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Suspected abduction of Lao rights advocate remembered on 12-year anniversary of disappearance
bangkok — Rights groups and activists Monday continued to urge the government of Laos to provide answers about the suspected…
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Researchers to study DNA from dung to save Laos elephants – Times of India
A forest in Northern Laos witnessed a fall in the Asian elephant population, prompting researchers to use different methods to…
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Laos hostel staff detained after backpackers’ deaths from suspected methanol poisoning
Vang Vieng has been a fixture on the Southeast Asia backpacker trail since Laos’ secretive rulers opened the country to…
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Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect – National | Globalnews.ca
If you are soon travelling abroad, experts are urging vigilance after six tourists recently died, several of them from confirmed…
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Father of Australian teen who died in Laos urges government ‘to protect others’ from tainted alcohol
The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea…
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Laos mass poisoning casts shadow over tourist town after at least 6 killed – National | Globalnews.ca
A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under the spotlight for a mass poisoning…
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Sixth person dies after suspected mass drink-spiking in Laos
An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die of suspected methanol poisoning in a backpacker hotspot in…
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CNA Explains: What is methanol poisoning and how can you avoid it while travelling?
What is methanol poisoning and how does it happen? Methanol is a colourless alcohol found in thousands of everyday products,…
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5 tourists have died from drinking tainted alcohol in Laos
Five tourists have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The victims are an American, two Danes, a Brit, and…
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Australian tourists hospitalized after apparent severe alcohol poisoning in Laos party town
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after consuming tainted…
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