http://economicrisis.com/china-considered-using-drone-in-myanmar-to-kill-wanted-drug-lord/546 China considered using drone in Myanmar to kill wanted drug lord A drone strike to kill Naw Kham in Myanmar was ruled out. The hunt for a Myanmese drug lord wanted for...
Revisiting the Domino Theory President Eisenhower introduced the domino theory back in the 1950’s when America was a linear thinking government, IMO. Some people might argue that it still is a one dimensional,...
The Saola is Considered One of the World's Rarest Animals They haven't been seen in over a decade, but scientists have confirmed that they had a sighting of a Saola in August in Laos. They are sometimes called an...
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In a move, reminiscent of pirate movies from the past, demonstrators from Greece, Germany, Italy and France in a flotilla of small boats took to the sea in order to blockade the Greek island of Lesvos (Mytilini)....
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Samantha Orobator, a British drug smuggler who received widespread publicity when she became pregnant while imprisoned in a jail in Laos, has been given a life sentence for heroin trafficking. "A British Embassy spokesman said the verdict on the 20-year-old from London was...
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors without Borders as they are otherwise known, runs the risk of creating a humanitarian crisis if it goes ahead with plans to withdraw from a Hmong refugee camp in Northern Thailand in protest at the Thai governments treatment of...
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The National Geographic Society is collaborating with the World Wildlife Fund by launching the MegaFishes Project, an ambitious four-year effort to protect the Earth’s largest freshwater fish, while raising...
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" By Farzana Shah Monday, 23 February 2009. In Afghanistan, U.S./NATO have put the blame on Taliban for poppy cultivation to finance their resistance to allied forces. Ironically, it was only in Taliban era when the world had seen a sharp decline in opium crop in...
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“We had a beautiful view over the valley and the endless banks of clouds for about ten minutes before we descended into clouds and I had my last glimpse of blue sky for three days.” - Peter Keusgen describes his trekking tour in Phongsali. December 16th 2006 On the...
As always I hope you and yours are doing well. This is the 4th and final blog on laos titled hill tribes. Currently I am in northern Vietnam on a 3 day motorcycle trek. Today is day one and if tomorrow and the next day are the same as today I should have a few great photos to...
Luang phrabang Hiya Everyone! Dury and I are currently in Luang Prabang, in Laos! Since writing last time, we caught the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai and stayed a couple of nights there. Chiang Rai didn't really seem to be anything special. Just a smaller...
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The Greater Mekong River Valley has just once again proven how important it is to save and preserve, as almost a thousand endangered or 'extinct' species have been discovered there, including striped rabbits,...
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" OSLO, NORWAY: Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs on Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians. Norway, which began the drive to...
India has one of the highest HIV/AIDS patients base and the United States National Intelligence Council predicts that the number of people infected in India could jump to between 20 million and 25...
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When the bus pulled up to the departure point for Halong Bay I was a little put-off by the incredible number of tourists. But I had heard that Vietnamese drive boats the same way they drive motorbikes and I was...
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