Le 1 Avril 2000 |
 Tourists hurt in Laos restaurant blast -- The Nation
Britons hurt by grenade blast in
Laos restaurant -- Electronic
Telegraph or Reuters/AltaVista
British tourist injured in bomb
explosion in Laos -- Australian
Broadcasting Corp. or Here
Lao refugee bemoans Thai bigotry --
The Nation |
Le 2 Avril 2000 |
Hmong in Spokane -- Many of the Hmong who fought for the
United States before 1975 fled Laos with their families. An estimated 150,000 eventually
came to America as refugees. At one time, nearly 1,000 Hmong immigrants lived in
Spokesman
Review |
Le 3 Avril 2000 |
Grenade Explosion Occurs in Lao Capital - Xinhua
News Agency
Row deepens over star’s TV
‘insult’ -- THE row over an allegedly derogatory on air remark about Laos by
leading Thai pop singer Nicole Theriault reached the diplomatic arena yesterday when the
Laotian Embassy joined the protest. The Nation
GENERAL LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT'S
TRANSPORT SERVICE AWARDED LAOS' ISSARA ORDER -- Vietnam News
Agency
Pakistan seeks to be full ASEAN
dialogue partner -- Reuters/AOL
|
Le 4 Avril 2000 |
A couple strolls past Khopchai Deu restaurant in Vientiane,
the capital of the world's few remaining communist states, Laos Sunday, Apr. 2, 2000. The
Khopchai Deu restaurant was open for business as if nothing had happened after it was
attacked
AP/Excite
Senior ASEAN Economic Officials Meet
in Laos -- Xinhua
News Agency
Laotians Teach U.S. How Not to
Resettle Refugees: Dispersed to Various States, Hmong Clans Didn’t Thrive Until
Reunion in Minnesota -- Wall
Street Journal
Rescued Lao girls to be sent home --
FOUR Lao girls who were lured into becoming prostitutes in Thailand and whose plight has
been given a high profile have been found by Thai authorities. They will be formally
handed over to the
The Nation
Disdain for Nicole over her 'dirty
Lao' girls comment -- The
Nation
Not representative of Thai sentiment
-- The Nation
Former MP Goes Missing -- The Nation
Laos Blames Terrorists for Vientiane
Blast, AFP Reports-- AFP/Bloomberg
News/AOL
Laos explosion labelled a 'terrorist
attack' -- Australian
Broadcasting Corp.
Rally on Saturday to ask Western
nations to cancel Third World countries' indebtedness -- Post-Gazette
University
of St. Thomas to sponsor 3 proposed St. Paul charter schools -- Star
Tribune
|
Le 5 Avril 2000 |
Ex-NAP MP held for gold hunt in Laos -- LAOTIAN police and military officers met yesterday to decide whether to press
charges against a former New Aspiration Party MP for conducting an illegal gold hunt, an
informed Thai source said. The Nation
Teen idol Nicole comes up clean on TV videotape -- The Nation
Laws
mean nothing until acted upon -- . Bangkok Post
All
Eyes on Laos -- , Lan-Xang.com
Laos
government confirms explosion was sign of unrest-- Australian
Broadcasting Corp.
Oxiana
and Rio Tinto Sign Sepon Share Sale Agreement-- Market
News Publishing
LAO
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR DELEGATION VISITS VIET NAM--l Vietnam News
Agency
SHANGHAI BELL MAKES HEADWAY IN TELECOM EXPORTS-- Asia
Pulse
Companies
egged on to tap Asean -- Hong Kong Standard
or Wise!
News/Yahoo! Asia
Ho
Chi Minh Highway Work Begins -- Associated
Press or AP/AOL
Michigan
State U. class will teach refugee advocacy --State News via U-WIRE/Excite
Bones
likely of missing St. Paul woman, sheriff says --l.
Pioneer
Planet |
Le 6 Avril 2000 |
Laos rejects U.S. request for
cooperation in Hmong search-- Kyodo/AOL or Kyodo News
Service
In defence of Hmong General Vang Pao -- The Nation
Ministry
seeks speedy end to Nicole row -- The Nation
Bilateral
relations take a battering -- The Nation
HO
CHI MINH CITY MAYOR VISITS LAOS -- Vietnam News
Agency
Academic
Anxiety in April -- Pioneer Planet
or Pioneer Planet
Diana
Griego Erwin: Different culture, different priorities-- Sacramento Bee
Multicultural
cookbook reflects students -- Star
Tribune
Dayton's
Bluff dusting off an old theater -- Star
Tribune Qui sont les auteurs d'une explosion sans précédent à Vientiane?
David Thanadabouth ,RFI |
Le 7 Avril 2000 |
'Dumbstruck' Nicole denies
alleged remarks about Laos-- >>>. The Nation
Smuggling
crackdown -- The
Nation
Viet
Nam-Laos Joint Venture Bank Boosts Its Operation -- . Vietnam News
Agency
Irwin prepares to host
Vietnam memorial -- . Tribune-Review
Notre
Dame Limits Its Gear Makers --. AP/Yahoo!
TAT
heads for Kunming tourism festival -- .
Bangkok Post
ASEAN
auto sales to increase by 50 percent in next 10 years: experts -- . AFP/Yahoo!
Asia |
Le 8 Avril 2000 |
* VIET NAM, LAOS COOPERATE IN HYDROLOGY AND METEOROLOGY --
Vietnam News
Agency
* VIET NAM WOMEN'S UNION CENTRAL COMMITTEE DELEGATION VISITS LAOS -- Vietnam News
Agency
* PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY RECEIVES LAO INTERIOR MINISTRY -- Vietnam News
Agency
* With 62 percent in, state pushing for stragglers to report -- Star
Tribune
* COOPERATION ENTRE
LES FEMMES DU VIETNAM ET DU LAOS,
Vietnam News Agency 08/04/2000
* LE KHA PHIEU
RECOIT LA DELEGATION DU MINISTERE LAO DE L'INTERIEUR , VNA 08/04/2000
* COOPERATION METEOROLOGIQUE VIETNAM-LAOS NVA 08/04/2000
LE
KHA PHIEU RECOIT LA DELEGATION DU MINISTERE LAO DE L'INTERIEUR , VNA 08/04/2000
COOPERATION METEOROLOGIQUE VIETNAM-LAOS
NVA 08/04/2000
Qui sont les auteurs d'une explosion sans
précédent à Vientiane? D.
Thanadabouth ,RFI |
Le 9 Avril 2000 |
*Family
comes full circle -- >>> Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (story) or ADG
*PROSTITUTION: Anti-flesh trade drive launched: Teenagers' rescue starts war on vice --
>>>Bangkok Post
*Media is perpetuating racism among Thais, say sociologists-- >>> The Nation
*Waterways pact to be signed soon -->>> Bangkok Post
*When jail becomes limbo>>> Atlanta
Journal-Constitution |
Le 10 Avril 2000 |
*Freed
Lao sex slaves reunited with families -- FOUR teenage Lao girls have made it home after
being forced to work as prostitutes in Thailand, authorities said. The four 16-year-olds
were smuggled across the Mekong River into Thailand by a The Nation
*Bomb explosion shatters illusion of Southeast Asia's last Eden-- AP/Boston
Globe, AP/Fox News or
ABC News
*A Food Vendor Pushes her Cart Past the Victory Monument in... AP/Excite
*Vets may finally be citizens: Quest by Hmong who fought for U.S. nearing fulfillment -- Pioneer Planet
or Pioneer Planet
*More Hmong migrating to Twin Cities -- Pioneer Planet
or Pioneer Planet
*Get-together Welcomes Neighbouring Countries' Traditional New Year Festival -- Vietnam News
Agency
* Adams County bulletin -- Denver
Post
*Immigrants Ordered To Be Sent Home --
AP/Northern
Light |
Le 11 Avril 2000 |
* AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT: $3.6m phone contract in Laos-- M2
Communications
*VIET NAM-FUNDED IRRIGATION PROJECT LAUNCHED IN LAOS - Vietnam News
Agency or Asia
Pulse/Yahoo! Asia
*Globalisation Must Bring Benefits to Asean: Malaysian PM-- Asia
Pulse/Yahoo! Asia
*ASEAN Urged to Prepare Framework for Globalization-- . >>>> XINHUA
NEWS AGENCY
*Ford sees recovery in ASEAN auto market by 2003, urges integration -- >>> AFP/Yahoo!
Asia |
Le 12 Avril 2000 |
*First
Large-Screen Export -- >>>> Asiaport
Daily News
*Asia beckons as the dollar's dive continues -->>>> Sydney Morning Herald
*ASEAN Business Summit Concludes in Malaysia -- >>> Xinhua
News Agency |
Le 13 Avril 2000 |
LAOS: Two-wheel tourists blaze
new trail: A bicycle caravan through the countryside outside Vientiane encounters friendly
faces everywhere -- ' Bangkok Post
U.S. War Vet Returns To Help Laos -- >>> AP/Yahoo!
or AP/Excite
River pact -- .>>> Bangkok Post
DRUG WAR: State seeks private sector help --
>>> Bangkok
Post
Neighbors raise money to memorialize boy thrown from ramp--
>>> Star
Tribune
New bilingual Hmong/English children's books promote literacy--
>>> Star
Tribune
Asean to Hold Meeting on Immigration in Cebu -- >>> Asia
Pulse/Yahoo! Asia |
| Le 14 Avril 2000 |
Military Brass
Reject Allen's CIA Claim -- . LA Times
VIET NAM BOOSTS
TRADE TIES WITH LAOS AND TATARSTAN -- Vietnam News
Agency |
Le 15 Avril 2000 |
Laotians welcome new year
-- . Modesto Bee
To receive aid, Laos must abandon
secrecy - The Nation
Broadening
the broadcasters' horizons -- The Times
Elian saga obscures many
other compelling cases -- Sacramento Bee
Bench to memorialize
boy thrown from ramp -- . Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
Le Laos a
rejeté la demande américaine de coopérer davantage dans la recherche des deux
Américains d'origine Hmong du Laos ..
15/04/2000 D.Thanadabouth, RFI |
Le 16 Avril 2000 |
Young girls saved from brothel:
Teenagers deceived, promised good jobs -->>> The Nation |
Le 17 Avril 2000 |
Pedal-power
strengthens Thai-Lao relations -- >>> CNN (Cable News Network)
President
Sisavath Keobounnphanh of Laos and President Fidel Castro of Cuba inspect a military guard
of honor in Havana April 17.>>> Reuters/Excite
ADB
TECHNICAL - LAO, AGRICULTURE -- >>> Asia
Pulse/Northern Light Tech.
In Their Own
Words -- >>> Pioneer
Planet or Pioneer
Planet |
Le 18 Avril 2000 |
Fired by an Inner
Spark -- Pioneer
Planet or Pioneer
Planet
Six
young Minnesotans beat the odds and head to college-->>> Star
Tribune
HEAVENLY
STEPS: THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT steps may sound daunting, but, believe me, every
step is worth it. For when you climb Phousi, the Marvellous Mountain, in the heart of
Luang Prabang, you soon>>> The Press Online - New Zealand
OXIANA
RESOURCES NL -- The Project The Sepon copper and gold project in southeastern Laos
>>>
Market
News Publishing
Mekong
Countries Agree on Commercial Navigation Pact-- >>> Xinhua
News Agency
New
ASEAN Members Take Part in Thai Trade Fairs -- >>> Xinhua
News Agency
Sixth
China-ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting to Be Held in Malaysia -- >>> Xinhua
News Agency
Interpreters
break ground in U.S. justice: Women are first specially certified Hmong translators
-->>> Pioneer
Planet or Pioneer
Planet
Commentary:
Bilingual books help achieve a dream -- >>> Star
Tribune |
Le 19 Avril 2000 |
Explosion In Laotian Capital
Kills At Least One -->>> Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia
Laos’
economic management draws flak -- >>> The Nation
Vietnamese
and Lao provinces boost cooperation -- >>> Vietnam News
Agency
Four
Mekong Countries Sign Navigation Agreement in Myanmar -->>> Xinhua
News Agency
MEKONG
REGION: Ship lanes to open as trade deal is signed-->>> Bangkok Post
Thai
tapioca a pearl of a sweet -- >>> Honolulu Star-Bulletin
|
Le 20 Avril 2000 |
Thai denied Laos bail
-->>> The Nation
Mekong
River pact to be signed today -- >>> The Nation
Woman
naturalized in hospital dies: Noy Nachampasak, 60, Laos native, took oath in Akron General
bed -- Less than one month after she proudly became a U.S. citizen while confined to a
hospital bed, Noy Nachampasak has died. She was 60.>>> Akron Beacon Journal
Banking
on trust -->>> Pioneer
Planet |
Le
21 Avril 2000 |
Mekong river neighbours sign
navigation pact -- .>>> Reuters/AOL
Agreement on Mekong River commercial navigation
signed-->>> Kyodo News
Four Nations Sign Mekong River Navigation
Accord-- >>> Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia
Northern businesses welcome benefits of Mekong pact -->>> The
Nation
Obstacles ahead for Mekong navigation -- >>> The Nation
MEKONG
RIVER: Boost to trade and tourism -- >>> Bangkok Post
Americans Help Rebuild Vietnam -->>> AP/AOL
or AP/Yahoo!
Daughter of MIA will finally lay him to rest -- >>> AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Four local banks honored by MCDA for small business
lending--.>>> Star
Tribune |
Le
22 Avril 2000 |
Commentary: Action against
slaughterhouse is contrary to religious freedom -->>> Star
Tribune |
Le 23 Avril 2000 |
* Laos PM to visit Cambodia -->>> Australian
Broadcasting Corp.
* The Party Is Not Yet Over: In Laos, a 25-year celebration - a rare public trial
-->>> AsiaWeek
* S.E. Asian Dominos Fell Other Way -- >>> AP/Northern
Light Tech
* A Child Custody Drama Multiplied by Six -- >>> Los Angeles Times
|
Le 24 Avril 2000 |
* Laotian Prime Minister Sisavath Keobunphanh, left, stands with his
Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen upon his arrival at the Phnom Penh airport Monday, April 24,
2000. Sisavath will meet King Norodom Sihanouk and other>>> AP/Excite
* Laotian Prime Minister in Cambodia -->>> BBC
News
* Cambodian, Lao PMs Hold Talks -- >>> Xinhua
News Agency
* Cambodia, Laos to ask Japan for support in bridge project-- >>> Kyodo News Service/AOL
* Pan-Asian highway gets a nudge -- >>> The Nation
* Thailand's 25th year of Indochinese reporting -->>> The Nation
* Charges dropped against two gang-rape defendants-- >>> Fresno Bee
|
Le 25 Avril 2000 |
Group seeks contributions to
educate Laotian kids -- >>> Yomiuri Shimbun
China Signs Navigation Treaty with Thailand, Myanmar,
Laos-->>> Agence
France Presse/Inside China
Exhibition on "President Ho Chi Minh and Viet Nam-Laos Special
Friendship" Opens in Laos -- >>>Vietnam News
Agency
 A
Soldier's Pride: Once a leader of thousands of troops, Col. Song Leng Xiong is now one of
thousands of Hmong immigrants. He fought for America in its ``secret war''--
>>> Pioneer Planet
or Pioneer Planet
Hmong
role in war largely unknown -- >>> Duluth
News
Judge drops rape charges against two: >>> Fresno Bee
|
Le 26 Avril 2000 |
* Thailand, Laos Finalize Electricity Deal -->>> Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia
* ADB 2000 Economic Growth Forecasts for Asian Countries: Table -- >>> Bloomberg/AOL
* Cambodia, Laos discuss border issues -->>> Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia orAustralian
Broadcasting Corp.
* Egat, Laos in price deal on dam power -- >>> The Nation
* Laos should see slightly stronger growth - >>> Reuters/AOL |
Le 27 Avril 2000 |
EXILED LAO PRINCE REGENT
CALLS UPON U.N. TO INVESTIGATE HORRIFIC REPORTS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN HOMELAND and more . .>> Lao Royal Press Release from
Paris, France
Papers
Look At Vietnam War Policy -- '>>> AP/Northern
Light Corp.
Delegate's
shock death mars signing ceremony -->>> South
China Morning Post
Laotian
Official Dies During Signing Of Mekong River Pact--.>>> Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia
Premier
to visit Laos to improve bilateral relations -->> The Nation
LAO
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION WISHES TO BOOST COOPERATION WITH VIETNAMESE COUNTERPART
-->>> Vietnam News
Agency
ASEAN
Anti-drug NGOs Meet in Bangkok -- >>> Xinhua
News Agency
Local
professor aids search for MIAs: Missions seek remains from Vietnam War -->>Cincinnati
Enquirer
Permanent
secretariat to be set up for ASEAN libraries-- >>> Channel
News Asia/Yahoo! Asia
Dutch
giant aiming for Indochina --.>>> The Nation
Dutch
company plans expansion -- >>> Bangkok Post
Asean
Pwr Delegates Agree To Form Power Grid JV-- >>> Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia
Asean
power chiefs act on regional grid: Cross-border line connections are seen as first step -- >>> Bangkok Post |
| Le 28 Avril 2000 |
Royal Family Of Laos Calls On
UN To Probe Human Rights-- >>> AP/Yahoo!
Asia
VIET
NAM AND LAOS BOOST JUDICIAL COOPERATION-- >>> Vietnam News
Agency
Laos
PM Ends Cambodia Visit --l>>> Xinhua News
Agency
Four
Mekong Countries to Share River Water -- >>> Xinhua
News Agency
Covert
CIA-recruited Hmong army: abandoned but proud-- >>> AFP/Yahoo!
Asia
Un ancien
combattant américain au Vietnam tente d'aider le Laos
PHONE HONG, Laos --(AP)
Hanoï amnistie
plus de 12.000 détenus par David Brunnstrom HANOI (Reuters) -
|
| Le 29 Avril 2000 |
Biggest New Year party at Lao
embassy -- >>> The
Nation
Asean
power alliance seen by 2017 -- >>> The
Nation
Navigation
pact opens up a whole new vista -- >>> Bangkok Post |
| Le 30 Avril 2000 |
Thailand and Laos try to accentuate the positive -- >>> The
Nation
Vietnam,
Laos Share Experiences in Fatherland Front Work--t>>> Vietnam News
Agency
Lao
NA President Receives Vietnamese Delegation-- >>> Vietnam News
Agency
Chamber
of horrors -->>> Boston Globe
Vietnamese
leader to visit Laos, Thailand and Burma-- >>> Australian
Broadcasting Corp.
Vietnam
vets gather, share 25-year-old nightmares -- >>>Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel or MSNBC
Student
competition examines history -- >>> Star
Tribune |
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