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Cambodia floods claims 30 lives
Associated Press, Published on 30/09/2013
» PHNOM PENH - At least 30 people in Cambodia have died in recent floods caused by heavy rains and the Mekong River overflowing its banks.
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Drug-resistant malaria spreads in SEA
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2013
» WASHINGTON - International experts raised the alarm Tuesday over the spread of drug-resistant malaria in several Southeast Asian countries, saying it endangers major global gains in fighting the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 600,000 people annually.
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Laos extradites drug ring suspects
Associated Press, Published on 11/06/2014
» BEIJING — Lao police are sending five suspected members of a drug ring to China in an exchange highlighting growing law enforcement cooperation between the neighbours.
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Ex-Hmong leader deported to Laos
Associated Press, Published on 02/07/2014
» Thailand deported a former ethnic Hmong resistance leader whose group fought for the United States in Laos in the 1960s, officials and rights groups said Wednesday, raising concerns that he will face persecution in his homeland.
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Cambodia floods kill 45 in Aug
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2014
» PHNOM PENH — Officials say floods in Cambodia have killed at least 45 people since last month.
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Myanmar factions find common cause in fighting malaria
Associated Press, Published on 06/08/2015
» WASHINGTON — Setting aside decades of animosity and suspicion, senior Myanmar government and military officials have held unprecedented discussions with representatives of the main opposition party and ethnic minorities here on fighting a common enemy -- malaria.
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Vietnam elects first chairwoman of parliament
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2016
» HANOI -- Vietnam has elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as chairwoman of the National Assembly, making her the first woman to lead the Communist-dominated legislature, the assembly said on its website.
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Vietnam warns of dire impact from planned Mekong dams
Associated Press, Published on 05/04/2016
» HANOI -- Vietnam has predicted “very high adverse effects” on the Mekong River environment and economy if 11 proposed dams are built on its lower mainstream.
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Superbug's spread to Vietnam threatens malaria control
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2017
» HANOI: Vietnam's main malaria treatment is failing at an alarming rate because of a highly drug-resistant superbug that has spread into the southern part of the country from western Cambodia, scientists said Thursday.
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Nest of endangered giant softshell turtle found in Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Conservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant life have been discovered in the greater Mekong region.
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