Riedl to coach Laos U-23 in SEA Games (Vietnam Net)

Source: Yahoo News VietNamNet Bridge – Former Viet Nam football team coach Alfred Riedl has agreed to coach Laos’s U-23 team ahead of the Southeast Asian Games this December.

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US lifts curb on Cambodia, Laos trade (Asia Times)

Source: Yahoo News BANGKOK – The removal of Cambodia and Laos from a United States blacklist that limits government support for US companies doing business with the two countries represents the latest strategic move by Washington to counterbalance China’s rising influence in mainland Southeast Asia. The new designation will open the way for more American [...]

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Laos: NA Unsatisfied with Social and Economic Performances

Source: VOA News Laos’ National Assembly (NA) President says government performances during the first half of the 2008-2009 fiscal year have not gone as planned and failed to achieve many set goals. (English and Lao descriptions)

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Laos: NA Unsatisfied with Social and Economic Performances

Source: VOA News Laos’ National Assembly (NA) President says government performances during the first half of the 2008-2009 fiscal year have not gone as planned and failed to achieve many set goals. (English and Lao descriptions)

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Asian Youth Games: South Korea beat Laos 8—1 in football match (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Source: Yahoo News SINGAPORE : South Korea continued their powerful form in the Asian Youth Games’ football competition with an overwhelming 8—1 victory over Laos.

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NGO: Irrawaddy Dolphins In Danger of Extinction

Source: VOA News A coalition of international environmental organizations launched a campaign to raise awareness for the need to protect the environment and oppose the construction of hydropower dams along the Mekong River. (English and Lao texts)

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Owls seen as solution to Laos rat problem (UPI)

Source: Yahoo News VIENTIANE, Laos, June 27 (UPI) — Families across northern Laos need to safeguard barn owl habitat to combat the worst infestation of rats in 20 years, agriculture experts advise.

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NGO: Irrawaddy Dolphins to Extinct

Source: VOA News A coalition of international environmental organizations launched a campaign to raise awareness for the need to protect the environment and oppose the construction of hydropower dams along the Mekong River. (English and Lao descriptions)

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Foreign Student Series-Visa Delays

Source: VOA News American officials say they are working to reduce visa delays that have affected foreign science students, researchers and others. The delays involve a security clearance process called Visas Mantis. (Link to Lao)

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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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