Luang PrabangGoKunming (blog)Laos was a French protectorate for 60 years, during which time its royal capital remained in Luang Prabang while Vientiane served as the administrative center. In 1945 Japanese troops occupied the city for a short period of time.Luxury Travel Ltd to Unveil Discover Laos in Luxury and Style for Discerning ...Your-Story.org (press release)all 3 news articles »
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Korea TimesN. Korean defectors: never-ending sorrowKorea TimesMany of them attempted to go to South Korea after crossing the river via the tropical jungle on the China-Laos border, the Laos-Vietnam border or crossing the Mekong River to reach Thailand. Each border is patrolled by soldiers, policemen and ...and more »
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Laos Thanks Germany for Development AssistanceCRIENGLISH.comLao Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said that Laos has recognized the significant development assistance that Germany has provided and expresses appreciation for the country's ongoing help and support, local media reported on Monday.
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Fifth bridge to Laos to be proposed at Udon meetingBangkok PostA fifth bridge between Thailand and Laos will be proposed at the mobile cabinet meeting in Udon Thani this Wednesday. Businesses in Bung Kan province have suggested the building of a 1.5-kilometre, 1.5-billion-baht bridge to link Bung Kan with Pak San ...
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Pattaya Daily NewsLao Woman Lost Millions To African & Russian Scam Gang in PattayaPattaya Daily NewsA Lao woman was allegedly swindled out of 21 million THB by the "Nigerian 419" e-mail scam. The gang was later arrested in a Pattaya seaside condominium. The African-Russian gang sent her an e-mail, claiming that 2 million USD belonging to a retiring ...Three People Accused of Internet ScammingPattaya Peopleall 2 news articles »
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AsiaNews.itASEAN, Laos and Vietnam: no to human rights and religious freedom because they ...AsiaNews.itAmong the ASEAN countries - the association that brings together 10 nations of South-east Asia, from Myanmar to Brunei - it reveals the attempt of Laos to "water down" the Bill of Rights, invoking a number of limitations in the underlying principles, ...
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Sydney Morning HeraldLaos tuber's near-death rideSydney Morning HeraldThe lucky escape of a Melbourne woman who could have died tubing in Laos this week has prompted a warning to young travellers to beware the risks of drinking unknown alcohol. Susie Morris says her daughter, Annika, 19, needed to be pulled to the side ...Teen saved by friend in near-death tubing accidentHerald Sunteen's lucky escape in LaosYahoo!7 NewsFree whisky nearly kills Melbourne teenNinemsnBigPond Newsall 24 news articles »
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Globe and MailGreece's Laos Party Calls For Immediate ElectionsWall Street JournalATHENS (Dow Jones)--Greece's finance minister Sunday said that parliament must approve the terms of a EUR130 billion bailout and associated reform package by midnight, and ahead of the opening of Asian financial markets early Monday.Debt crisis and Greek talks: liveTelegraph.co.ukGerman protesters detained at Athens protest, outside German embassyWashington Postall 8,660 news articles »
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Sydney Morning HeraldGreece's Laos Party Balks At Measures, Offers ResignationsWall Street JournalBy Nektaria Stamouli and Alkman Granitsas ATHENS (Dow Jones)--Greece's nationalist Laos party, which participates in the country's coalition government, said Friday it won't vote for a package of painful reforms being demanded by Greece's international ...Greek Laos Ministers Offer To Quit GovernmentNASDAQNo cabinet reshuffle (yet) in Greece, LAOS blasts MerkelFinancial MirrorPapademos Gets Cabinet Approval for Second Greek BailoutBusinessWeekABC Newsall 7,282 news articles »
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...relax and enjoy a drink before inner-tubing down a Laos river. Picture: Blackwing, Flickr Source: Supplied IT'S a laidback lifestyle attracting adventurous Aussies, but it can be lethal. The Department of Foreign Affairs estimates about 30,000 Australians...
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...Hudswell, left, and Daniel Eimutis. Both men died while holidaying in Laos. A Victorian man has been found dead in a Laos hotel room. The 22-year-old, who was in Luang Prabang when he died, is the third Australian tourist to die in the south-east Asian country...
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Greek ReporterGreek conservatives widen lead over SocialistsReuters... 801 surveyed between January 20-23 said they were dissatisfied with the handling of the country's debt crisis by technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos' coalition government, made up by the PASOK, New Democracy and the far-right LAOS parties.Greek Support for Papandreou's PASOK Drops to 12%, Poll ShowsBusinessWeekVPRC survey demonstrates disaster for PASOKCapital.gr (press release)Greek Minister Chrysochoidis Says He Didn't Read Troika Demands!Greek Reporterall 18 news articles »
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Sydney Morning HeraldLaos' river of booze and tubes may be river of no returnThe AgeThe search for missing Melbourne teenager Daniel Eimutis has come to a tragic end after his body was found on the side of a river in Laos. THE man who started the tubing craze says local people are very sorry for the deaths, but nothing will change ...Desperate Twitter search for lost mateHerald SunMelbourne man found dead after tubing accident in LaosNEWS.com.auSecond Aussie dies in Laos tubing tragedySydney Morning HeraldABC Online -GlobalPost (blog) -Stuff.co.nzall 154 news articles »
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Family Association Builds Discipline in SW China PoliceCRIENGLISH.comIn Xishuangbanna, China's frontier prefecture bordering Myanmar and Laos, a total of 180 police family members elected a new 30-strong committee for their rotary-club-like Police Family Group at a banquet during the Spring Festival that fell this week.and more »
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Straits Times (blog)Under a Big SkyStraits Times (blog)By Nirmal Ghosh There is a surreal beauty about the vast reservoir on Laos' Nakai plateau. Authorities are hoping the body of water half the size of Singapore, under a huge sky, surrounded by range upon range of blue-green hills clothed in tropical ...
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ADB Loans US$5 Million To Boost Agriculture In LaosBernamaVIENTIANE, Laos, Jan 26 (Bernama)-- The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday approved additional financing US$5 million for Smallholder Development Project to boost agriculture productivity in Laos. Signing ceremony of the loan agreement was signed here ...
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Lao central bank to issue new 100000-kip notesMonsters and Critics.comVientiane - The central bank of Laos will next month issue new 100000-kip (12-dollar) banknotes to encourage people to use the national currency instead of US dollars and Thai baht, news reports said Thursday. 'With 100000-kip banknotes, people won't ...and more »
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Business booming for the dog smugglers of the MekongCNNTraditionally the time of peak demand for dog meat in Vietnam, the dog smugglers of the Mekong work deep into the night shipping thousands of animals -- sometimes dozens to a cage -- across the river border with Laos to be trucked on to the dinner ...and more »
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Saitama Prefecture Pledges To Continue To Help LaosBernamaVIENTIANE, Laos, (Bernama)-- Saitama Prefecture of Japan confirmed to continue to help Laos in the field of medical development, Lao News Agency (KPL) reported. Susuma Takahashi, President of Saitama-Laos Friendship Association has made the statement ...
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Hydropower Driving Social Change in LaosJakarta GlobeVientiane, Laos. At the edge of a vast reservoir on the windy Nakai plateau, Hom, a 54-year-old villager, sits in her wood and rattan home recalling how life has changed ever since a dam was built on the Nam Theun River, a tributary of the Mekong in ...and more »
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Laos to Use e-Payments for Loan AccountabilityLoanSafeby Alex Ferreras on January 23, 2012 in Latest Bank News Vientiane (Source: Vientiane Times/ANN) - E-disbursement and e-signature systems are being put in place with the assistance of the World Bank to help the Lao Ministry of Finance to spend aid ...
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Pattaya Daily NewsNo political agenda for Thaksin's visit to LaosPattaya Daily NewsBANGKOK, Jan 22 - Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited Luang Prabang, the UNESCO World Heritage Site for Laos PDR, on Jan 19-20 for merit-making before returning to Dubai and did so without any political agenda, his legal adviser Noppadol ...and more »
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Mission overseas: Jerome man helps deliver Bibles to 'closed countries'Adrian Daily TelegramMike Andrews of Jerome and members of Vision Beyond Borders encountered friendly smiles from children as they visited Laos and handed out Bibles to residents. By Dan Cherry Mike Andrews doesn't let the threat of persecution for being a Christian stop ...
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Wayne Wolfkeil: A war story with no endingYork Daily RecordFormer Nittany Lion Wayne Wolfkeil was shot down in Laos in 1968. No remains were ever found. By FRANK BODANI Though he was in his mid-30s, the US Air Force recruited Wayne Wolfkeil and other experienced pilots to fly the A1 Skyraider in Vietnam. ...
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Pittsfield native brings hope to youth in LaosBerkshire EagleBy Jenn Smith,Berkshire Eagle Staff Pittsfield native Carol Kresge works with students in a library she helped establish in Laos through her non-profit organization called The Language Project. PITTSFIELD -- For more than a decade, Pittsfield native ...
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AsiaBaseMetals Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Majority Interest ...MarketWatch (press release)Raj Chowdhry, President and CEO of AsiaBaseMetals, stated: "We are pleased to have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by the Company of an indirect 90% interest in the Vientiane Potash Property in Laos. Since Potash is one of the ...and more »
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Lao Government Launched Website, 9th Asem LogoBernamaVIENTIANE, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Lao government on Wednesday launched a logo and new website for the upcoming 9th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit this November, its news agency KPL reported. The logo and website www.asem9.la which was launched by Deputy Prime ...
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Laos to host first professional tournamentTimes of IndiaLaos will host its first professional golf tournament, an $80000 prize money ASEAN PGA Tour event, at the Luang Prabang Golf Club in April, the organisers said on Thursday. The Luang Prabang Lao Open, scheduled from April 26-29 in the north central ...and more »
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...will host its first professional golf tournament, an $80,000 prize money ASEAN PGA Tour event, at the Luang Prabang Golf Club in April, the organisers said on Thursday. The Luang Prabang Lao Open, scheduled from April 26-29 in the north central Laos city which...
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...will host its first professional golf tournament, an $80,000 prize money ASEAN PGA Tour event, at the Luang Prabang Golf Club in April, the organisers said on Thursday. The Luang Prabang Lao Open, scheduled from April 26-29 in the north central Laos city which...
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TuoitrenewsViettel venture reaps bonanza in Lao marketViet Nam NewsHA NOI — Laos' leading mobile operator Star Telecom said it posted a revenue of US$110 million last year, an increase of 80 per cent over 2010. The company, a joint venture between Laos Asia Telecom and Viet Nam's Viettel Group, attracted 1.6 million ...Star Telecom posts 2011 revenues of USD 110 mlnTelecompaper (subscription)all 4 news articles »
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eTurboNewsATF 2012: ASEAN Member States to boost each other's TourismFocus on Travel NewsThailand and Cambodia have announced they will issue a single 30-day tourist visa to non-ASEAN visitors from February 1, with Vietnam and Laos to be brought into the ambit by end of 2012. India and ASEAN member states signed a memorandum of ...ASEAN tourism forum highlights region's push for further integrationPhnom Penh Post10 Indonesia hotels received ASEAN Green Hotel Recognition Award 2012eTurboNewsall 19 news articles »
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Sydney Morning HeraldLaos tourist death 'accident waiting to happen'Herald Sun< Prev of 3 Next > WHEN I heard an Australian tourist had been killed while tubing in Laos, I wasn't in the least surprised. While the incident is being described as a "freak accident'', I would say it was more an accident waiting to happen. ...Aussie tells of Laos tubing nightmareNinemsnSydneysider dies leaping into river while 'tubing' in LaosSydney Morning HeraldLee Hudswell dies in jump to river on inner tube in LaosThe Daily TelegraphInternational Business Times AUall 200 news articles »
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...the Bank of Development and Investment of Vietnam, and Hoa Phat Group. To date, Vietnam has implemented 424 investment projects in Laos capitalised at $3.57 billion, ranking second among foreign investors in the country. Bilateral trade was valued at $636...
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...the Bank of Development and Investment of Vietnam, and Hoa Phat Group. To date, Vietnam has implemented 424 investment projects in Laos capitalised at $3.57 billion, ranking second among foreign investors in the country. Bilateral trade was valued at $636...
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...and Shark. There are over 230 authorised 3S (sales, service, spare parts) centres of VMEP in Vietnam. Last March, TC Motorcycles Laos was set up to undertake assembly, sale and distribution of SYM motorcycles for domestic sale and export as well as import...
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...and Shark. There are over 230 authorised 3S (sales, service, spare parts) centres of VMEP in Vietnam. Last March, TC Motorcycles Laos was set up to undertake assembly, sale and distribution of SYM motorcycles for domestic sale and export as well as import...
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...capital city of Laos, Vientiane is a popular destination for travelers to the south east Asia region, who will often see the capital cities of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand on the same trip. For visitors to Vientiane, the city has a good selection of tours and...
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...capital city of Laos, Vientiane is a popular destination for travelers to the south east Asia region, who will often see the capital cities of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand on the same trip. For visitors to Vientiane, the city has a good selection of tours and...
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...simple as the bus only took us half the way the we had to change into a pickup truck. But, We made it out of Thailand and into Laos and had a steaming bowl of beef (Water Buffalo) Noodle soup then into another pickup to get to Pakse - the driver refused to...
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...simple as the bus only took us half the way the we had to change into a pickup truck. But, We made it out of Thailand and into Laos and had a steaming bowl of beef (Water Buffalo) Noodle soup then into another pickup to get to Pakse - the driver refused to...
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Linking satellite and socio-economic data helps explain deforestation, disease ...Mongabay.comConversion of old-growth forest for a rubber plantation in Northern Laos in January 2009. This particular project is run by a Chinese firm, but in eastern ...and more »
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Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs - Release of Foreign ...US Department of StateThis volume documents US policy towards the war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from July 1970 to January 1972. It is the second of five volumes covering the ...
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Stars and Stripes (blog)Another Medal of Honor, but still not a living heroStars and Stripes (blog)Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger, killed after saving the lives of some of his crew during a fierce battle at a radar site in Laos 42 ...Obama to Award Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era AirmanDepartment of DefenseMedal of Honor to be awarded to Vietnam War heroJamestown SunMedal Of Honor To Be Awarded To Vietnam War HeroCBS 3all 38 news articles »
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India for cooperation and competition with ChinaSifyAs President Pratibha Patil begins a ten-day tour to Laos and Cambodia, India Wednesday sought to downplay rivalry with China in Southeast Asia saying there ...President embarks on a two-nation visit tomorrowDaily News & Analysisall 24 news articles »
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Sacramento defense in alleged Laos plot gains key evidence hearingSacramento BeeThe quality of federal prosecutors' evidence against 12 men accused of plotting the violent overthrow of the communist regime in Laos is ...and more »
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EarthtimesLaos to open Battle of Ban Dong war museum next yearEarthtimesBy : dpa Vientiane, Laos - Communist Laos is planning to open a museum to commemorate 1971's Battle of Ban Dong, one of the pivotal clashes in the Indochina ...and more »
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