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<title><![CDATA[Thailand may quit UN body over temple issue]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thailand has threatened to withdraw from the UN&#039;s World Heritage Committee if it approves a Cambodian management plan for an 11th-century Hindu temple straddling the two countries&#039; border.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand Lifts Emergency Rule in 6 Provinces]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rights Activists Say Thai Media Liberties Slipping as State of Emergency Extended Thailand&#039;s prime minister has lifted a state of emergency in six provinces imposed during massive anti-government prot...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:42:19 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vietnam declares itself neutral over South Korean-US naval drill]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hanoi - The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on Thursday said it was neutral regarding the recent joint naval exercises by the US and South Korea, intended as a warning message to the North.The deputy]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand threatens to quit UN body over temple dispute - Summary]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thailand has threatened to withdraw from the UN&#039;s World Heritage Committee if it approves a Cambodian management plan for an 11th-century Hindu temple straddling the two countries&#039; border.The UN Educa...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HSBC tapped to sell BP&#039;s stake in Vietnam project]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BP has tapped HSBC to sell its stake in the Nam Con Son gas project in Vietnam, as it scrambles to hive off $30 billion of assets to pay for the clean-up of the worst oil spill in US history, three so...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:42:19 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand To End Emergency Rule In Six Provinces But Not Bangkok - PM]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he would revoke the emergency laws in  the central and northeastern provinces of Chonburi, Ayutthaya, Nong Bua Lam Phu,  Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan and Chaiyaphum, o...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:42:19 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vietnam restricts online games after murder cases]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam —  Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play, an ...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:39:29 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand lifts emergency im more cities except Bangkok]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thailand&#039;s government lifted a state of emergency in six provinces but said the special security law would remain in place in 10 others, including Bangkok.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:39:29 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City discharges 80 per cent of sewage untreated]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hanoi - Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have found 80 per cent of household sewage is being discharged directly into rivers and canals, an official said Thursday.&quot;This is the main reason making rivers...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:39:29 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two Malaysians Continue Cycling Around The World]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You are not an authorised user. Please contact us 03-20504478 immediately so we may assist you.--&gt;By Jamaluddin Muhammad    BANGKOK, July 29 (Bernama) -- Two Malaysian cyclists today left this capital...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:39:27 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VN-Laos discuss 2010 co-operation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HA NOI &mdash; The Viet Nam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee convened a meeting in the Lao province of Xieng Khouang yesterday to review the results of co-operation in the first half of the year and disc...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:38:45 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Laos gold diggers cause mercury contamination]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[water in Laos with the mercury used for extracting the precious metal, a news report said Thursday. The state-run daily newspaper Vientiane Times said prospectors dig up the soil in rivers and streams...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Foreign exchange rates in Laos]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The following are foreign exchange rates against Lao Kip from the state-owned commercial bank BCEL in Laos&#039; capital of Vientiane on Thursday:Currency Buying Selling U.S. dollar 8,221 8,252 Euro 10,656...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:38:45 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fitch Downgrades Vietnam; Flags Weak Finances, Banking, Policy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DOW JONES NEWSWIRES   Fitch Ratings cut Vietnam&#039;s credit rating Thursday, citing a deterioration in  its finances and a banking system increasingly vulnerable to systemic stress,  and warned that the ...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:38:44 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fitch Downgrades Vietnam to &#039;B+&#039;; Outlook Stable]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[: Fitch Ratings has downgraded  Vietnam&#039;s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to  &#039;B+&#039; from &#039;BB-&#039; respectively and removed them from Rating Watch Negative. The  Outlooks...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:38:43 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio Free Asia  bags top environment award]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The series was documented along almost 3,000 miles of the Mekong River.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:37:28 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Korea Developer Courts Harrah&rsquo;s for Cambodia Angkor Wat Casino]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[July 29 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean developer Intercity Group plans to start construction in October on a $400 million casino resort complex near Cambodia&rsquo;s Angkor Wat temples that aims to draw ...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:36:53 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North Korean FM on Four-Nation Tour]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[US Raps on Asian Shrimpers&#039; Doors North Korea&#039;s foreign minister visited Myanmar on Thursday for high-level talks that come on the heels of a U.S. warning against any cooperation between the two natio...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:36:53 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lao President on Relations with DPRK]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- Choummaly Saynasone, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People&#039;s Revolutionary Party and president of the Lao People&#039;s Democratic Republic, met and had ...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:09 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kingsgate Consolidated Limited  Ore Reserves Increase 41% At Chatree Gold Mine, Thailand]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[KCN.AX ) (PINK:KSKGF) has substantially increased its interim Mineral Resources and Ore Reserve estimates for 2010 at the Chatree Gold Mine in central Thailand.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:09 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beijing donates 2 sanitation trucks to Phnom Penh municipality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The two new sanitation trucks donated by Beijing Municipality were handed over to Phnom Penh Municipality on Wednesday.The handover ceremony was held at the Phnom Penh municipal government at the pres...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:08 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exclusive welcome party to celebrate Vietnam Airlines as the tenth member of SkyTeam.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vietnam Airlines recently became the tenth member of SkyTeam Airlines Alliance and to celebrate all Airlines in the SkyTeam group welcomed the addition in true Vietnamese style at the Lotus Pond Resta...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:05 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MVTS Technologies Announces Its Thailand Facility Achieved ISO 17025 Certification]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[17025 , Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.      &quot;We are pleased to receive this certification as it recognizes our implementation of quality systems to consistently produce exceptiona...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:05 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand Emergency Rule under Fire]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The retention of emergency law will be reviewed by the government on a week-by-week, district-by-district basis&mdash;a policy that is coming under increasing fire.  William Burns, the third most seni...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:05 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bill would give burial rights to Hmong veterans]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[FRESNO (AP) &mdash; A California Congressman has introduced legislation that would make members of the country&#039;s Hmong ethnic group who fought with U.S. forces during the Vietnam War eligible for buri...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:29:20 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canadian man sentenced to 11 years for having sex with young girls in Columbia, Cambodia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER , British Columbia (AP) &mdash; A Canadian man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for committing sex tourism with children and importing child pornography. Prosecutors say the sentence...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:29:20 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[- Vietnamese police fire tear gas at mass protest]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AFP  , HANOIThursday, Jul 29, 2010, Page 6    Vietnamese police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of thousands who gathered to protest the death of a young man detained by police, an official said ye...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man cited for Southeast Asia barking deer escape]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SEMINOLE, Fla. --  A man was cited after his pet muntjac, a small Southeast Asia barking deer, escaped during a thunderstorm.Authorities say this was the second time the muntjac escaped, but it was ca...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:26:40 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Laos, Hmong Veterans of Vietnam War Honored by Congress with National Burial Bill]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday July 28, 2010, 2:04 pm EDT    WASHINGTON & FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-three Members of Congress have introduced legislation to honor  Laotian and Hmong veterans who served in...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:26:40 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[POC declares former PSC chair Angping &#039;persona non grata&#039;]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jerome S. Galunan Jr. THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) yesterday declared former Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Harry Angping as &lsquo;Persona Non Grata&rsquo; after alleged acts discrimin...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:26:27 GMT]]></pubDate>
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