Archive for the 'Laos' Category
WILD MONKEYS ‘SENT TO BRITISH LABORATORIES’
Campaigners and MPs are calling on the Home Office to examine allegations that wild-caught macaques are being sourced from the jungles of Laos and Cambodia in breach of international conservation regulations. Undercover investigators from the British …
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Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong tribesmen
Thailand expelled some 4,500 Hmong, including both political refugees and economic migrants, to Laos in December, after hosting them in refugee camps since 2004. A U.S. Embassy official in Vientiane , the Lao capital city, and a Thai delegation …
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Laos’ Unexploded Bombs: Deadly Scrap Metal, Toys
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military dropped more bombs on supply routes in Laos than it did on all of Europe during World War II. Laos is paying the price, as the countryside is still riddled with unexploded bombs ‘” many of which look like …
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Laos still blocks access to deported Hmong
WASHINGTON ‘“ A California congressman has joined human rights activists in voicing concern over the treatment of ethnic Hmong deported by Thailand late last year to their native Laos and now being confined in isolated villages inaccessible to …
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Boat services suspended as level of Mekong plunges
Only Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are members of the commission. “We have to hold forums to inform China that people down river are suffering. China should understand that the Mekong is an international level. It does not belong to China …
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Exotissimo Invites Travelers to Make a Positive Impact in Laos with …
This new 5-day Laos Tour includes eco-friendly excursions by electric bikes and a trip to rural villages to donate books to underprivileged youth. The five-day Luang Prabang Charitable Tour is designed to have a minimum impact on the environment as …
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Hmong: Uncertainty Awaits Repatriates in Laos
Hmong people repatriated from Thailand to start a new life at a resettlement village in Laos are unsure whether their lives hold out the prospect of much improvement. Ban Thonekhan village, 150km east of the capital Vientiane, is in the country’s …
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Laos Holding’s Consortium TO Start Construction Of 1,800 MW Hongsa …
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Bloody and Wounded Hmong Refugees Hauled to Laos
“Sadly, Hmong-American families in the United States as well as sources inside the Hmong camp at Huay Nam Khao are reporting to us that the Thai military effort to force the refugees back to Laos has been very violent and bloody with hundreds wounded …
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Thai customs seizes 2 tons of ivory
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has seized two tons of elephant tusks from Africa hidden in pallets labeled as mobile phone parts in the country’s largest ivory seizure. Thai Customs officials valued Wednesday night’s haul at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport …
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