Cambodia, Vietnam Differ from Laos in Cluster Bombs Ban

Source: Big News Network SEKONG, Laos, Nov 16, 2010 (IPS) – On a windy morning in southern Laos in November, a team of deminers built a makeshift bunker out of sandbags and piled the barrier around a tiny explosive. A thin …

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Laos declaration on cluster bombs hailed

Source: Big News Network VIENTIANE, Laos, Nov. 15 (UPI) — A declaration at a Laos summit on cluster munitions lays the ground work to getting rid of the weapons altogether, Human Rights Watch said. World leaders at a cluste…

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Laos declaration on cluster bombs hailed

Source: Yahoo News VIENTIANE, Laos, Nov. 15 (UPI) — A declaration at a Laos summit on cluster munitions lays the ground work to getting rid of the weapons altogether, Human Rights Watch said.

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Vietnam's prime minister arrives in Cambodia

Source: Big News Network hosting the CLV (Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam) summit Tuesday as well as the CLMV summit, which includes Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said. He said the prime ministers of

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Calif. judge drops key counts in alleged Laos plot

Source: Big News Network SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A judge in Sacramento threw out much of the case against 12 men accused of trying to overthrow the communist government of Laos. U.S. District Judge Frank Damrell Jr. said …

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Girl killed in blast during Laos talks on cluster bombs

Source: Big News Network VIENTIANE (AFP) – A 10-year-old girl died and her sister was injured when a leftover cluster munition exploded, an official said Thursday as global delegates met in Laos aiming to speed removal of the…

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Judge dismisses some charges in alleged Laos plot

Source: Big News Network SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge in Sacramento has thrown out parts of the case against 12 men accused of trying to overthrow the communist government of Laos.

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Indian women paddlers blank Laos 3-0

Source: Big News Network Guangzhou: India's women paddlers were off to brilliant start in the team competition of the Asian Games as they whitewashed Laos 3-0 in their opening group B tie at Guangzhou Gymnasium here on Saturd…

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India men stretch Taipei, women win against Laos

Source: Big News Network India's women beat Laos but lost to world champions Singapore while men put up a valiant fight before going down to fourth-seeded Chinese-Taipei in the table tennis competition at the Asian Games here Saturday.

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Part of case alleging plot against Laos tossed out

Source: Big News Network A Sacramento federal judge on Friday threw out a major portion of the grand jury indictment of 12 men on charges of plotting the violent overthrow of the communist regime in Laos.Saying that prosecuto…

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