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Thailand must help its neighbours get over the dam fad
News, Published on 14/03/2013
» I was born and brought up in a hilltribe village at the foot of Doi Mae Salong in Chiang Rai. My mother was a teacher and social worker. My father was head of the hilltribe welfare unit.
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After Xayaburi, it's time for some 'hydro-diplomacy'
News, Published on 05/02/2013
» The groundbreaking ceremony for the Xayaburi dam in Laos on Nov 7 marked the symbolic end to a long and contentious international campaign to delay the dam's construction until further studies into its potential trans-boundary impacts were complete.
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Thailand, Laos agree on cellphone signal
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 18/01/2013
» Mobile phone users along the border with Laos will no longer be charged international rates for domestic calls following an agreement to limit signal coverage across the frontier.
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Dam meet offers MRC final chance to bare teeth
Published on 14/01/2013
» When ministers from the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and donors meet in Luang Prabang, Laos this week, the future role of the agency will be on the table.
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Xayaburi dam stirs debate on Mekong River Commission
dpa, Published on 13/01/2013
» BANGKOK - When ministers from the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission and donors meet in Luang Prabang, Laos this week, the future role of the agency will be on the table.
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Cambodia battles to save rare Mekong dolphins
AFP, Published on 31/12/2012
» The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists.
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BBC being obtuse
News, Published on 15/12/2012
» Re: ''The good, the bad and the BBC's ugly Abhisit interview'', (Opinion, Dec 14).
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Illusory riches await Laos dam
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/12/2012
» Among Thailand's neighbours, Laos is the country with which Thai people feel the strongest affinity. Not only do we share a common border, but we also share a common language and culture.
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Vientiane says sorry for broken Xayaburi ground
Spectrum, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/11/2012
» Considering the scale of the project and the controversy it has caused, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Xayaburi dam was a relatively quiet affair.
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Xayaburi dam opponents lobby summit
News, Published on 19/11/2012
» Environmental groups in the Mekong region have urged leaders of the Mekong riparian countries to use the Asean summit platform to demand the suspension of work on the Xayaburi dam.
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