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Joel Brinkley: Food security still a major issue in Southeast Asia
American VoicesLUANG PRABANG, Laos -- Travel through Southeast Asia, and wherever you go you'll find statues of Buddha -- meditating, cogitating, calling for peace or for rain. The multiple poses are varied, and each one has its own meaning. But only one pose shows the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Overweight, Hydroelectricity, Relief and Aid Organizations, Joel Brinkley
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Childbirth Educator Brings Clean Births To Laos
Laos is a small southeastern Asian country, situated near Burma and Thailand. An extremely long flight and a lot of passion recently brought a New Haven mom to this beautiful land filled with smiling, happy people who don't have enough clothes or clean...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Trips and Vacations, Travel, Health Organizations
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Greek PM Seeks Backing For Reforms, Debt Deal Near
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Lucas Papademos sought backing on Sunday from leading Greek party leaders for painful and unpopular reforms that the near-bankrupt country must negotiate now that a long-awaited debt relief deal seems almost secured....Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, European Union, Europe, Germany, Lucas Papademos
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400 hidden cameras show earths real "wild side"
WASHINGTON (AP) — They are the hidden family portraits of Earth's most remote jungles finally revealed: A touching snapshot of an endangered female mountain gorilla carrying an infant on her back. A giant anteater sticking its enormous snout...Tags: Science, Natural Resources, Suriname, Wildlife, Biology
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North Central Michigan College to host free lecture on local man's escape from Laos
North Central Michigan College will offer a free lecture titled, “Out of Laos,” at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the library on the Petoskey campus. Petoskey businessman Thongsai Vangyi will speak about his family’s escape from Laos at...Tags: Vietnam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency
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15 hotels to stay in before you die
Whether it's balanced on the rim of a volcano or made of crystallized salt, the right hotel can provide you with a good year's worth of bragging material. These are the kinds of places you have to go at least once, if only to say you have.
The best...Tags: Health, Travel, Hot Springs, Landforms, Hobbies
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Swooping in to help Laos
It's the fourth zip line that spills the surprise. Confident now, I leap off the platform to feel the cable bounce heavily, then snap taut under my weight. Gravity takes over, shooting me through a tunnel of blurring foliage until the whirr of the pulley-...Tags: Travel, Ecotourism, Climbing, Landforms, Hotels and Accommodations
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POW/MIA bracelet recalls loss of local Marine and mother’s search to learn his fate
TribLocal - ElmhurstIt’s been a long time since anyone asked about Patrick R. Curran, a U.S. Marine Corps bombardier navigator who was reported missing in action over …... -
College lecture to focus on local man's escape from Laos
A Petoskey businessman will speak about his family’s escape from Laos during this week’s North Central Michigan College’s luncheon lecture series. The lecture will take place at noon on Friday, March 25 in the library of the...Tags: Vietnam, Education, Colleges and Universities, Central Intelligence Agency
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Vigil for General Vang Pao
FOX40 NewsGen. Vang Pao is considered the father of the Hmong people. On Friday night, hundreds of his children remembered him with reverence, like John Moore, who served under the general in Laos back in 1961. "He leads us and flee the Hmong people from laos...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency
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Controversial Hmong Leader Dies
FOX40 NewsA leader in the Hmong community has died Thursday. General Vang Pao passed away after being admitted to Clovis Community Medical Center on December 26th. He was 81 years old. A friend told the Fresno Bee General Vang was suffering from pneumonia and...Tags: Health, Heart Problems, Physical Conditions, Sam Cohen, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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