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Nazarbayev appoints ambassadors to Germany, Romania, Cambodia and Laos President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed a number of new ambassadors of Kazakhstan.

03 September 2014

Lao plane carrying defence chief crashes: Thai official A Lao military plane carrying top officials including the defence minister crashed on Saturday in the north of the communist country, a Thai official said, without giving details of any casualties.

17 May 2014

Laos dam plan threatens existence of rare dolphin: WWF A dam which Laos plans to build across the Mekong River could wipe out critically endangered dolphins in downstream Cambodia.

20 February 2014

17 bodies found after Laos air disaster: minister Laos said Friday at least 17 bodies had been recovered after a plane plummeted into the Mekong River killing all on board in the country's worst known air disaster.

18 October 2013

Search for bodies after deadly Laos plane crash Rescuers searched for bodies Thursday after a Lao Airlines plane carrying dozens of people, about half of them foreigners, crashed in the Mekong River with everybody on board believed dead.

17 October 2013

New species, old threats to Mekong wildlife: WWF From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said Tuesday in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011.

18 December 2012

Crisis-hit Europe 'still economic power': France Top European leaders jetting into Laos for a major summit are on a mission to reassure Asia that their crisis-hit region is "still an economic power".

05 November 2012

Economic minnow Laos set to join WTO club After years of preparation, communist Laos is on the verge of joining the World Trade Organisation, a milestone that the small landlocked nation owes to a slew of reforms it must now enforce.

05 October 2012

Asian economies most at risk from natural disasters Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural hazards, according to research published on Wednesday.

16 August 2012