Huay Namkhao Hmong Leaders: Ethnic Cleansing Still Exists in Laos

Source: VOA News A key leader of the Hmong refugees at Ban Huay Nam Khao camp insists that the siege and persecution of Hmongs in Laos still continue; thus, they do not want to return to Laos. (English and Lao descriptions)

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Laos places hope in cluster bomb ban at Berlin talks

Source: Big News Network Berlin- The Deputy Foreign Minister of Laos, Bounkeut Sangsomsak, said his country had high hopes for a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs as nations concluded a conference on the subject in Berl…

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Bangkok-Kunming road brings more drugs, China says

Source: Big News Network Beijing – The opening of a regional highway from Bangkok through Laos to south-western China’s Yunnan province has encouraged more traffickers to try smuggling drugs into China, state media said Frida…

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OPIUM CULTIVATION INCREASE IN LAOS, MYANMAR (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News BANGKOK, June 26 (Bernama) — There has been a slight but worrying increase in opium cultivation in Laos and Myanmar, while production and use of synthetic drugs is feared to be on the rise in South-East Asia, said the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc).

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Laos places hope in cluster bomb ban at Berlin talks (EARTHtimes.org)

Source: Yahoo News Berlin- The Deputy Foreign Minister of Laos, Bounkeut Sangsomsak, said his country had high hopes for a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs as nations concluded a conference on the subject in Berlin on Friday. Laos, the most affected nation by c…

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LAOS: Barn owls to the rescue? (AlertNet)

Source: Yahoo News Source: IRIN A burgeoning rodent population is damaging crops and worsening the food security situation for thousands of families across northern Laos, but experts believe the introduction of barn owls could ease the problem.

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