BRIEF-Thai EGCO buys 10 pct stake in Nam Thuen 2 in Laos

Source: Big News Network BANGKOK, Sept 30 – Thailand's Electricity Generating Pcl <EGCO.BK>: * Has bought a 10 percent stake in Nam Thuen 2 Power Co Ltd in Laos from Italian-Thai Development <ITD.BK> for &#36…

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Radient Pharmaceuticals Signs 5-Year Exclusive Distribution Agreement for Its Onko-Sure Cancer Test in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

Source: Big News Network Diagnostic (IVD) cancer tests, announced today it has entered into an exclusive 5-year full-service distribution agreement with Phu Gia Trading Co. Ltd. to expand the Company's Onko-Sure™ IVD ca…

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Thailand, Laos hope to end border dispute

Source: Big News Network Thailand's foreign minister, Kasit Piromya, says he hopes his nation can continue to strengthen economic ties with Laos and reach an agreement on disputed areas along their shared border. The two coun…

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Books help tighten Vietnam-Laos special ties

Source: Big News Network A joint project to compile documents and memoirs of the Vietnam-Laos special relationship has helped cement the two countries’ ties more deeply, said a Party politburo member. This was remarke…

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Travel Indochina Offers a Head Start on Holiday Travel with December Buy One, Get One Half Price Sale

Source: Big News Network Travel Indochina offers a generous buy one, get one half off sale price on all its Indochina Small Group Journeys to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos during the month of December.Nothing says I love you …

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Expanding relations in E-Asia

Source: Big News Network Despite the low attention span that countries like Laos and Cambodia have in the mainstream media, President Pratibha Patil's recent visit to these South East Asian countries demands serious notice in…

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Laos, India vow to deepen relations, cooperation

Source: Big News Network India n presidents have pledged to continue bilateral assistance and support for the mutual benefit of the people of their nations, according to a press release from the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affair…

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Conservationists oppose Laos dam plans

Source: Big News Network MOSCOW, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Russia's space agency says it plans to allow two space tourists to journey to the International Space Station on a Soyuz spacecraft in 2013.

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Feb. 25, 1971: A Quagmire Widens

Source: New York Times For Op-Ed’s 40th anniversary, an adaptation of an essay by David Halberstam.

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RP holds arnis exhibition-workshop in Laos

Source: Big News Network Filipino arnis instructor Anthony Stadel gave Laos residents an exhibition of arnis/kali in a recent martial art and sport exhibition-workshop in Vientiane. During his lecture, the DFA said, Stadel…

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