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90% cut in regional call rates

UBON RATCHATHANI : Advanced Info Service (AIS) has joined with Mfone of Cambodia and Lao Telecom of Laos to clip mobile airtime rates by up to 90% for their prepaid customers making calls among the three countries at local rates.

5 Sep 2010, 9:26 pm | click here to view more

Body of missing swimmer found on Orange County beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the body of one of two young men who disappeared last week while swimming has washed up on an Orange County beach. Huntington Beach flame Department spokeswoman Martha Werth says someone walking on Bolsa Chica State Beach discovered the body Saturday morning. The Orange County Coroner's Office lists the cause of death of 20-year-old Shao Moua as ...

5 Sep 2010, 7:27 pm | click here to view more

Body ID'd as Missing Huntington Beach Swimmer

Shao Muoa and a pal went missing after getting caught in a rip current. HUNTINGTON BEACH -- A body that washed up in Huntington Beach Saturday has been identifies as 20-year-old missing swimmer Shao Moua.

5 Sep 2010, 4:17 pm | click here to view more

21 foreigners caught misusing social visit pass

KUALA TERENGGANU: Police have arrested 21 foreigners for misusing their social visit pass to enter the country below "Ops Noda" conducted throughout the fasting month.

5 Sep 2010, 12:40 pm | click here to view more

Body of missing swimmer found on OC beach

Authorities say the body of one of two young men who disappeared last week while swimming has washed up on an Orange County beach.

5 Sep 2010, 10:45 pm | click here to view more

In Laos, passion puts wheelchair project on a roll

Noriyasu Okayama has been working in Laos for more than six years, helping out at a factory that manufactures and promotes the use of wheelchairs in that country.

4 Sep 2010, 9:06 am | click here to view more

2 local men presumedly die in ocean

Two Banning residents are presumed to have drowned after getting caught in a rip current last weekend in Huntington Beach. John Shua Lee, 24, and Shao Moua, 20, got caught, along with two others, in a rip current just before 4:40 p.m. on Aug. 28, according to officials.

4 Sep 2010, 5:23 am | click here to view more

New case for US reparations in Laos

VIENTIANE - Laos carries the tragic distinction of being the most heavily bombed country in the history of modern warfare.

3 Sep 2010, 9:25 am | click here to view more

Air Force hero's actions in Laos finally recognized after 42 years

President Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades at a then-secret base in Laos in 1968, the White home announced Friday.

3 Sep 2010, 10:11 pm | click here to view more

Dot VN, Inc. Meets With VNNIC and LANIC to Discuss the Development of Laotian Internet Policy

SAN DIEGO -- Dot VN, Inc. , an innovative Internet and Telecommunications Company and the exclusive online global domain name registrar for the Country of Vietnam, announced today that it attended a two day meeting ending August 21, 2010 with the Vietnam Internet Network Information middle and the Laotian National Internet Committee to discuss the implementation of the Laotian Internet.

2 Sep 2010, 1:00 pm | click here to view more