How Deadly Weapons Continue to Rule Daily Life

Source: Big News Network (See pictures of the locals harvesting the lethal metal in Laos.) The lyrics are much catchier in Lao, and this isn't the first time the audience has heard the tune. The Vienthong school has twic

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Investors line up for first IPOs in communist Laos

Source: Big News Network HANOI (AFP) – – Eager novice investors in communist Laos signed up for shares as the country's first-ever initial public offerings came to a close, an investment banker said Monday. EDL-Ge

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Laos-China Railway Construction To Kick Off Next Year

Source: Big News Network VIENTIANE, Dec 28 (Bernama) — A hi-tech speed railway linking Laos and China will be constructed next year, Lao news agency (KPL) reported. The plan for the railway track construction was discusse

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Laos to increase forest coverage

Source: Big News Network Increased woodland is important to safeguard the country's water resources, essential to drive the hydropower plants that earn the country most of its foreign income, the state-run Vientiane Time

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Laos deports Uighurs back to China

Source: Big News Network BEIJING – A media report says Laos has deported seven Uighurs who fled China after ethnic riots last year, raising concerns over the treatment of Uighurs forcibly returned to face prosecution by

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Laos deports Uighurs back to China

Source: Big News Network BEIJING — A media report says Laos has deported seven Uighurs who fled China after ethnic riots last year, raising concerns over the treatment of Uighurs forcibly returned to face prosecution by the

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Philippines and Laos Celebrate 55 Years of Diplomatic Relations

Source: Big News Network 29 December 2010 -A ceremonious exchange of congratulatory messages between Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III and Lao President Choummaly Sayasone on the occasion of the 55

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Laos to increase forest coverage

Source: Yahoo News Laos plans to increase its forest coverage from less than 41 per cent now to 65 per cent by 2015, state media reports said.

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Laos-China Railway Construction to Kick Off Next Year

Source: Big News Network A hi-tech speed railway linking Laos and China will be constructed next year, Lao news agency (KPL) reported.   The plan for the railway track construction was discussed at last Friday&rsquo

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Communist Laos fails to end slash and burn agriculture

Source: Big News Network agriculture his year thanks to mismanagement and widespread poverty in its highlands, state media reported Tuesday. Laos' 8th Communist Party Congress held in 2006 resolved to end slash and burn

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