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World Bank resumes support for hydropower in Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Lao government has gained a new partner to back its hydropower development policy after the World Bank resumed its support for the construction of dams. According to a report published in the Washington Post this...Tags: Media Industry, Asia, International Organizations, World Bank Group, Environmental Issues
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EU aims to broaden its partnership with Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The European Union wants to broaden its partnership with Laos in many areas and intensify cooperation in regards to global climate change diplomacy, as well as judicial matters and human rights issues. Ambassador and...Tags: Media Industry, Asia, International Organizations, Human Rights, Environmental Issues
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BRIEF: St. Paul: First annual Hmong American Day planned for Sunday
St. Paul Pioneer PressOn Sunday, May 12, some 500 visitors are expected for the first annual Hmong American Day in St. Paul. The event, which takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lao Family Community Center at 320 W. University Ave., will recognize Hmong veterans who fought...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, International Military Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Central Intelligence Agency
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READER SUBMITTED: Avon Native Wins Fulbright Award
AvonAvon native Brendan Walsh, a student in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Southern Connecticut State University, has been selected for a Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2013-2014 to Laos, where he will teach English at Ventiane...Tags: Southern Connecticut State University, Education, Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Poetry
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Laos plans to develop more renewable sources
The Bangkok PostLaos will develop more renewable energy so that it makes up 30% of total energy use within 2025, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mines. A consulting firm is being selected to draft the master plan, said Anousak Phongsavath, deputy director-...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Energy Saving, Ethanol, Renewable Energy, World Bank Group
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Thai Polycons lays out listing plans for new biomass unit
The Bangkok PostNAKHON SI THAMMARAT -- Thai Polycons Plc (TPOLY), the listed construction contractor, will list its power subsidiary on the Stock Exchange of Thailand next year. Trinity Securities Group has been appointed as financial adviser to the listing of TPP...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Thai Political Protests (2010), Real Estate Buyers, Realty, Renewable Energy
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Tribeca Audience Awards Go to 'The Rocket,' 'Bridegroom'
ReutersApr 28 (TheWrap.com) - The Laos-set drama "The Rocket" and the documentary about same-sex unions "Bridegroom" have won the top audience awards at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca's Heineken Audience Awards carry $25,000 cash prizes, which were given...Tags: Entertainment Events, Festive Events, TriBeCa Film Festival, Entertainment, Marriage
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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: Berlin International Film Festival, Same-Sex Marriage, Festive Events, TriBeCa Film Festival, City Island (movie)
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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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Italthai Engineering bullish on renewable plant projects
The Bangkok PostItalthai Engineering, a subsidiary of Italthai Group owned by the Karnasuta family, expects brisk business this year driven mainly by booming renewable energy. President Sakol Laosuwan said the company's revenue averaged 1.5-1.6 billion baht per year...Tags: Science and Technology, Bangkok (Thailand), Energy Saving, Technology, Renewable Energy
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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, Berlin International Film Festival, OxyContin (drug), Celebrities, Festive Events
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Southeast Asia's 2015 unity dream collides with reality
ReutersBy Stuart Grudgings BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, April 26 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations have quietly begun to row back on a deadline of forming an "economic community" by 2015, confirming what many economists and diplomats have suspected for...Tags: Asia, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Brunei
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