THIS eye-catching view is the Morro da Providencia favela – one of the most violent shanty towns in Brazil. A French photographer, known as "JR", has brought his "Women Are Heroes" campaign to the south American country's Rio...
SCR Studios Launches Asian Photo Gallery Web Site Version 2.0 SCR Studios Launches Asian Photo Gallery Web Site Version 2.0SEATTLEWA-SCR-STUDIOS SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SCR Studios has announced the launching of its Asian...
HANOI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Technical staff from Laos and China have recently reached in-principle consensus on establishing a center for cooperation on land and natural resource management in Laos to exchange technical...
THE father of the Australian tourist who was lost in the jungle for 11 days in flood-ravaged Laos has no idea how his son survived. He wasn't able to make a great deal of sense." Mr Adcock, who lost his other son in a motor...
MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Russia's hydro-electricity giant Rushydro is considering 2-3 projects in Laos to build hydro-power stations with a capacity of 150-250 megawatts each, an industry source familiar with the...
In Laos, where books are a rare commodity, one mystery writer puts the nation in print – and helps put books in the nation. By Tibor Krausz | Contributor / August 21, 2008 edition Courtesy of Jessica Cotterill/Soho Press Mr....
You Owe it to Yourself... Take 10 Minutes to Watch ourRevealing Movie (Click to View the Movie) The Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia,...
After listening to some 20 of his fellow Chicoans explain why they wanted Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney, Councilman Larry Wahl, a former Navy fighter pilot who served in Vietnam, had a blunt...
21 August 2008 United Nations humanitarian agencies are assisting the Lao Government to bring relief to more than 150,000 people who have been affected by some of the worst flooding in a century in the South-East Asian...
One night (okay, like seven) in Bangkok. Boating in Halong Bay. Paddling down rivers in Vietnam. The Temples of Angkor. Thai cooking in Chiang Mai. The desolation of Laos. A quick border crossing into Myanmar. Beach time in Hoi...