Rights groups push Laos on access to returned Hmong (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Source: Yahoo News Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and 16 other rights groups on Monday urged Laos to give foreign observers access to thousands of ethnic Hmong expelled from Thailand.

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PSA honors Pinoy gold medalists in Laos SEAG (Malaya)

Source: Yahoo News FILIPINO athletes who won gold medals and made the country proud in the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Laos last December will be honored by the Philippine Sportswriters Association during its Annual Awards Night presented by Coca-Cola.

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PSA honors Laos Sea Games winners (The Daily Tribune)

Source: Yahoo News For fighting their hearts out and making the country proud in the 25th Southeast Asian Games, Filipino gold medal winners in the meet Vientiane, Laos hosted for the first time will be honored with a special award by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) during its Annual Awards Night presented by Coca-Cola.

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Snakebites Considered as Disease in Need of Attention

Source: VOA News Discussion about steps urged to prevent snakebites and improve treatments. About 5.5 million people a year are bitten. The World Health Organization now recognizes snakebite as a neglected tropical disease. (Link to Lao)

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Work to start this year on Laos’ largest power plant (Asia News Network)

Source: Yahoo News Construction of the largest electricity power plant in Laos will kick off at the end of this year according to a Lao shareholder in the project.

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Work to start this year on Laos’ largest power plant (Asia News Network)

Source: Yahoo News Construction of the largest electricity power plant in Laos will kick off at the end of this year according to a Lao shareholder in the project. âThe ground breaking ceremony for the Hongsa lignit …..

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Laos SEA Games medallists from Pahang receive incentives (The Star)

Source: Yahoo News KUANTAN: Twenty-five Pahang athletes and six officials who took part in sporting events at the recent SEA Games in Laos received cash incentives from the state as a token of appreciation.

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Laos, Thailand Hmong Refugee Crisis: US Congress Urges UN Access, Resettlement Abroad (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Source: Yahoo News WASHINGTON & BANGKOK—-The Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Congressman Howard Berman , and 11 Members of Congress, have sent a letter to the Lao government asking it to grant the United Nations access to thousands of Lao Hmong refugees recently forced back to Laos from Thailand by the Thai [...]

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