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Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:04 PM

Laos

Type: Country

Name: Laos

population: 5,612,274

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/3,

Cashew industry discusses development strategy through 2020More than 400 domestic and foreign delegates discussed ways to develop Vietnam’s cashew industry through 2020 at a workshop in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on March 21.Speakers examined ... [Published 2 hours ago by VietNamNet Bridge]

Entities: Vietnam, Commodity, Laos, Cambodia

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 Documents

Chinese vice premier meets Lao president on bilateral ties

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu met with Choummaly Saygnasone, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic here on Saturday.At the meeting, Hui spoke highly ... [Published 5 hours ago by People's Daily Online]

Entities: Bilateral, Laos, China

First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

SAP AG

Find out about Cambodia with Cambodia Festive Flotilla

For fun, excitement, action and spectacle surely none of many boat racing events in the region match this four-day river gala in Phnom Penh. It is colorful competition that engages the large portion of population connected to the country’s water ways ... [Published 7 hours ago by Prlog]

Entities: Cambodia, SAP AG, Phnum Penh, Bonn, Laos

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 4 Documents

United Malays National Organisation

10-day break for M'sian detained in Laos

ALOR SETAR: A Malaysian who was detained for 10 months in a Laotian jail has been given special permission to return home to visit the grave of his wife who passed away in Padang Besar on Thursday.Omar Atan, 59, a coffee-shop operator, was allowed to ... [Published 8 hours ago by thestar.com.my]

Entities: Laos, United Malays National Organisation, Detainee, Abdul Halim, Vientiane (Laos)

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

Haze summit aims to clear the air

Thailand will hold talks with Burma and Laos this month to solve the lingering haze problem, according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti. The haze, believed to be caused by forest fires including those occurring in neighbouring ... [Published 13 hours ago by Bangkok Post]

Entities: Forest Fires, Chiang Mai (Thailand), Laos, Mae Sai (Thailand)

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 Documents

Human Rights Watch

Lao Officials Visit Expelled Christians, Give Assurances

DUBLIN (Compass Direct News) – Officials in Laos’ Saravan Province on Thursday visited 48 Christians expelled from Katin village and assured them that they had the legal right to embrace the faith of their choice, according to advocacy group Human Rights ... [Published 19 hours ago by Christian Post]

Entities: Laos, Christianity, Compass Direct, Buddhism, Human Rights Watch

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Regional development triangle expands to 13 provinces

Three more provinces will be added into the regional development triangle, bringing the total localities to 13 following an approval of revising a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Nov. 26, 2008.Under the proposal passed by officials from Cambodia, ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by People's Army Newspaper Online]

Entities: Laos, Banlung (Cambodia), Vietnam

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Solidarity with Cuba is requisite

solidarity with Cuba is requisite thing for the agenda of the struggle for peace, independence, social progress and cooperation for the development.The statement was made by Chairman of the 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba, ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Lao News Agency]

Entities: Cuba, Vientiane (Laos), Friendship

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Laos: The US Violate Cuban Human Rights

Vientiane.- The government of Laos ratified on Friday its rejection to the US blockade against Cuba, which human rights are violated by Washington despite the world''s claim. President of the National Assembly Thonsing Thammavong considers the blockade ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by PeriÃ³dico La Demajagua]

Entities: Laos, Cuba, Human Rights

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 1 Documents

Mekong River at its lowest level in 50 years

Chinese diplomats recently denied charges by Thai environmental groups that dam construction on the Mekong River’s upper reaches in Yunnan Province was creating record-low water levels. They blamed the drought.One of the longest rivers in Asia, the Mekong ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Deutsche Welle]

Entities: Drought, China, Mekong River Commission, Thailand, Cambodia

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Japan grants US$ 223,000 for infrastructure development in Sanasomboune

apan grants US$ 223,000 for infrastructure development in SanasombouneVIENTIANE MACH 18 (KPL) - The Government of Japan has granted more than US$ 223,300 to Sanasomboune district to finance three basic infrastructure development projects in the district, ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies]

Entities: Japan, Human Security, Government of Japan

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Public Works and Transport authority urged to heed political ideology

ublic Works and Transport authority urged to heed political ideologyVIENTIANE MACH 18 (KPL) - Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh has urged the Public Works and Transport executive committee to pay more attention to its politically ideological education ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies]

Entities: Vientiane (Laos), Bouasone Bouphavanh, Education

Quotes

...with the 35th anniversary of the regime's victory and a reunion of correspondents who covered the war, said government spokesman Khieu Kanharith. "The monument is to pay tribute to those reporters and photojournalists killed... and to attract their family members and relatives to visit Cambodia" he told AFP

Memorial for killed journalists [Straits Times - 7 hours ago]

"Umno Youth will provide the best defence for Omar to prove to the Laos government that he is not guilty" he said

10-day break for M'sian detained in Laos [thestar.com.my - 8 hours ago]

More Content

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Despite hiccups, cashew festival enjoys success... [VietNamNet Bridge - 1 hour ago]
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/3, [VietNamNet Bridge - 2 hours ago]
Chinese vice premier meets Lao president on bil... [People's Daily Online - 5 hours ago]
Memorial for killed journalists [Straits Times - 7 hours ago]
Cambodia to build memorial for killed journalists [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 7 hours ago]
Find out about Cambodia with Cambodia Festive F... [Prlog - 7 hours ago]
10-day break for M'sian detained in Laos [thestar.com.my - 8 hours ago]
Market on city's northwest side aims to serve g... [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 9 hours ago]
Pemuda Umno akan bantu bela Omar Atan ditahan Laos [Malaysian Insider - 12 hours ago]
Haze summit aims to clear the air [Bangkok Post - 13 hours ago]
Laos vows to advance bilateral ties with China [CHINAdaily - 14 hours ago]
Ghana, other benefit from a $40 billion Asia lo... [Ghana Review International - 18 hours ago]
Lao Officials Visit Expelled Christians, Give A... [Christian Post - 19 hours ago]
UMNO YOUTH WILL DEFEND OMAR IN LAOS [Yahoo! Malaysia - 22 hours ago]
Making air travel safer [Philippine Star - 22 hours ago]
Huge Health Disparities Among Asian-Americans [Red Orbit - 22 hours ago]
Umno Youth to defend Malaysian arrested in Laos [Malaysian Insider - 23 hours ago]
Cambodia Travel: Market in Phnom Penh [Prlog - Mar 20 2010]
Cambodia to build memorial for slain journalists [Washington Post - Mar 20 2010]
Cambodia Travel: Cambodia Festive Flotilla [Prlog - Mar 20 2010]
Myanmar's opium crop [Shanlandorg - Mar 20 2010]
Los Angeles: 2010 International Women of Courag... [Episcopal News - Mar 20 2010]
Hostile anti-Cuban policies must end [Sri Lanka Daily News - Mar 20 2010]
$40 billion plan approved for country-led low c... [Cambodian Times - Mar 20 2010]
NPC delegation leaves for visit to Vietnam, Laos [People's Daily Online - Mar 20 2010]
Govt calls meeting on haze [Bangkok Post - Mar 20 2010]
PM, China to discuss Mekong [Bangkok Post - Mar 20 2010]
FISH: Thai lure [New Straits Times - Mar 20 2010]
Covenant Team Teaching Camping Principles in Th... [Evangelical Covenant Church - Mar 19 2010]
Regional development triangle expands to 13 pro... [People's Army Newspaper Online - Mar 19 2010]

Blogs

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Art Ortenberg: Elephants - Ivory - and Organize... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 15 2010] A soft early morning. We luxuriate in the dawn of the African plainsland. We are at Kichwa Tembo - Head of the Elephant in Swahili - a safari camp whose ...
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Our Family Wedding [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 11 2010] Our Family Wedding is a broad multi-ethnic comedy that telegraphs every joke and is too punchless to actually have punchlines. This is Abie's Irish ...
Diamonds North and MMG to sign deal on Amaruk n... [Metals News - Metals Place - Mar 10 2010] Diamonds North Resources Ltd. announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Minerals and Metals Group ("MMG") whereby MMG may earn 75% of the Nickel and other ...
Walden Bello: China Lassoes Its Neighbors [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 08 2010] With the Doha Round of negotiations of the World Trade Organization in limbo, the heavy hitters of international trade have been engaged in a race to sew ...
We're sceptical too Elizabeth [Oz Conservative - Mar 06 2010] Elizabeth Gilbert has written a new book titled Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage.Laura Wood gave it a hostile review over at The Thinking Housewife:Contrary ...

Audio/Video

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On the round again with the Fiery Furnaces [France 24 English - YouTube - Feb 18 2010]
Thailand repatriates Hmong [Reuters - YouTube - Dec 28 2009]
Thailand repatriates Hmong [Reuters Video: Top News - Dec 28 2009]
International Update: Asia Pacific [American Red Cross - YouTube - Oct 01 2009]