Shooting: Hafiz outguns Hasli to qualify for Laos (The New Straits Times)

Source: Yahoo News PISTOL shooter Hafiz Adzha overcame his most formidable national teammate Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan to qualify for the Laos Sea Games in the Mini Olympics Shooting Competition yesterday.

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Chii Lin falls short in bid to qualify for Laos Games (The Star)

Source: Yahoo News PETALING JAYA: Beijing Olym pian Leung Chii Lin will have to muster a final effort to earn quali fication for the Laos SEA Games in Decem ber at the Mini Olympic Games compe tition this Wednesday after failing to do so at the World Championships in Rome yesterday.

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MELINDA MAKES CUT FOR SEA GAMES BUT FATE OF HER EVENT IN LAOS UNCERTAIN (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (Bernama) — Melinda Kaur probably ran the race of her life to make the cut for the Laos SEA Games in the 3,000 steeplechase event but all that could be in vain.

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Pregnant Brit jailed in Laos could go home Tuesday (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Source: Yahoo News A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos for trafficking heroin could be sent home next week to serve her sentence in Britain, a Lao government official said Friday.

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Laos launches 3G phone service

Source: Big News Network HANOI, July 31 (Xinhua) — The Lao Telecommunication Company (TLC) launched its 3G phone service to serve mobile users, Lao newspaper the Vientiane Times reported Friday. With the new service, Lao mo…

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Bald songbird discovered in Laos

Source: Big News Network Scientists have discovered a striking new species of bald songbird in a limestone region of South East Asia.Its inhospitable habitat, far from any human activity or settlement, may explain why this un…

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