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FEATURE-Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersBy Paul Carsten and Pairat Temphairojana UDON THANI, Thailand, June 17(Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in...Tags: Condos, China, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prices, Asia
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Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersUDON THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in the Thai economy beyond the bright lights of...Tags: Condos, China, U.S. Air Force, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prices
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China warns U.N. against "irresponsible remarks" on N.Koreans
ReutersBEIJING, June 3 (Reuters) - China warned the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday against making "irresponsible remarks" about nine North Korean defectors the U.N. believes were repatriated to their isolated, authoritarian homeland by China...Tags: Human Rights, China, Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, United Nations
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Laos assailed for sending young defectors back to North Korea
SEOUL — Laos is coming under increasing international criticism for its unusual decision to turn over to the North Korean government nine defectors, most of them homeless teenagers. The young North Koreans were arrested by Laotian authorities...
Tags: Human Rights, China, Crime, Law and Justice, Seoul (South Korea), Religion and Belief
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UN fears nine North Korean defectors sent home by China
ReutersGENEVA, May 31 (Reuters) - China is believed to have returned nine young North Korean defectors to their homeland, where they face possible severe punishment or even execution, the United Nations said on Friday. The U.N. human rights office as well as...Tags: Human Rights, China, North Korea, United Nations, Justice and Rights
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Alison Wright, photographer, chases faces, grace
Alison Wright got her first camera at age 10, a Kodak Instamatic. Then she learned there was such a thing as a photojournalist, a person who traveled the world taking pictures. So that was that. She had a career – a career that would eventually...
Tags: Dalai Lama, Arts, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Photography
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Tribeca 2013: 'Rocket,' 'Bridegroom' win fest's audience prizes
NEW YORK -- Kim Mordaunt’s Laos-set tale “The Rocket” continued its stratospheric ride through the festival universe Saturday, picking up the audience award in the narrative category at the Tribeca Film Festival after previously...Tags: Marriage, Berlin International Film Festival, Festive Events, Same-Sex Marriage, Tribeca
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Apr. 26 in History: Luis Soto Juarez, 51, convicted of killing one California Highway patrol officer
>> 50 Years Ago — EL CENTRO — “Laos is lost … down the drain,” Virgil Pinkley, editor and publisher of the Post and Press Newspapers, told members of the El Centro Rotary Club yesterday. He called for a drive, starting in...Tags: U.S. Border Patrol, Highway Transportation
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Tribeca 2013: 'The Rocket,' 'Kill Team' among fest's top winners
NEW YORK -- A scripted feature about life in Laos and documentaries about U.S. war crimes and a town in the grip of a debilitating drug addiction were among the big winners at the Tribeca Film Festival's jury prizes Thursday night. "The Rocket," the...Tags: New York City, Manhattan (New York City), Festive Events, Berlin International Film Festival, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. Customs dog sniffs out opium in boxes of 'traditional medicine'
A drug-sniffing dog helped federal officers find more than 30 pounds of opium-soaked cloth and wood chips in four packages from Laos Monday, according to U.S. Customs officials. The dog, Shadow, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois with U.S. Customs and...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Take me to the River
John Kunkel is no ordinary restaurateur. He built Lime Fresh Mexican Grill from a stand-alone spot in South Beach to a small chain that last year he sold to Applebee's for a reported $24 million. In 2011, he opened Yardbird Southern Table and Bar, where...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Pasta, Coconut, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Onions
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Suspicions swirl over disappearance of activist in Laos
Behind the wheel of her car, Ng Shui Meng last saw her husband in the jeep behind her, following her home for dinner on a Saturday night, she told human rights groups. She lost sight of him somewhere near a police outpost. She came home. He did not....
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Human Rights, Activism, Crime, Law and Justice, Asia
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Dec 21, 2012
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