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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Myanmar and Laos Friday signed two memorandums of understanding in Nay Pyi Taw respectively on mutualvisa exemption for holders of diplomatic passport and avoidance of double taxation, the state-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV)reported in a night broadcast. The signing came shortly after Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith met with Myanmar Prime Minister General...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yangon - Myanmar and Laos strengthened relations with the signing of visa-exemption treaty for their respective citizens and a double-taxation avoidance agreement, state media reported Saturday. The two agreements were signed Friday in the military's...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former gang member who spent the past three months training to become a peacemaker at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence was arrested Friday and charged with threatening his estranged girlfriend with a gun. Noi Thao, 29, of 391 Farmington St., Cranston, was being held Saturday after he was booked on multiple criminal counts including...
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The Agonist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our country wonders this weekend what is on President Obama's mind. He is apparently, about to bring months of deliberation to a close and answer General Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. When he finally announces how many, why, and at what cost, he will most likely have defined his presidency, for the consequences will be far-reaching and unpredictable. As I read and listen...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Laos at last Wanted to travel here since I can remember. Crossed over the Thai Laos Friendship bridge and caught a bus to Vientiane. In the capital Vientiane and only word that comes to mind is Isnt. Vientiane just isnt like any other South East Asian capital. Isnt big isnt noisy isnt dirty Just very friendly very clean and very French Old French colonial buildings everywhere. And best of al
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thousands of Hmong Americans and their friends will ring in Hmong New Year this weekend and next with two celebrations. The festivities kick off at Gibson Ranch Park today for two days, then resume at Cal Expo Thursday through Nov. 29. Each Hmong community in America holds its own New Year's festival between November and January. Many Hmong go on the New Year's circuit to reconnect with relatives...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, Nov. 21 (PNA) -- Officials of the national athletics and shooting teams on Friday expressed optimism that their athletes will give a good account of themselves in the coming 25th Southeast Asian Games this December in Laos.
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Googland (Free subscription) | yesterday
Google LatLong : Uniting for a cause At an event organized jointly by the United Nations and Google at Google's office in New York, 80 United Nations delegates from more than 20 UN agencies, met with various Google product teams to explore how Google's wide array of products and services can further the UN mission and help foster innovation and new thinking. Google's Alfred Spector and the U.N.'s Choi...
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Google LatLong (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
At an event organized jointly by the United Nations and Google at Google's office in New York, 80 United Nations delegates from more than 20 UN agencies, met with various Google product teams to explore how Google's wide array of products and services can further the UN mission and help foster innovation and new thinking. Google's Alfred Spector and the U.N.'s Choi Soon-hong , the first Chief Information...
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Jot Asean (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
How did ASEAN countries rank on Transparency International's Corruption Index this year? The top ten least corrupt are the Nordic countries , plus New Zealand (#1), Canada, and Australia. (Netherlands isn't exactly Nordic, but it comes in at #6. Singapore (#3) is perceived as the least corrupt country in all of Asia. Brunei (#39) is perceived as being no more corrupt than South Korea. Malaysia (#56)...
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Latest Collection of Funny SMS (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Piyas Aisi k pee Jaon Ankhein teri, Naseeb Aisa k Mayasar zehar Bhi Nahin. Be Laos Wafaein koi Humse seekhy, Jisy Toot K Chaha Usay Khaber b Nahin..... Read More SMS/Jokes
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World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Recently, PLA daily featured the PLAAF 11th SAM Brigade in its online photo essay (here) This unit is best known for its 23 month and 17 day deployment to Laos from December 21th, 1971 to November 14th 1973 at the height of the “Indochina crisis.” The PLAAF 11th Anti-Air Artillery Division was...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Pictures of the 25th Southeast Asia Games Village in Laos were uploaded by Lao Voices
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Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
People around the world who use Google's online maps may be getting directions from Richard Hintz. Mr. Hintz, a 62-year-old engineer who lives in Berkeley, California, has tweaked the locations of more than 200 business listings and points of interest in cities across the state, sliding an on-screen place marker down the block here, moving another one across the street there. Farther afield, he has...
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Travel Destination - Trip Ideas, Hotels, Travel Guide (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Its rugged mountainous terrain, forested landscape and vast paddy fields stretching up to the horizon gives the impression that this predominantly agrarian country