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		<title>Lao Americans seeking science fiction and fantasy stories for new anthology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AAP staff report Approaching 40 years in the US, there are many Lao Americans who love science fiction, fantasy, horror, myths and legends. Now several Lao American writers are looking your stories and art for the very first full-length anthology of Lao American speculative art and literature. Their goal is to publish it later this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lao officials force Christians to recant for burial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sarah Page Santa Ana Calif, (Dec. 30) — Officials this week forced Christians in a Lao village to give up their faith in order to bury a family member in the village graveyard, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom. In Huey, Ad-Sapangthong district of Savannakhet Province, where immediate burial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassador promotes literacy in Laos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vientiane (Nov. 15, 2011) — U.S. Ambassador to Laos Karen B. Stewart and special guest Anita Botti, Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, visited Thongkhankham Primary School in Vientiane on November 8 to read stories to Lao children and donate books to the school library. The visit followed their meeting with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salute to Asian American veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Robert Vessey with Khao Insixiengmay, Lao Advancement Organization of America and Royal Lao Veterans of America By J. Lee The State of Minnesota commemorated Veterans Day “Honoring All Who Served” Defending Liberty and Freedom on what some believe as a “lucky day” because of the numbers “11.11.11”. Eric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austin Outhavong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austin Outhavong By BRYAN THAO WORRA AAP staff writer Austin Outhavong is a Lao-American writer who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is the author of 50% Falang: 50 Stories from a Half-Breed Abroad in Southeast Asia, which is his first book. His previous published writings were limited to lines of code in medical software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bryan Thao Worra&#8217;s new free e-book, &#8220;Between Souls.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lao American writer Bryan Thao Worra has issued a new free e-book, &#8221;Between Souls.&#8221; The e-book can be downloaded for free at http://bit.ly/betweensouls11 and is part of the writer&#8217;s ongoing efforts to broaden and diversify audiences for Lao American poetry. This was made possible in part by an Artist Initiative grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interview with Laura Manivong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By BRYAN THAO WORRA AAP staff writer Asian American Press recently caught up with author Laura Manivong, an Emmy-winning TV producer and novelist. Manivong never knew she wanted to write books until she met her husband and learned of his background, but the clues were there all along. Her mother and grandfather were writers. Her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One year UXO treaty shows much to be done</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By BRYAN THAO WORRA AAP staff writer This week on August 1st, we mark the one-year anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Those who ratified the treaty agreed to halt the use of these inhumane weapons. This treaty also includes provisions calling for support for clearance, stockpile destruction and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bryan Thao Worra at West Coast Open Mic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Common Ground Open Mic series will be celebrating one year of performances at the VAALA Cultural Center on August 4th in Santa Ana, California. Lao American writer Bryan Thao Worra will be performing there alongside Jenny Yang (comedienne), Gingee (b-girl dance punk) and Anna Nguyen (spoken word). The performance takes place from 7-9 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneering Iowa leader dies at 60</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry K. Thongvanh (1950 – 2011) AAP staff report Pastor Barry K. Thongvanh, 60, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died June 7, 2011 in Storm Lake. He was a founding member of the Central Asian Pacific Islander Commission and Iowa Commission on Asian Pacific Affairs. Born on July 7, 1950 in Son La, North Vietnam, Thongvanh [...]]]></description>
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