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		<title>Sunny Chanthanouvong completes Humphrey Policy Fellows Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 07:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 16, 2012) — Sunny Chanthanouvong is completing a year as a Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He was one of 35 individuals selected for the 2011-2012 program that will conclude next month. Chanthanouvong and his family emigrated from Laos to Minneapolis in 1984. He is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Center for Lao Studies Receives Luce Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (April 25, 2012) — The Center for Lao Studies has received a three-year grant of $200,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for core program development and sustainability support for the years 2012-2014. Founded in 2006, CLS is a San Francisco-based nonprofit with the mission to advance knowledge and engagement in the field of Lao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laotian Americans celebrate Year of the Naga</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Laotian Americans from across the country will converge and celebrate the year 2555, year of the Naga or Dragon at the 4th Annual International Lao New Year Festival with a one day-long event on Saturday April 28. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the United Nations Plaza [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Friends Take Over Popular Crystal Eatery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By CARLOS GALLEGO AAP staff writer Nikki Orlay and Tonni Phimmyvong are the enthusiastic new owners of Vientiane, a Laotian and Thai cuisine hot spot for the past ten years. Nikki is Cambodian and Chinese and Tonni is Lao. As they enter their third month, they have adjusted menu based on customer comments as well [...]]]></description>
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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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