Source: Yahoo News Vientiane – Communist Laos repeated its vow to take care of 4,500 Hmong returnees until they can fend for themselves, but refused to allow the United Nations to interview them, state media and diplomatic sources said Tuesday. Lao Deputy Minister of F…
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Source: VOA News Laos will soon allow Lao people living overseas to stay in the country for an extended period of up to 9 months on a single entry visa as well as to own property and marry Lao citizens. (English and Lao descriptions)
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Source: Yahoo News After the phenomenal success of last year’s elephant festival in Xayaboury province in northern Laos, this year’s event will go back to its roots in Hongsa district, where it will take place from Febr …..
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Source: Yahoo News After the phenomenal success of last year’s elephant festival in Xayaboury province in northern Laos, this year’s event will go back to its roots in Hongsa district, where it will take place from February 20 to 21.
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Source: Yahoo News Themed “Viet-Laos in my heart”, the art performance highlighted the two countries’ cultural identities and their special friendship.
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Source: VOA News In the U.S. there is a debate about whether young athletes should undergo mandatory screening for heart diseases before playing sports; but some doctors in Texas have come to believe that all children, athletes or not, should be screened. (Link to Lao)
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Source: VOA News Senior UN AIDS Official says Asia Close to Winning AIDs Treatment Battle. But Prasada Rao warns access to remote regions in China and India, and disrupted AIDS programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan leave millions at risk. (English & Lao descriptions)
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Source: VOA News The past decade was Australia’s hottest on record as a result of global warming. And the nation’s Bureau of Meteorology says 2010 will be even warmer, with temperatures as much as one degree above the average. (Link to Lao)
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Source: Yahoo News KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will be represented by their gold and silver medallists at the Laos SEA Games in the fourth Asian indoor athletics championships in Teheran from Feb 24-26.
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Source: Yahoo News KUALA LUMPUR: Former national coach Haris Abdul Rahman is very sore at being made the convenient scapegoat for Malaysia’s pathetic showing at last year’s Laos Sea Games.
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