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A look at Laos from the Mekong
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe Mekong River has changed from the days when it was a staple of the 6 o'clock news during the Vietnam War 40 years ago. The only incursions were boys doing cartwheels in the shallows and girls hawking their needlework during our two-day river cruise...Tags: Caves and Caverns, Trips and Vacations, Politics, Chicago Tribune, Burma
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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Argentina, Israel, Ethiopia, Togo, Fiji
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How a hill tribe from Laos changed a Pennsylvania tradition
Story by Kathleen Parrish Photography by Douglas Benedict Of The Morning CallFirst of a four-part series Narathi Palua is sewing in the tropi cal sunshine. His head, shaved but for a few black tufts, is bent in concentration and his long fingers deftly pull a silver needle through the heavy fabric. He is 13, gangly, all legs...Tags: Politics, National or Ethnic Minorities, Christianity, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Weddings
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Imports buoy Thai villages, hurt Lancaster County sales
Photography by Douglas Benedict Of The Morning CallLast of a four-part series Tshaj Sawm Huj is barreling down the highway in a tan pickup, gnawing strips of dried squid as he heads for the province of Phrae in northeastern Thailand to pick up an order of quilts for buyers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Politics, Christianity, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Weddings
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A way of life woven from misery
Story by Kathleen Parrish Photography by Douglas Benedict Of The Morning CallSecond of a four-part series At night, in a crowded refugee camp in northern Thailand, untold miles from the Laotian home she fled at a moment's notice in May 1975, Bee Kha slept on the raised wood floor of a hut and dreamed of America. Maybe one day...Tags: Politics, Christianity, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Government, Infants
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Prosperity amid new set of troubles
Of The Morning CallSpring had come to Lancaster County, soft and warm as the velvet on a newborn calf's nose. Fields bloomed emerald, dogwood trees unfurled plumes of white cotton and Amish men traded the black hats of winter for summer straw. The days pulsed with new...Tags: Politics, Indiana, Symbols and Symbolism, Christianity, Social Issues
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Taking the waters in Laos' jungle
Mission VIEJO reader Chad Briggs was touring Laos in April when he came upon a picturesque part of a jungle preserve north of Vientiane, the capital. "I actually was just taking pictures of the waterfall when these monks waded in," Briggs says, adding...Tags: Cambodia
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Some wounds of war have healedmany others won't go away
Tribune national correspondentsAt one end of the National Mall, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is walking into the Capitol for a vote, with students on the steps instantly recognizing him and calling out his name. At the other end, in his 18th year of manning a POW-MIA booth, Chris...Tags: Jane Fonda, Chuck Hagel, Richard L Armitage, Iraq, Missing in Action
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Rather than Barneys, perhaps Bangkok
Special to The TimesIt started years ago on the sultry Indonesian island of Java when I arrived without enough cool clothing. Out of desperation, I approached street-side mom-and-pop tailors in the city of Yogyakarta. They spoke no English, so I relied on rough sketches...Tags: Trips and Vacations, National or Ethnic Minorities, Vietnam, Tourism and Leisure, Perry Ellis
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Foreign government tour offices
For tourist information on select foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the country's U.N. mission or delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist...Tags: Argentina, Israel, Saint Kitts and Nevis, El Salvador, Ethiopia
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