UK return plea in Laos drug case (BBC News)

Source: Yahoo News The sister of a man said to have fathered a fellow Briton’s child while serving a drugs sentence in Laos pleads for him to be transferred to the UK.

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Illegal work issue in Laos elicits mixed response (Asia News Network)

Source: Yahoo News Laos intends to issue working permits to some foreign illegal workers, a senior government official confirmed last week. Director general of the ministry of labour and social welfare’s labour Manage …..

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Illegal work issue in Laos elicits mixed response (Asia News Network)

Source: Yahoo News Laos intends to issue working permits to some foreign illegal workers , a senior government official confirmed last week. Director general of the ministry of labour and social welfare’s labour Management Department, Mr Khamkhane Phinsavanh said it is expected permits will only be issued for illegal workers working in fields with a [...]

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M’sia’s TA buys S’pore hotel (Straits Times)

Source: Yahoo News KUALA LUMPUR – MALAYSIAN financial-to-property group TA Enterprise will buy a hotel in Singapore for 635.8 million ringgit (about S$261 million), the firm said a statement late on Monday. TA said it signed an agreement with LaSalle Asia Opportunity II SARL (LAOS) to acquire all the shares of its Mauritius-incorporated Quayside Gem [...]

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Bangkok Post : EDITORIAL Hitting crime at the borders (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Cooperation has steadily increased in recent years among the six nations that share the resources of the Mekong River. That is not to say that Thailand, China, Laos, Burma, Vietnam and Cambodia see eye-to-eye on every common problem. But the constant meetings, especially at rural and riverside locations, have steadily brought the [...]

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Violence Against Mothers Impacts Health of Children

Source: VOA News Children whose fathers physically abuse their mothers are at higher risk for acute respiratory infection and diarrhea, the two leading causes of death for young children worldwide. (Link to Lao)

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Ramsbottom woman’s "mind-blowing" experience in Laos (Lancashire Telegraph)

Source: Yahoo News A ROSSENDALE woman took a break from her day job as an accountant to detonate four landmines in South East Asia as part of a clearance operation.

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SEA Games: 202 athletes will represent Team Singapore in Laos (Channel NewsAsia)

Source: Yahoo News SINGAPORE : 202 athletes in 19 sports will don Singapore’s colours in this year’s SEA Games in Laos in December.

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SEA Games: 202 athletes will represent Team Singapore in Laos (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Source: Yahoo News SINGAPORE : 202 athletes in 19 sports will don Singapore’s colours in this year’s SEA Games in Laos in December.

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Thailand Confims Repatriation of All Hmongs and Camp Closure by Year’s End

Source: VOA News Thai authorities say that they will employ all possible measures to repatriate all Hmong refugees from Huay Namkhao detention camp to Laos and close the camp by the end of the year. (link to Lao version)

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