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Thursday 17th May, 2012

    • GI Killed in Cambodia Clash Awarded Medal of Honor

    U.S. News & World Report

    A member of the U.S. military holds the Medal of Honor presented by Barack Obama to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown for her late husband, U.S. Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., during a ceremony in the East ...

    • Pumping concrete with the Laos Olympic team

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    Laotion athletes Kilakone Siphonexay (L) and Lealy Phoukhavont during a training session at the stadium in the Laotian capital Vientiane on May 4. When it comes to the Olympics, ...

    • Dead Tigers Discovered in Thailand Freezer

    IBTimes

    Thailand following a tip-off. The body of a complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, a panther and a wild cat were found in the freezer. Police Lt Col Theerapat Tharithai said the arrested ...

  • Girl in Cambodia killed during violent eviction

    The Seattle Times

    Security forces fatally shot a teenage girl Wednesday during a clash with villagers armed with axes and crossbows in eastern Cambodia, in the latest of several violent evictions aimed at clearing ...

  • Vietnam widow from Beaver accepts Medal of Honor

    Tribune Review

    Updated 19 minutes ago WASHINGTON -- Leslie Sabo's Vietnam War ended in the flash of his own grenade, hurled at an enemy bunker in Cambodia to save surrounded comrades. Forty-two ...

  • LAOS: Aiming to leave least developed country list

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    Ensuring everyone benefits from the country's growth will prove a challenge VIENTIANE, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) - The government of Laos has taken the unique step of stating its ambition to graduate ...

  • Vietnam, Laos, Thailand To Promote Co-Op Along East-West Economic Corridor

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    HANOI, May 17 (Bernama) -- The deputy foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand will meet in Vietnam's central Quang Tri province this Friday to promote cooperation along the East-West ...

  • Crown Announces Plans to Construct Aluminum Beverage Can Plant in Cambodia

    AZoM

    Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Crown has planned to construct a new aluminum beverage can manufacturing facility in Sihanoukville, ...

  • Figure in China’s Political Drama Found in Cambodia

    New York Times

    Bo Xilai and the investigation of his wife as a murder suspect, the most mysterious figure has been a French architect named Patrick Henri ...

  • World Briefing | Asia: Cambodia: Police Officers Kill Girl, 15, in Clash With Villagers Over Land

    New York Times

    Cambodia , in the latest of several violent evictions aimed at clearing land for development. The clash took place when about 400 police officers and soldiers raided a village in Kratie Province ...

  • Restricted Rights: Migrant women workers in Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia

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    Women shopping in Malaysia. The story of thousands of migrant women workers is revealed in the new report launched by War on Want and the Asian Migrant Center. The report presents the appalling ...

  • Thai, Vietnam men arrested for tiger poaching, smuggling from Malaysia

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    A tiger in Southeast Asia, alive. BANGKOK: Two men, one Thai and Vietnamese, were arrested on Wednesday after officials discovered they were hiding the bodies of two tigers and two leopards. The ...

  • Money-laundering grey list yet to hurt Thailand

    Asia News Network

    They spoke after the Anti-Money -Laundering Office (AMLO) aired concerns that Thailand faces a high risk of being 'blacklisted' by global watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for ...

  • Vietnam War heroism posthumously hailed

    Richmond Times-Dispatch

    WASHINGTON -- Leslie Sabo's Vietnam War ended in the flash of his own grenade, hurled at an enemy bunker in Cambodia to save surrounded comrades. Forty years later, and a dozen years after the ...

  • Viet Nam objects to China East Sea fishing ban

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    The Viet Nam Fishing Association yesterday formally objected to China's fishing ban in the East Sea from May 16 to August 1, 2012, which it said includes areas in Vietnamese ...

  • Video: Vietnam War soldier's sacrifice honored

    CBS News

    Army specialist Leslie Sabo was killed in 1970 during the Vietnam War sacrificing his own life to take out an enemy bunker. Now, 42 years after his heroic act, President Obama awarded him the Medal ...

  • Soldier who died in Vietnam War gets belated honor

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    (CBS News) NEW CASTLE, Penn. - In battle, there is no greater act of valor than to lay down your life so others may live. On Wednesday at the White House, a soldier was honored for the sacrifice ...

  • Belated honor for Vietnam hero

    CBS News

    (CBS News) NEW CASTLE, Penn. - In battle, there is no greater act of valor than to lay down your life so others may live. On Wednesday at the White House, a soldier was honored for the sacrifice ...

  • Judge resigns from UN-backed Cambodia genocide tribunal

    UN News Centre

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of his decision to resign his position. Motoo Noguchi from Japan, an international judge of the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of ...

  • President Awards Posthumous Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era Soldier

    Defense Link

    By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 – President Barack Obama paid tribute today to a man who died defending his fellow soldiers 42 years and six days ago, and ...

  • Obama honours Vietnam War soldier

    BBC

    US President Barack Obama has awarded the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam War soldier, four decades after his original recommendation was lost. Specialist Leslie Sabo was recognised for his bravery ...

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The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.

Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in th ... more


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