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 CBS News Wed 30 Dec 2009
Laos Tells UN It's Too Soon To Visit Hmong
Laos Tells UN It's Too Soon To Visit 4,500 Ethnic Hmong Repatriated From Thailand Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) BANGKOK (AP) - Laos denied the U.N. immediate access to 4,500 ethnic Hmong who were... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
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 The Examiner Wed 30 Dec 2009
December 30: U.S. halts bombing of North Vietnam, Saddam Hussein executed
Maine Fast Fact: At the Pine Tree State Arboretum in Augusta, there is Governor’s Grove, a stand of more than 60 eastern white pine trees planted in honor of each of Maine’s governors... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
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 BBC News Wed 30 Dec 2009
UN seeks access to repatriated Hmong in Laos
The UN refugee agency has formally asked Laos for access to more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand. The agency also called on the Thai... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
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 The Saigon Times Tue 29 Dec 2009
Saving water for life
A farmer participates in Nestle Vietnam's competition on sustainable coffee production - Photo: Courtesy of... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Agriculture Life Photos Vietnam Water |
 Wall Street Journal Tue 29 Dec 2009
Nations Urge Thailand to Stop Repatriating Hmong to Laos
By JAMES HOOKWAY BANGKOK -- Thailand is coming under increasing pressure to stop the forced repatriation of 4,000 ethnic Hmong to Laos, amid rising fears that many of the... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
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 The Saigon Times Mon 28 Dec 2009
Local firms to invest billions of U.S. dollars into Cambodia
Vietnamese and Cambodian enterprises sign a cooperation agreement at the investment cooperation conference in HCMC last week, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and... (photo: Creative Commons / Engsamnang)
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 The Daily Tribune Mon 28 Dec 2009
Expelled Hmong neglected for three decades
focus 12/29/2009 BANGKOK The deportation on Monday of more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong from Thailand to Laos highlights the suffering of a group that has been neglected by... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Human Rights Laos Photos Politics Thailand |
 The New York Times Mon 28 Dec 2009
In Southeast Asia, Unease Ahead of Free Trade Zone
KUALA LUMPUR - When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, China and 10 Southeast Asian nations will usher in the world's third-largest free trade area. While many... (photo: AP / Ed Wray)
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![Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain County and Graham County, North Carolina, USA. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing electricity demands in the Tennessee Valley at the height of World War II. At 480 feet (150 m) high, Fontana is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, and at the time of its construction, it was the fourth tallest dam in the world.[1] The dam impounds the 10,230-acre (41.4 km2) Fontana Lake, which spreads across a scenic stretch of the Little Tennessee along the southwestern boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Appalachian Trail crosses the top of the dam. Fontana is named for the now-inundated town of Fontana, a lumber and copper-mining hub once located at the mouth of Eagle Creek.[1] The town's name was derived from the Italian word for "fountain."[2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20091231013555im_/http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/83/d4ca72f8270d60.jpg "Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain County and Graham County, North Carolina, USA. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing electricity demands in the Tennessee Valley at the height of World War II. At 480 feet (150 m) high, Fontana is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, and at the time of its construction, it was the fourth tallest dam in the world.[1] The dam impounds the 10,230-acre (41.4 km2) Fontana Lake, which spreads across a scenic stretch of the Little Tennessee along the southwestern boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Appalachian Trail crosses the top of the dam. Fontana is named for the now-inundated town of Fontana, a lumber and copper-mining hub once located at the mouth of Eagle Creek.[1] The town's name was derived from the Italian word for \"fountain.\"[2]")
