Le 31 Mai 2000 |
n Market
bombing in Laotian capital sparks fears of political violence <<< AFP/Yahoo!
Asia
n Amnesty says fate
of Laos anti-regime protestors unknown <<< Australian Broadcasting Corp.
n Nicole Death Threat Sent To Embassy
<<< The Nation
n Laos warns of
threat to tourism (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
n Water power
'fuels climate change' (BBC News)
n Wise
Exchange Readers (Almost) Always Have an Answer (San Francisco Chronicle)
n Oxiana
Resouces N L - Placement For Sepon Project (Market News Publishing)
n Jury Selection Underway In Gang
Related Shooting (MSNBC)
n Donations
to couple who lost savings top $35, 000 (AP/Star Tribune)
n Clinton Signs Bill
Helping Hmong Become Citizens (Los Angeles Times)
 Le Laos renforce sa sécurité
après la série d'explosions à Vientiane: Le Laos a
décidé de renforcer sa sécurité après une série d'explosions dans la capitale du
petit pays communiste, dont les motivations laissent perplexes les diplomates en poste à
Vientiane. AFP 31/05/2000
|
Le 30 Mai 2000 |
n Text:
Senator Feingold May 23 Introduces Resolution on Laos (Calls on Lao government to respect
basic human rights) (U.S.
Department of State)
n Laos: Where are the missing
protestors? (Amnesty International)
n Fate of Laos
Protesters Unknown (AP/Yahoo!)
n A nationwide
security alert follows a weekend bombing in Laos (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
n Thai-Lao Border: Neighbours
will try to solve demarcation problem soon (Bangkok Post)
n Hong Sa Project in
Laos to Supply Power Sooner (The Nation)
n Bomb rocks Laos
market (The Nation)
n Bomb explodes in
Vientiane (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
n Hearing the real story of
son’s death ‘better in some ways’ (Salisbury Post)
n Man
charged in Sealy crash remains hospitalized; misses court date (AP/Star Tribune)
n U.S. citizenship
bill honors Vietnam War allies (Miami Herald)
n Fairgrounds
gunfire leads to trial (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
n Hmong parents experiencing
clash of cultures (Pioneer Planet)
n Threads of Hope (Pioneer Planet)
n Group
offers help for depressed Hmong women (AP/Star Tribune) |
| Le
29 Mai 2000 |
n Bomb injures 20 in
capital of Laos (Reuters/ABC News)
n Laos Bombing Injures
20 (AP/Yahoo! or Here)
n Bombing at
market in Laotian capital injures 20 (AP/MSNBC)
n Laos says 'bad elements' behind
explosion (Kyodo News Service/AOL)
n 6 wounded in Laos explosion
(Kyodo News Service/AOL)
n What Happened to Free Speech?
(Lan-xang.com)
n Drug Suppression: Thais to
train neighbours (Bangkok Post)
n Called to Order: About 250
young people, mostly Hmong, have joined a military club in St. Paul. (Pioneer Planet)
n UW-Stout
staffer worked on citizenship bill (Star Tribune)
n ST. PAUL Hmong community to
hold Memorial Day event: To mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam
(Pioneer Planet)
n Donations
pour in for couple that threw away $11,000 (Star Tribune) |
Le 28 Mai 2000 |
n Overseas
and online: World Wide Web keeps getting wider (Star Tribune)
I joined other Western travelers at the PlaNet Internet center on Luang Prabang's main
street. For less than $4 an hour, the center offers access to one of its 12 computers.
n Soldiers honored via
citizenship (Duluth News Tribune)
Scars twist across the body of Nhia Cha Vang, mapping the sacrifice the Hmong veteran made
to help the United States fight communists in the Vietnam War. His hands flew as they
pointed to wounds caused
n Asian
shops urge continued effort to build retail district: Renewed vitality (Star Tribune) in
the middle of that page
Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian and other Southeast Asian businesses dot the avenue along a
17-block stretch between Lexington Parkway on the west and Marion Street on the east.
n More remains of
Vietnamese volunteers combatants returned by Laos (Vietnam News Agency)
Kon Tum Central Highlands province has held a burial service for nine sets of remains,
identified as Vietnamese volunteer combatants and experts, who had died in Laos while
discharging their international
|
Le 27 Mai 2000 |
n PM handles singer's anti-Laos
remark <<<The Nation
n Thailand, Laos to step up war on
drugs <<< The Nation
n Back to Laos, not Lao <<< The Nation
n Tuned into area with Asean aria <<< The Nation |
Le 26 Mai 2000 |
nThai
PM in three-day visit to Laos to strengthen ties <<< AFP/Yahoo! Asia
n Trip to focus on consolidation <<< Bangkok Post
n Drugs, border top agenda for Chuan
in Laos <<< The Nation
n ASEAN urges U-S to
back Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for W-T-O <<< Australian Broadcasting Corp.
n Remains of
Vietnamese combatants repatriated from Laos <<< Vietnam News Agency
|
Le 25 Mai 2000 |
n Lao is preferred to Layos or Louse (The Nation)
n Driver charged with 3 counts
of vehicular homicide in Sealy's death (Pioneer Planet)
n Surviving
driver charged in Sealy crash (Star
Tribune)
n Asean
Seeks US Commitment For Support On Trade Issues (AP/Dow Jones)
n Washington, ASEAN
Differ Over Trade (Reuters/Yahoo!)
n Indonesian
Province to Host Int L Conference on Rock Phosphate (Asia Pulse)
n ASEAN: Support for UN crime
pact grows (Bangkok Post)
n Asean seeks organised crime policy (The Nation)
n Hmong
couple loses life savings in landfill (AP/Star Tribune)
n Hmong couple lose life
savings to landfill
<<<(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
|
Le 24 Mai 2000 |
n Bill to ease citizenship for
Laotian allies backed <<< Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
n Hmong vets get thank-you
for valor: Refugees will get to take U.S. citizenship test in native language
<<< Sacramento Bee
n Hmong vets' struggle is
nearly over <<< Pioneer Planet
n Hmong
citizenship bill going to White House <<< Star Tribune
n 'At last, America has
recognized its promise to us' <<< Pioneer Planet
language. But as Vang pulled up a pants leg and traced the scars
n Thailand,
Laos Step up Border Cooperation <<< Xinhua News Agency
n ASEAN
Wants US to Normalize Trade With All Members <<< Xinhua News Agency.
|
Le 23 Mai 2000 |
n Citizenship
Bill (for Laotians) Passes Congress <<< AP/Northern Light Tech.
nJapan to extend 3.62 bil. yen aid
to Laos <<< Kyodo News Service/AOL.
n Former school truants plant rice
for Laotian students <<< Kyodo News Service/AOL
n Thai-Lao Relations: Time
needed on Hmong issue <<< Bangkok Post.
n Laos frets over border security
<<< The Nation
n Wrong-way
driver arrested in death of Timberwolves player <<< Star Tribune |
Le 22 Mai 2000 |
n Driver in Sealy crash previously
convicted of drunken driving <<< AP/Excite
n Police to question man in
Sealy death <<< Pioneer Planet.
n Driver in
crash that killed Sealy not questioned yet <<< Star Tribune.
nZoning wrong tool
to resolve clash <<< Pioneer Planet
n Slaughter solution fair to
all is sought: Hmong confidence to speak out grows <<< Pionner Planet
n Festival captures Pacific
cultures <<< Sacramento Bee |
Le 21 Mai 2000 |
n What’s in a name: Lao, Laos,
Laotian? <<< The Nation
n Wolves'
Sealy killed in Hwy. 100 crash <<< Star Tribune
n Wolves player dies in
collision <<< Pioneer Planet
n VNA, KPL sign
cooperation agreement for 2000-05 period <<< Vietnam News Agency |
Le
20 Mai 2000 |
n Drugs: Laos to step up border
co-operation <<< Bangkok Post:
n The need for an Asean policeman <<<
Bangkok Post:
n ASEAN Regional Forum: North
Korea close to gaining entry <<< Bangkok Post: |
Le
19 Mai 2000 |
nLaos at hub of Mekong basin development
<<< Yomiuri Shimbun:
n Ethnic
art fests <<< Star
Tribune:
n Mekong
Countries to Strengthen Cooperation in Fighting Drugs <<< Xinhua News Agency:
n North Korea to be
admitted to the ARF <<< The Nation:
n ASEAN Regional Forum: Admission
of North Korea likely soon <<< Bangkok Post:
n North Korea to join ASEAN security
forum <<< Times of India:
n A legacy
continues <<< Boston Globe
n Compromise
reached on Hmong citizenship bill <<< Star Tribune: |
Le
18 Mai 2000 |
n Laos celebrates
Ho's birthday <<< Vietnam News Agency
n Advisory/AEA to host ASEAN ministerial
investment mission 2000 <<< Business Wire/Yahoo!
n Asian
trade group seeks investment <<< Pioneer Planet
n Don't
overlook SEA's long-term potential <<< Business Times
n ARF
members united on North Korea entry <<< AFP/Yahoo!
n ASEAN
Regional Forum to admit North Korea in July <<< Channel NewsAsia/Yahoo! Asia
n Asean told to ban
child soldiers <<< The Nation
n Consensus needed for troika
system <<< Bangkok Post
n Sen.
Passes Hmong Citizenship Bill <<< AP/AOL
n Fine
tuning may clear way for Hmong veterans bill <<<Pionner Planet
|
|
Le 17 Mai 2000 |
nLaos close to buying back
concessions
<<<<(Bangkok Post) Laos is
close to concluding a ...
n Landlocked Laos
signs agreement with Vietnam on sea corridor<<< (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)>>>Laos has signed an agreement with Vietnam to provide
it with improved...
n Deputy PM receives
Laos News Agency general director <<<(Vietnam News Agency)
n Investment
mission aims to market ASEAN to US investors <<<(Channel NewsAsia/Yahoo!
Asia)
n Asean seeks closer
OSCE ties <<<(The
Nation)>>>THE Thai government, as current Asean..
n Mandate missing for
‘Asean Troika’ <<<(The Nation)>>>ASEAN senior officials
agreed at a meeting..
n Woman: Hmong parents and
children cross a bridge into learning <<<(St. Paul Pioneer Press/Dallas Morning News)>>>As a
little girl, if Mao Vang wanted to read in Hmong, she had to pick .. |
Le 16 Mai 2000 |
n PM Phan Van Khai
concludes Laos visit <<<Vietnam News Agency>>>PM Khai and his
entourage...
n Vietnam
To Fund Road Giving Laos Access To S China Sea
<<<AP/Yahoo!>>>Vietnam is to fund a $35 million road ...
n Laos
wins support to host long-stalled ASEAN-EU meeting <<<Kyodo News
Service/AOL>>>
n ASEAN
Officials Hope To Woo US Co's <<< AP/AOL >>>Having recently emerged
from a crushing...
n The road to adventure
<<< Bangkok Post>>> Overland trip through Laos to southern China opens
...
n Experts'
workshop on Asean N-free zone <<<The Nation>>>VIENNA-based
International Atomic ...
n Public
airs slaughterhouse frustrations <<<Pioneer Planet>>>Lee's
slaughterhouse is widely described..
n Hmong
parents need to start talking to teachers <<< Pioneer Planet>>>Hmong
parents need to inform.. |
Le 15 Mai 2000 |
n Laos
Unplugged: Living Life in the Slow Lane <<< Time
n Do-It-Yourself
Luxury on Thailand's Railways <<< Time
n Mekong
hovercraft trip to promote tourism, navigation <<< Kyodo News Service/AOL
n Vietnamese and Lao
PMs hold talks <<< Vietnam News Agency
n PM calls on Lao
State President <<< Vietnam News Agency
n State Welcome
given to PM Phan Van Khai in Vientiane <<< Vietnam News Agency
n Prime Minister
leaves Myanmar for Laos <<< Vietnam News Agency
n PM's Laos visit
takes bilateral relations to a new level <<< Vietnam News Agency
n Vietnam
vet MIA finally laid to rest <<< Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Le 14 Mai 5000 |
n Rebel
fighters heat up attacks on Laos leaders <<< Dallas Morning News
n International
conference against use of child soldiers to open Monday <<< AFP/Yahoo! Asia |
Le 13 Mai 2000 |
n Rescued Lao girls to be
repatriated <<< The Nation
n Nan's bid for China link hits a
roadblock <<< Bangkok Post
n Counterpoint:
When McCain says the wrong side won, he misses the point <<< Star Tribune |
| Le 12 Mai 2000 |
n Hatch Supports Hmong Citizenship
Amendment <<< Salt Lake Tribune
n Laotians, Hmong push for
citizenship legislation <<< Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
n Laotians to
U.S.: You promised us <<<
AP/Philadelphia News
n Amid
celebration, the wait continues
<<< Pioneer Planet/Yahoo!
n Grams
gets key backing from Hatch on Hmong citizenship bill <<< Star Tribune'
n ASEAN
Labor Ministers' Meeting Ends in Manila <<< Xinhua News Agency |
| Le 11 Mai 2000 |
nUS,
Australia Issue Warning About Bombings In Laos <<<AP/Yahoo! Asia)
n Thai investors urged
to tap into Lao tourism and other sectors <<< The Nation
n Laos, the comrade in
need, keeps Thailand at arm’s length <<<The Nation
n Party Officials
Conclude Laos Visit <<<
Vietnam News Agency
n The
14th ASEAN Labor Ministers Conferences Convenes in Manila <<< Asia Pulse |
Le 10 Mai 2000 |
nPublic Announcement: Laos <<<---(U.S. Department of State)
n Australian
visitors to Laos warned of bomb dangers <<<---(Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
n TASTE OF THE TOWN: From
the Mekong to Merced <<<---(Modesto Bee)
n ASEAN
Police Chiefs End Conference in Myanmar<<<--- (Xinhua
News Agency)
n Prime Minister
Phan Van Khai to Visit Laos <<<---(Vietnam News Agency)
n It's
time to recognize heroic Hmong veterans <<<---(Pioneer Planet)
n Hmong
veterans' gathering to include honoring congressional leaders<<<--- (Star Tribune)
n City
employee receives community service award<<<--- (Star Tribune) |
Le 9 Mai 2000 |
n Host
Country Agreement Between Lao PDR and ADB Signed <<<---(Asian
Development Bank)
n Japanese woman killed in Laos, 2
suspects arrested <<<---(Kyodo News Service/AOL)
n Deputy Prime
Minister Receives Lao Customs General Director<<<--- (Vietnam News Agency)
n A step off the beaten
track <<<---(Christian Science Monitor)
n Laos seeks to host
Asean, EU meeting <<<---(The Nation)
n Vietnam, Laos
Discuss Measures to boost Trade Ties <<<---(Vietnam News Agency)
n Vietnam's
PM Begins Three-Nation Tour In Thailand <<< AP/Yahoo! Asia
n Prime Minister
Leaves Hanoi for Regional Tour <<< Vietnam News Agency
n Economy of Laos is
research subject <<< Bangkok Post
n Refresher Course
for Lao Party Cadres <<< Vietnam News Agency
n Hmong vets protest change in
citizenship bill<<< Duluth News Tribune/Pioneer Press or Pioneer
Planet
n Wellstone
urges Grams to drop his competing Hmong citizenship bill <<< AP/Star Tribune.
|
Le 8 Mai 2000 |
Laos 1975: the fall
of a dynasty and the death of a king <<< The Nation
Vietnamese
PM To Visit Thailand, Myanmar, Laos This Week <<< AP/Yahoo! Asia
Junta
hosts anti-crime conference <<< South China Morning Post
Myanmar
asks ASEAN for "mutual trust'' over drugs <<< Reuters/AOL
Southeast
Asian Nations To Build E-Trading Zone <<< Newsbytes/Yahoo! Asia
US questions mechanism of
currency swap system <<< Bangkok Post
300
Hmong veterans rally outside Grams' Anoka office <<< Star Tribune
Fate
of Hmong citizenship bills remains up in the air <<<Pioneer Press/Yahoo! |
| Le 7 Mai 2000 |
Regional
economic fund urged: Bank asked to assist Mekong region plans (Bangkok Post)
The ADB initiated the GMS Economic Co-operation Programme in 1992 as a move to promote
regional co-operation. The six participating countries are Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma,
Vietnam and Thailand
Move
aims at economic buffer Currency protection deal links Asian 13 (AP/Yahoo! Asia)
THIRTEEN Asian nations yesterday agreed to support each other's currencies to avoid a
repetition of the economic crisis that devastated the region in 1997 and 1998. Economic
powers Japan, China and
Currency swap deal approved:
Financial look-out system for East Asia (Bangkok
Post)
Asean member countries along with China, Japan and South Korea, yesterday agreed to step
up financial co-operation through the establishment of a regional currency swap facility. |
Le 6 Mai 2000 |
Thais
Hold Md. Bank Wanted Man
<<< AP/Star Tribune, or AP/MSNBC
Bank
Robber Nabbed <<< The
Nation
Chicago
Tribune Announces 2000 Illinois Academic All-Stars; Special Section Sunday <<< Chicago Tribune
Asian
Nations Back Currency Plan
<<< AP/Yahoo! .
AFTA
Pact Boosts Intra-Regional Trade <<< Xinhua News Agency.
Currency-swap plan could
head off crises <<<
Bangkok Post.
Japan,
Korea and 11 Asian Nations Set Currency Support Plan <<< Bloomberg News/AOL) .
State
shuts Hmong slaughterhouse in Hugo
<<< AP/Star Tribune
Patrons
helpless as state shuts Hmong slaughterhouse <<< Pioneer Planet Encore une autre bombe
a explosé à Vientiane, c'est la troisième en espace de cinq semaines...>>>
Par: D. Thanadabouth(RFI), 06/05/2000
Sud-est asiatique : vers une coopération monétaire
renforcée
Par Chris Johnson CHIANG MAI, Thaïlande (Reuters) - Treize pays du sud-est asiatique sont
parvenus à un accord de principe sur la mise en place d'un mécanisme de défense commun
en cas de crise monétaire.- 06/05
17h27 heure de Paris |
| Le 5 Mai 2000 |
n Bomb Explodes in
Laotian Capital (AP/Yahoo, AP/Star
Tribune, AP/Las
Vegas Sun or AP/Excite)
n Small
fire bomb in Laos (BBC News)
n LAOS: Brothers in Arms (Far Eastern Economic Review)
n Joint panel agrees on economic
framework: Both countries to co-ordinate plans (Bangkok Post)
n Thailand grants more scholarships
to Laos (The Nation)
n Thailand,
Laos Agree on Economic Cooperation Framework (Xinhua News Agency)
n PRESIDENT RECEIVES
LAO POLITBURO MEMBER <<< (Vietnam News Agency)
n Asean to sign trade and services
pact <<< (The Nation)
n PHILIPPINES
TO HOST 14TH ASEAN LABOUR MINISTERS MEETING <<<(AsiaPulse via COMTEX) |
Le 4 Mai 2000 |
n Thailand Denies Providing Sanctuary To Laotian
Rebels (AP/Yahoo! Asia)
Thailand has told Laos that it isn't providing a
safe haven to anti-Vientiane rebels, a Thai official said Thursday. Thai Foreign Minister
Surin Pitsuwan made the denial Wednesday when he met his
Thai-Lao Relations: Surin
denies Hmong are using sanctuary as base for attacks (Bangkok Post)
Violence linked to internal politics-- Lao rebels are not being given sanctuary on Thai
soil nor are they allowed to use it as a base for anti-Vientiane activities, Foreign
Minister Surin Pitsuwan said
Conspicuous by absence (Bangkok Post)
Where have all the Democrats gone? could be the song Laotian diplomats were humming to
themselves last Thursday when their embassy celebrated Songkran Day with no key party
members
Violence in Laos
shouldn't affect Thai-Lao ties, Surin says (The Nation)
Thailand and Laos yesterday recommitted themselves to their long-standing pledge not to
allow attacks against each other from their respective countries, Thai Foreign Minister
Surin
Vietnamese and Lao
Businesses Open Friendship Department Store in Laos (Vietnam News Agency)
The Lansang Company of Laos and the Viet Nam-Laos Economic Investment Company of Viet
Nam's central city of Vinh have recently opened the Savannakhet-Vinh Friendship Department
Store in Laos
The Hmong in America (Public
Broadcasting Service)
The twin cities are home to the largest Hmong population in North America, about 60,000
people. They began arriving from Laos and Thai refugee camps in the late '70s, initially
placed here by local
Wellstone aims to
pass Hmong bill quickly (Pioneer Planet)
Special measure could hasten process for vote taken today: The U.S. Senate isn't famous
for speed, but Sen. Paul Wellstone is hoping it will act with unusual haste -- perhaps
even today -- to pass a Hmong |
Le 3 Mai 2000 |
nLaotian
project revived: Japanese drawn into Nam Ngum 3 (Bangkok Post)
The sponsor of the Nam Ngum 3 hydro power project in Laos is moving to kick-start the
stalled US$600 million scheme, developed to export its electrical output to Thailand.
nThailand and Laos to
jointly tackle business disputes
<<<--(The Nation)
nLaotian
citizenship bill passes <<<---(AP/Enquirer)
nHouse
approves bill to ease citizenship rules for Hmong<<<--- (Star Tribune)
nHouse Backs Help For
Hmong in Tests <<<---(Washington
Post) <<<Thousands of Hmong immigrants...
nHouse OKs Easing Rules
on Citizenship for Hmong Allies <<< ---(Los Angeles Times) Seeking to
heal a wound from...
nHmong
citizen bill gains in D.C.<<< (Pioneer Planet) With gratitude for their wartime service...
nHeritage Day: Asian
Celebration <<< (Modesto
Bee) |
Le 2 Mai 2000 |
nHouse Approves Hmong Citizen Bill -->>> AP/Yahoo!
or Star
Tribune
nAsia stresses collaboration in pioneer talks -- >>> Reuters/Excite
nASEAN Meets on Trade With China, Japan, Korea-->>> Reuters/Excite
nASEAN economic ministers meeting in Myanmar -- >>> Times of India |
Le 1 Mai 2000 |
nLaos power plan to be considered: Chuan expected to
visit lignite plant -->>> Bangkok Post
nFirst Secretary of Myanmar's State Peace and
Development Council (SPDC) . . >>> Reuters/Excite
nASEAN Told to Embrace Internet or Be Bypassed --
>>> Reuters/Yahoo!
or Reuters/AOL
nASEAN Ministers Meet on Regional Integration
-->>> Reuters/Yahoo!
nASEAN Economic Ministers Meet-->>> AP/Yahoo!
nASEAN ministers meet in Yangon on trade
integration->>> Reuters/MSNBC
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