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 OXIANA RESOURCES NL:Quarterly
Report, Dec. 1999-- The Sepon Project resource base includes more than 1,000,000 tonnes of
contained copper and 3.6 million ounces of gold.Market News Publishing Asean
has enough members for now -- In the past five years, Asean has nearly doubled in size.
Vietnam joined the grouping in July 1995, Burma and Laos in July 1998 and Cambodia inBangkok Post Illegal immigrant sweep ahead of UN trade summit -- Most of those
arrested were migrants from poor neighbouring countries Cambodia, Laos and Burma who made
their living fromSouth China Morning Post Security
tightens ahead of Unctad meet -- Apart from the
international groups, Thai security officials are watching out for anti-Vietnam radicals
as well as rebels from Cambodia, LaosThe Nation/Yahoo! Asia Viet
Nam-Laos New Tourist Route Opens -- A new tourist route
from Viet Nam's central city of Da Nang to Laos's capital city of Vientiane was
opened Vietnam News Agency Fresno's
largest trial to pit girls against gang -- They will
say that, through force or fear, several young Hmong girls between the ages of 11 and 15
were raped, sometimes for hours byFresno Bee |
  Security sweep nets 1500 illegal migrants :Burmese,
Laotians and Cambodians made up 80% of the 1,491 people arrested yesterday, he said.
Chinese, Pakistanis, Russians>>>>Bangkok Post |
Le 29 janvier 2000 |
| Former Huntsville resident takes dangerous assignment
to distribute Scriptures in Laos -- When Hal Cooper asked a question of a panel member at
a church mission conference in >>>>The Huntsville Times Deportation
law snares Hmong, others in twilight zone -- Last year, more than two decades after coming
to America as a refugee from Laos, a Minnesota man was stunned to learn that>>>>AP/Mercury Center Agent
tells of a 'hostile' Setencich -- One of the charges against Setencich involves an alleged
$3,000 bribe from Robert Yang that came in exchange for Setencich's vote to waive>>>>The Fresno Bee |
| UN Gives $4.2M Food Aid To Laos To
Build Infrastructure -- The United Nations World Food Program has given $4.2 million in
food aid to Laos for a three-year project to help >>>>AP/Yahoo! Asia ASEAN
Region to Be Marketed as One Tourism Destination: Minister -- ASEAN countries have agreed
to jointly market the region as a tourism destination from next year, >>>>Xinhua News Agency FBI
says tip led to Setencich -- Hmong Council members allegedly told the IRS about two checks
written to a campaign consultant.>>>>The Fresno Bee |
| Laotian telephone network to double
in capacity this year-- Lao Telecommunications, a Thai-Laotian joint venture, announced
plans on Wednesday to double the capacity of the The Times of India Asean
freezes expansion -- HIGH ranking officials of the Association of the Southeast Asian
Nations (Asean) have agreed to further extend the moratorium on acceptanceThe Nation LAO
PARTY'S REVIEW DELEGATION VISITS VIET NAM-- A delegation of the Alun May Review of the Lao
People's Revolutionary Party led by Editor-in-Chief Viengsay Sovalith,Vietnam News Agency St. Paul hopes to make
census count in minority communities -- In the Hmong community, for example, Hmong leaders
will be standing next to Mayor Coleman as he explains the census.Pioneer Planet Desire
to teach, learn still burns...Wearing the standard-issue garb of nearly every child in
America -- jeans, T-shirt and sneakers -- Chatree Vang on Wednesday described hisThe Sacramento Bee 2
witnesses tell of hiding payoff to Setencich: Testimony centers on alleged $3,000 bribe --
He said he received a $3,000 check from the Hmong Council, cashed it, took $300The Fresno Bee |
| Crisis-hit Laos wrestles with
child-trafficking problem-- Trafficking of children from Laos to Thailand for commercial
labor and sexual exploitation is increasing despite measures Kyodo News Service Syria,
Laos to encamp with Thai boxing squad -- Syria and Laos have shown their interest to
encamp with the Thai boxing squad at the Bonanza Ranch in Nakhon Ratchasima in . . .The Nation Thai Business Briefs: Shin Satellite
Laos Affil To Expand-- Shin Satellite said Wednesday its 49%-owned affiliate, Lao
Telecommunications Co., or LTC, plans to expand its fixed lineYahoo! Asia Japan
Ranked No 18 in Asia for TOEFL Test, Asahi Says....beating Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Laos
but below North Korea -- [Laos was ranked in last place]Bloomberg/AOL Potential
untapped: Thailand can benefit as regional gateway-- Most Western tourists are attracted
by Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam because those countries have much to offerBangkok Post Chief says he questioned
officer trainee's stability -- Stamper offers testimony for city in lawsuit, recalls man's
'reckless' behaviorSeattle Post-Intelligencer Chief
questions stability of police officer trainee in lawsuit-- He was described as overwhelmed
by job stress and by his status as the city' s first police officer of Hmong
descent. AP/Star Tribune Ex-aide
testifies he bribed Setencich -- Robert Yang, attacked as a liar and a con man by a
defense lawyer, testified Tuesday that he bribed former Fresno City Council MemberThe Fresno Bee Key
witness testifies he bribed one-time councilman and state Assembly speaker -- Yang said
Setencich was paid $3,000 in exchange for his vote to waive Fresno Convention Center
rentalAP/The Sacramento Bee Immigrant
farmers bring techniques, seeds and crops to U.S.-- >>>> AP/The Sacramento
Bee |
| Seeing Laos like a native . . .from
its rivers -- Everybody told us the same thing: There might not be a more exotic,
interesting, beautiful, and relaxing -not to mention inexpensive Christian Science Monitor VN
proposes Hue for tourism campaign -- VIETNAM believes it should be a part of the new
regional tourism promotion campaign linking up historical sites in Laos, Burma, CambodiaThe Nation |
| Asean to unify marketing -- Tourism
ministers and national tourism organisations of Asean countries yesterday agreed to unite
in marketing Asean as a destination from the year 2002 Bangkok Post Visit
Asean' gets a rethink -- Asean tourism officials have set aside plans for a Visit Asean
Millennium Year 2002 and replaced them with a more long-term project designed toBangkok Post |
| Deputy FM
espies opportunity Speaking at a seminar on the "Quadrangle Economic Development Project" between Thailand, Laos, China and Vietnam held by the Nan Chamber,BangkokPost |
| Tourism chiefs
plot easier Asean travel :>>>> The Nation |
| Many called, but few
remain:. >>>>The Fresno Bee
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