Hmong-Americans stunned by Laos charges
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Many of the thousands of Hmong refugees who fled to the United States following the Vietnam War never accepted the communist government that took power in their native Laos.
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Fifty-one people believed to be  members of two powerful Chinese organized crime gangs in New  York were rounded up in predawn raids and indicted on Friday,  authorities said.
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Doubts over charges against a US firm underscore concerns about the legal system and foreign investment.
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US President George W Bush says Americans are outraged by Burma's "reign of fear", as protests mount in Rangoon.
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A former Laotian military general and a former California National Guard officer were charged Monday in federal court with plotting a violent overthrow of Laos' communist government.
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A Laotian immigrant accused of  shooting several hunters in Wisconsin was charged with six  counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder on Monday,  authorities said.
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It is difficult to convey the shock I felt on reading the allegations that Conrad Black, David Radler, and the rest of the Hollinger insiders had helped themselves to 95.
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BANGKOK -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos yesterday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist government after decades on the run.
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BANGKOK, Dec. 13 -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos on Wednesday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist government after decades on the run.
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ELEANOR HALL: Tensions are rising ahead of an historic ASEAN leaders summit to be held in Laos next week. Australian diplomats are trying to overcome an 11th hour hurdle that could block John Howard&#39;s ambition
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Twenty-four years ago, a youth named Chai Soua Vang was part of the first wave of immigrants from Laos who came to the United States after the Indochina war.
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Opponents of the Lao government may be plotting multiple bomb attacks in Vientiane and other areas of Laos timed to coincide with a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders the country is hosting next month, the United States said.
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Safe Harbor - safe from storm? The Belgian firm stuck in the middle of a transatlantic spat over the US infringement of civil liberties by the agents of its war on terror is throwing its lot in with the Americans.â¦
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A Hmong immigrant accused of shooting to death six fellow deer hunters made his first court appearance under tight security Tuesday in a hearing that was held in a basement classroom at the county jail for his own safety.
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A Hmong immigrant accused of gunning down eight fellow deer hunters in the Wisconsin woods was charged Monday with six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
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U.S. prosecutors charged 10  people, including an ex-Laotian general, on Monday with seeking  to topple the government of Laos in what they described as a  dramatic cloak-and-dagger plot thwarted by an undercover agent  posing as an arms dealer.
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Agents investigating an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos seized more than $146,000 and what they suspect are gold bars from a home owned by the son of the alleged ringleader, court records show.