Air Force sergeant helps dig for remains of American pilot who crashed in Laos in 1969 (The Post and Courier)

Source: Yahoo News Deep in the jungles of Laos, Summerville resident Wesley Housel marveled at what was still left — and what had disappeared — from the wreckage of an American attack plane that crashed in 1969.

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Bangkok Post : Land-locked Laos ready to perform its sports miracle (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Land-locked Laos, with a population of four million people, is fully-prepared to stage the SEA Games from December 9-18.

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Cycling to hold tryout for Laos SEAG-bound RP team (GMA News)

Source: Yahoo News The Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (ICFP) will hold its final tryout at the Palo Alto in Sierra Madre to determine the composition of the Philippine team to the Laos Southeast Asian Games this December.

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The long, hard road from Laos (The Daily World)

Source: Yahoo News MACLEOD PAPPIDAS | THE DAILY WORLD Singkham and Soumountha Souphommanichanh recall their experiences living in and eventually escaping their native Laos. Both have become U.S. citizens and have no plans to return.

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The long, hard road from Laos (The Daily World)

Source: Yahoo News MACLEOD PAPPIDAS | THE DAILY WORLD Singkham and Soumountha Souphommanichanh recall their experiences living in and eventually escaping their native Laos. Both have become U.S. citizens and have no plans to return.

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Laos drugs woman launches appeal

Source: Big News Network Pregnant Samantha Orobator, 20, from London, was jailed for life in Laos for smuggling heroin. She returned home this month and was sent to Holloway prison.

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Laos drug conviction challenged

Source: Big News Network Lawyers representing a young British woman convicted of drug smuggling in Laos have demanded her release, calling her trial there “a sham”.Samantha Orobator, 20, from south London, was given…

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Legal challenge over ‘unsafe’ Laos drugs conviction

Source: Big News Network A woman jailed in Laos on drugs charges who returned to the United Kingdom to serve her sentence launched a legal challenge today against her conviction. Samantha Orobator, from Peckham, south…

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A/H1N1 flu cases increase to 242 in Laos

Source: Big News Network HANOI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The number of A/H1N1 influenza cases in Laos has risen to 242, Lao newspaper the Vientiane Times reported Wednesday. Flu patients have been detected in ten municipalities a…

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Shooters aim to gun down four golds in Laos (Sabah Daily Express)

Source: Yahoo News Kuala Lumpur: The National Shooting Association of Malaysia (NSAM), are hoping for their shooters to gun down at least four gold medals at the Laos SEA Games, scheduled from Dec 9-18.

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