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Le 2 février 2000 |
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sees foreign income doubling -- By the end of 1999, Lao
Telecommunications had 30,000 fixed-line subscribers and 10,000 cellular customers. The
figures are projected toBangkok Post LAO PARTY'S GEETINGS ON COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIET NAM'S 70TH
ANNIVERSARY-- The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central
Committee on Feb. 2 sent a message ofVietnam News Agency 10-year term levied in gang slaying -- A
20-year-old Laotian gang member who procured the weapon for the July 1999 slaying of a
rival Hmong gang member in West Milwaukee ParkMilwaukee Journal Sentinel Trial begins in Hmong gang rape case -- Gang
memberskidnapped and raped a number of young girls, using some of them as prostitutes, over a 15-month period, prosecutors said AP/Sacramento Bee Gang-rape trial gets under way -- Gang members
kidnapped and raped a number of young girls, using some of them as prostitutes, over a
15-month period, prosecutors said TuesdayFresno Bee Setencich finally gets his say -- As expected,
Setencich pointed to Robert Yang as the culprit in a series of loans and other
transactions that are at the heart of the OperationFresno Bee |
Le 3 Février 2000 |
| Central banker positive on the Northeast Bangkok Post Dictionary dedicated to King -- Somsang
Chiayawong, a Lao linguist, said the Lao government was pleased with the dictionary and
its people were looking forward to receiving
The Nation
PARTY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED IN LAOS, CAMBODIA, CUBA AND MEXICO
- Vietnam News
Agency Russia to attend second ASEAN business summit in April- ITAR/TASS
News Agency Teen-age
witness in gang-rape case fails to appear -- Fresno Bee
Tempers flare in Setencich trial -- Fresno Bee
Back in his district, 'common folks' say Vento will be missed-- Star
Tribune |
Le 4 Février 2000 |
| Spread of HIV in
Southeast Asia Linked to Overland Heroin Routes -- U.S. Newswire Dad
held in shooting death of daughter, 5 -
Denver Rocky Mountain
Tailwind
film deal reported: ‘Gas’ controversy continues-- Fayetteville
(N.C.) Observer First teen Hmong witness testifies in gang rape trial Fresno Bee Jury
deliberates Setencich corruption case -
Fresno
Bee Jurors hear closing arguments in ex-speaker's corruption trial- Sacramento Bee |
| Getting to Laos Ahead of the Guidebooks --The New York Times
>>> UW-Stout
offers Hmong language courses --AP/Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel>>> Bruce
Vento's story is more than just congressional deeds-- Pioneer
Planet >>>Commentary:
Ad can help in public schools' perceptions battle-- Star
Tribune >>>Community
circles project sparks talks on immigration-- Star
Tribune>>> |
| Australia Business Briefs: Oxiana Raises A$2.7M -- Dow
Jones/Yahoo! Asia BoI
urges business to focus on Mekong -- Bangkok Post
PRESIDENT WAHID SEEKING ASEAN'S SUPPORT IN EU-- Asia Pulse/Northern Light 2,400
packed into immigration cells -- The Nation Setencich
acquitted on Rezone charges -- Fresno Bee
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| -President Clinton Names
Douglas Alan Hartwick as U.S. Ambassador to Laos -- U.S. Newswire
Mystery
over death -- The Press Online - New Zealand
Villagers
call for eviction of Hmong from forest land: Locals say refugees ruining watershed - Bangkok Post A friend
in me: Ida Vang and Belen St. John merge their worlds in a bond that's lasted six years --
Ida is a Sacramento native. Her Hmong parents are originally from Laos. Sacramento Bee Appeals
Court rules gun found later can be used as evidence in shooting -- AP/Star
Tribune Second
girl tells of rapes: Defense lawyers try to discredit thealleged victim -- Sacramento Bee
Former
speaker found innocent of bribery and mail fraud-- Sacramento Bee
Setencich
not guilty of bribe: Jury deadlocks on tax-evasion in the Fresno trial -- Fresno Bee
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| Burma, Laos to help in fighting narcotics: Four-day talks to
map out strategies -- Bangkok Post Meet
on Mekong's potential -- The Nation Asean
ministers set for FDI drive -- The Nation Boy,
15, gets 32 years for slaying -- Denver Post Hmong
father enters no contest plea as part of agreement-- AP/Star
Tribune Gang
rape witness recants: 'Nothing happened,' alleged victim says in a taped conversation --
Fresno Bee
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Le 10 février 2000 |
Mountain-bike tour visits Laos --  Bangkok Post Seamless
overland travel to Laos? Bangkok Post Thailand
to lend $350 mln for Mekong projects -- Reuters/Fox News Online
Greater
Mekong Subregion Welcomes Private Investors-- Xinhua
News Agency VIET
NAM COMMUNIST PARTY'S ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED IN LAOS AND MONGOLIA -- Vietnam News
Agency NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN TO VISIT LAOS AND CAMBODIA -- Vietnam News
Agency China
approached to help highway link -- Bangkok Post Regional
development draft -- Bangkok Post New
to snow business -- Wise
News/Yahoo! Asia Trial
over police officer's suit ends in hung jury -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Le 11 Février 2000 |
| Forum will encourage investment: Bangkok Post Mekong
project set to roll again -- The Nation Jury
in Vang's police bias trial can't agree -- Seattle Times
Mistrial
ends police wrongful-firing case -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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LE 12 Février 2000 |
| GMS Power to kick-start Laos dam project -- The Nation Man
in hospital charged with murder -- The
Press Online - New Zealand |
Le 13 Février 2000 |
| The hunt for those missing [in Laos] gets harder
– US News
& World Report Bringing
home the boys -- Bangkok Post Japanese
to aid Mekong Basin growth-- Bangkok Post UN
seeks co-operation of regional forum: Asks why Asean is not observer at UN --
Bangkok Post Stepping
into a new Minnesota-- I Pioneer
Planet Influential
Hmong leaders will help generate census interest-- Star
Tribune |
Le 14 Février 2000 |
| Four Mekong River Basin Governments Funded to
Cooperate-- Environment
News Service/Lycos GEF Grant supports international agreement to protect Mekong River Basin
-- World
Bank Laos urges special attention to landlocked poor countries-- Kyodo News Search for missing Michigan airmen appears over -- Detroit Free Press
Asean Must Attract Foreign Investors Again: Wahid-- Asia
Pulse/Yahoo! Asia CNN Producer Says She's the Victim - APB
News Vietnam General: I Am Not a War Criminal-- APB
News |
Le 15 Février 2000 |
| US lawmaker, Hmong Americans demand
Laos open borders to observers -- AFP/Yahoo!
Asia Economic zone in Chiang Rai planned to back joint project
-- Bangkok
Post Incentives needed to develop Mekong -- Bangkok Post
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN MANH ARRIVES IN VIENTIANE
-- Vietnam News
Agency Vietnam's
National Assembly Chairman Visits Laos, Cambodia-- Xinhua
News Agency NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN LEAVES FOR LAOS AND CAMBODIA
-- Vietnam News
Agency Eight orphans taken in by uncle, already father of three
-- Denver Rocky
Mountain News Relatives, community fight to keep fractured family together--
T Star
Tribune |
Le 16 Février 2000 |
| Press Release From Washington, D.C. "Laos Washington Crisis
Week" -- Confirmed reports indicate that these operations are both brutal and
massive, involving the large scale deployment of Lao government and Vietnamese forces at
apparent division-level strengths, coordinated with MIG-21 air strikes and MI-8 helicopter
gunship attacks against both unarmed civilians as well as opposition and minority groups Press Release From Washington, D.C. Chocolate
pyramid cakes reach for the heavens in this baker's imagination-- Luangkhot's journey to
Kaimuki began in Laos, where he was born to a Chinesefather and a Laotian mother. He attended school until sixth grade, but after that, Honolulu Star-Bulletin World
Bank says no backing for Laos dam until reforms in place-- The World Bank said Wednesday
it will not give its endorsement to a billion-dollar dam in Laos until the government
commits itself to significant political and economicAFP/Yahoo! Asia D.C.
protest includes Twin Cities contingent -- Several hundred Hmong and Lao protesters,
including an estimated 200 from the Twin Cities, are heading to Washington this week for
three days of protests against the Communist Laotian government.Pioneer Planet or Pioneer Planet Albright
Urged on 2 Hmong-Americans -- A California congressman on Wednesday pressed Secretary of
State Madeline Albright for more information about the plight of two Hmong-Americans who
disappeared in Laos 10 monthsAP/Yahoo! 100
protest treatment of Hmong in Laos -- More than 100 people demonstrated in front of U.S.
Rep. Gerald Kleczka's Milwaukee office Tuesday, demanding that the United StatesMilwaukee Journal Sentinel Laos:
Hmong-Americans protest rights abuses -- More than 100 Laotian-and Hmong-Americans . .
.crowded into a Capitol Hill conference room to press for an investigation of human rights
abuses in Laos.Star Tribune VIET NAM, LAOS LEADERS STRESS NEED TO BOOST BILATERAL TIES-- His visit aimed to
boost the implementation of the agreements reached between leaders of the twoVietnam News Agency VIETNAMESE
AND LAO NA CHAIRMEN HOLD TALKS-- Talks were held in Vientiane on Feb. 16 between visiting
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh andVietnam News Agency Cambodia
Holds Sub-Regional Seminar on HIV/AIDS -- Delegates from China, Lao, Thailand, Vietnam and
the host country Cambodia attended the seminar financed by theXinhua News Agency ASEAN:
Mayors set sights on longer-staying tourist market -- To get the plan started, Bangkok
Governor Bhichit Rattakul proposed a tour route from Nong Khai, Vientiane, and LuangBangkok Post Australia,
NZ, Asean Make Progress On Free Trade Pact -- Real scope now exists for progress toward a
free trade agreement linking Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Dow Jones/Yahoo! Asia |
Le 17 Février 2000 |
| Activists Protest at Laotian Embassy -- About 200
people protested Thursday at the Laotian Embassy for better treatment for the Hmong, an
ethnic minority in the Southeast Asian country, and a full accounting of what happened to
two AP/Yahoo!, AP/AOL, AP/Washington Post or AP/Boston Globe Barrett
to discuss claims of rights abuses in Laos -- U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett will meet
with members of the Milwaukee-area Hmong and Laotian community this afternoon to discuss
their claims of human rights violations in Laos and theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel Laotian
currency finally stable, says head of Lao National Assembly -- [He] believes his
country's currency has finally stabilized after a wild ride that saw the value of the kip
drop more than 300% against the dollar last year, accordingKyodo News Albright
says State Dept. didn't conceal abductions in Laos -- Secretary of State Madeline
Albright told a congressional committee Wednesday that her department did not conceal
information about the abduction of twoNando Times Albright
on missing Hmong -- Secretary of State Madeline Albright told a House panel that
her department did not conceal information about the abduction of two Hmong-American men
who disappeared in Laos last spring.Star Tribune Protesters seek help for Hmong persecuted in Laos: Demonstrators say their
people are paying for aiding the U.S. during the war. When you needed us, we were
there. Now that we are in need, where are you? Fresno Bee NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NONG DUC MANH'S ACTIVITIES IN LAOS -- Viet Nam's National
Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh and his delegation toured the Lao northern province of
Luang PrabangVietnam News Agency Malaysia
to Lead ASEAN Investment Promotion Mission to Japan: All the 10 ASEAN member
countries -- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam -- will beXinhua News Agency Asian
elders find food and friends with new initiative -- "It's very tough for
them," said Joanne Lo, a Hmong outreach worker for Southeast Asian Ministries who
visits the homes of elders at least twice a week.Star Tribune More
information: Meals programs -- If you want to speak in Hmong, Vietnamese or
Cambodian, call 612-721-4852. Call United Cambodian Association of Minnesota at
651-222-3299 or call Southeast Asian MinistriesStar Tribune |
Le 18 Février 2000 |
| Crown Prince of Laos to Hold NPC 'Morning Newsmaker' Press
Conference Feb. 24 -- Prince Savang willl discuss Laos and human rights, freedom
of speech, open elections, recent student demonstrations, the economy, graft and U.S. Newswire Ho
Chi Minh Trail Turned to Highway--In 1975 it had become a comprehensive
transportation network with five main, roughly parallel roads and 21 crossroads covering
nearly 12,500 miles. It also passed through neighboring Laos andAP/Yahoo! |
* Laos denies it's involved in disappearance of 2 Hmong -- An official at the Laotian embassy in Washington says his government is not waging genocide against the Hmong in Laos and denied it is involved in the disappearance of two Milwaukee Journal Sentinel * It's their party: Children of refugees gather for games, fun -- There are kids who keep the idea of a party sprouted from parishioners who learned that two children from Laos, who were congregants of the church, had never been to a Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin w/ picture |
| *Exiled Lao prince asks for
help for his homeland -- In a visit to this seaside community, the exiled Lao prince,
Soulivong Savang, asked for help in dismantling the communist dictatorship ruling his
homeland. AP/Boston Globe or MSNBC * Exiled Lao prince makes plea for his homeland -- The man whose grandfather once ruled the Kingdom of Laos stood in a room filled with respectful, curious Rhode Islanders yesterday and pledged to do his part to dismantle the Providence Journal * VIET NAM, LAOS TO CONTINUE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL COOPERATION -- The two sides assessed relevant cooperation since Viet Nam and Laos signed an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation Vietnam News Agency * Vietnam, Laos Agree to Boost Cooperation among Youths -- The agreement was signed by First Secretary of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Vu Trong Kim and First Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Xinhua News Agency or Vietnam News Agency * EDUCATION NOTES -- Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to "nontraditional'' students, defined as more than 25 years old, married, or a single parent. Applicants must be Hmong, live in Minnesota and demonstrate Pioneer Planet * Students test validity of citizenship exam -- ``It's important that everyone know the answer to these questions, but is this the best way?'' asks Judy Ly, a Humboldt senior and cadet major whose mother, a Hmong immigrant, became Pioneer |
| *Crown prince urges end to
communist Laos in speech at Dartmouth -- In a speech titled "Why I want to restore
Democracy in my homeland," Crown Prince Soulivong Savang of Laos explained the
history of the now-communist U-Wire/Excite *Authorities investigate slaughterhouse fire -- Pao Yang is co-owner of the Hmong livestock and meat processing market, which allows customers to select from animals held for slaughter and caters to Southeast Asian and Star Tribune *Blaze closes meat plant -- A fire in one building of a South St. Paul slaughterhouse killed about 20 hogs, 10 beef cattle and 300 chickens early Monday. No animals survived the fire at Long Cheng Inc., 134 N. Hardman Ave. Pioneer Planet *Children of Tragedy: 8 St. Paul orphans face life without their parents -- Her eyes dry, her back straight, her demeanor calm, 15-year-old Mai Her sat beside her father's coffin Monday and gazed at her seven small brothers Pioneer Planet *State expects greater diversity: Ethnic students coming to N.C. -- That has helped with the Hmong, a southeast Asian group that has a large community in Burke and other foothill counties, she said. Sun News *Encroachers threaten wildlife park -- According to officials, 4,000 Hmong and Karen people living in the sanctuary and some 1,000 Hmong from Ban Kiew Sam Lor in Ban Tak district, have been involved in forest encroachment. Bangkok Post |
| * "Capitol Hill
Appeal For Information About The Royal Lao Family Disappearance, Arrested Lao Student
Demonstrators, And Missing Hmong-Americans" -- In response to the
decades-long silence by the Lao Peoples Democracy Republic (LPDR) regarding the
disappearance of the King and Queen of Laos as well as members of the Lao Royal
Family, the Center for Public Policy Analysis is pleased to assist a bipartisan
coalition of concerned Members of the U.S. Congress in announcing the upcoming second
phase of a special U.S.Congressional Forum Series on the Crisis in Laos. Center For Public Policy Analysis * U.S. warns against travel to parts of Laos -- The United States advised its citizens Wednesday to avoid parts of Xieng Khouang province in central Laos because of a risk of ambush by insurgents or bandits. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Mercury Center, ABC News, or MSNBC * Laotian leader advocates democracy to Boston World Affairs Council-- Weary of a quarter century of communist rule, exiled Laotian prince Soulivong Savang urged members of the Boston World Affairs Council Tuesday at the Fairmont U-Wire/Excite * Exiled prince pleads for forgotten country -- Crown Prince Soulivong Savang of Laos seemed a bit disconsolate yesterday as he sipped scotch and soda at the Fairmont Copley Hotel's Oak Bar. Boston Globe * Cross-Border Killing of Elephants Uncovered -- Investigations show that three Laotians went to the Shangyong Preserve in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province early last year, and killed three wild Asian elephants there. They then Xinhua News Agency * Singapore Appoints New Ambassador to Laos -- The Government has appointed Miss Seetoh Hoy Cheng, as Singapore's next Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Miss Seetoh's most recent appointment Asia Pulse/Yahoo! Asia * LAO MILITARY DELEGATION BEGINS VIET NAM VISIT --The delegation, led by Senior Lieutenant General Chummaly Saynhason, member of the Political Bureau of the People's Revolutionary Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Vietnam News Agency * OVER 200 VIETNAMESE VOLUNTEERS HONOURED BY LAO STATE AND GOVERNMENT -- Over 200 Vietnamese volunteers who previously served at the 83 Corps, stationed in Vientiane, recently received orders and medals Vietnam News Agency * Fire at Hmong meat plant douses spirit -- The smell of death mixed uncomfortably with a sense of helplessness. Framed by the charred remains of a wooden holding pen above him and dead hogs at his feet, the owner of a Star Tribune w/ picture |
| Exiled Laos Prince Appeals to US -- The exiled crown prince of Laos, whose
grandfather was toppled from power by communists after the Vietnam War, urged the United
States to try to negotiate a transition to democracy in his AP/Boston Globe or Star Tribune or Washington Post or Alta Vista THAILAND-LAOS
TOURS: New overland itineraries -- Building on the success of joint promotions during the
past two years, the tourism authorities of Thailand and Laos will kick off the five-day
Laos-Thai Friendship Biking Caravan today.Bangkok Post Project
needs heavy dose of faith -- Now a key road called the East-West corridor, from Thailand
to Laos and on to Vietnam, is to be refurbished to give investors plenty of reasons to get
interested in getting the flagship project offBangkok Post PARTY
AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS RECEIVE LAO MILITARYOFFICERS -- For his part, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Chummaly Saynhason briefed the Vietnamese leaders of fine results from his talks with a Vietnamese Vietnam News Agency DEPUTY
PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES LAO AGRICULTURE-FORESTRY MINISTER -- Deputy PM Tan held talks with
Minister S. Saphangthong on a number of cooperation projects between the two countries in
agriculture,Vietnam News Agency |
| Exiled Lao prince calls for summit before vote -- The exiled crown prince of
Laos called Thursday for a summit between the communist leaders who killed his parents and
the refugee leaders now scattered from California's Central Sacramento Bee or Modesto Bee Cambodia,
Laos Agree to Mark Border Line in May -- Cambodia and Laos agreed Friday to demarcate
their long-term unclear border in May this year. The agreement was reached between the two
border commissions after a Xinhua News Agency CAMBODIA,
LAOS, VIETNAM URGED TO OPEN COMMERCIALSECTIONS -- The federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has suggested that the governments of Cambodia, Laos Asia Pulse LAOS UPSET OVER THAI
CHARACTERISATION -- LAO people are very upset to see all maids in Thai TV dramas portrayed
as Lao characters, a survey has found. The survey by Chulalongkorn University's
Faculty of MassThe Nation PRIME
MINISTER RECEIVES LAO AGRO-FORESTRY DELEGATION -- Minister Saphangthong briefed Prime
Minister Khai of his working session with Viet Nam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development and thanked theVietnam News Agency |
| Hmong go home -- A final group of 181 Laotian refugees has returned to their
villages, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said
yesterday. Bangkok Post LAO
MILITARY DELEGATION ENDS VIET NAM VISIT -- A high-level military delegation of Laos led by
Senior Lieutenant General Chummaly Saynhason, member of the Political Bureau of the Lao
People's Revolutionary Party CentralVietnam News Agency |
| *Unimpressed by snub of Lao
prince -- Who is kidding whom? Laos is in no position to dictate to Asean on economic
matters. After 30 years of whatever you call a government in Laos, the country is in
tatters. The Nation *Agreement nears on Mekong River goods blueprint -- A plan for the freer flow of goods and people along the Mekong River is close to reality, with Thailand, Burma, China and Laos expected to put the final touches to a draft agreement Bangkok Post *Company has good words for non-English speakers -- The writing team of Noi Koukeokingthale and Kong Choulamany may have to practice some before it produces the Great Lao-American Novel. But to their employer, Baxa Corp., Denver Post |
| *Surin checking Lao troop
movements -- Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan has asked military authorities to check
reports of the deployment of Lao troops near a road construction site close to a disputed
border area. So far, Laos has not Bangkok Post -Vietnam foreign minister to visit Laos, Cambodia -- Vietnam Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien will travel to neighbouring Laos on Tuesday and then Cambodia later this week, official media reported. The Vietnam News daily Reuters/ABC News *FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY NIEN ON LAOS VISIT -- Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien arrived in Vientiane today (Feb. 29), beginning his official friendship visit to Laos at the invitation of Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Vietnam News Agency -CPC Publicity Dept. Deputy Head Meets Lao Guests -- Liu Yunshan, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met here today with a delegation of the New Dawn Journal Xinhua News Agency *Setback to power purchase pact -- Developer of the Lao-based Nam Theun II hydro electric project has accepted the 4.338 US cent per kilowatt-hour electricity price proposed by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, The Nation *New ASEAN Members Invited to Join Thai Gems & Jewelry's Fair -- Gems and jewelry firms of new members states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) have been welcomed for the upcoming Thai Gems and Xinhua News Agency *ASEAN urges Japanese to invest in Southeast Asia -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations held its first joint investment seminar in Japan on Monday, urging Japanese investors to take advantage of the region's economic Yomiuri Shimbun * Laotian among immigrant criminals in limbo -- The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service freed 1,000 immigrant criminals this past year. But Denver INS agents won't let Laotian refugee Sia Vang go -unless a federal judge Denver Post w/ picture *Yang gets 17-month prison term after cooperating in case against Setencich-- A tearful Robert Yang was sentenced to 17 months in prison Monday on corruption charges linked to the Operation Rezone investigation of former Fresno Bee *Setencich to face new trial on charges of tax evasion -- Vincent's recommendation for Yang's 17-month sentence was in return for cooperation and testimony against Setencich. Otherwise, Yang would have faced a Fresno Bee *Hyde: Quick Action on Hmong Bill -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde promised quick action Tuesday on legislation to make it easier for Hmong refugees to become American citizens after a visit from Minnesota Gov. AP/Yahoo!, Boston Globe, News Day or New Jersey Online |
