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A man stands on a small boat travelling along the Mekong river in front of the Kings Roman casino opposite Sop Ruak in the Golden Triangle region where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet January 14, 2012. The murder of 13 Chinese sailors last October on the Mekong was the...

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Chinese cargo ship Hua Ping sits abandoned at a jetty near the Thai port of Chiang Saen in the Golden Triangle region where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet January 14, 2012. The murder of 13 Chinese sailors last October on the Mekong was the deadliest attack on Chinese...

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Laotian labourers build a new road for the Kings Roman casino complex in Laos on the Mekong river opposite Sop Ruak in the Golden Triangle region bordering Thai, Laos and Myanmar January 14, 2012. The murder of 13 Chinese sailors last October on the Mekong was the deadliest attack on...

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A view shows a model of the future development of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, run by Chinese company Jin Mu Mian, in Laos on the Mekong River opposite Sop Ruak in the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet January 14, 2012. The murder of 13...

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Laos athletes parade on the field during the opening of the 26th SEA Games (Southeast Asian games) in Palembang, Sumatra province on November 11, 2011. The 26th biennial SEA Games features 11 nations competing across 44 sports in the city of Palembang, south Sumatra.

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People offer food and money to monks after the annual Meak Bochea ceremony at the Oudong mountain in the province of Kandal February 7, 2012. Cambodia, Thailand and Laos celebrate the important Buddhist festival Meak Bochea on the full moon day of the third lunar month for the...

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Cambodian Buddhist monks attend the annual Meak Bochea ceremony at the Oudong mountain in the province of Kandal February 7, 2012. Cambodia, Thailand and Laos celebrate the important Buddhist festival Meak Bochea on the full moon day of the third lunar month for the veneration of Buddha...

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NANNING, CHINA - OCTOBER 21: Laos Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad during opening ceremony of the 8th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center on October 21, 2011 in Nanning, China. The six-day 8th China-ASEAN Expo opened on Friday.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone during their meeting in Moscow's White House, October 13, 2011.

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Laos Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith addresses the 66th UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 26, 2011.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 09: Champion Somsamayvong of Laos kicks the ball over the net during the match between Korea and Laos on day two of the ISTAF International Sepaktakraw Super Series at Fashion Island Stadium on September 9, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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President of Laos National Assembly Pany Yathotu (L) and President of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin (R) listen to national anthems during a welcoming ceremony at the parliament in Phnom Penh September 2, 2011. Pany Yathotu is on a four-day visit to Cambodia.

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President of Laos National Assembly Pany Yathotu (2nd R) reviews an honour guard with the President of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the parliament in Phnom Penh September 2, 2011. Pany Yathotu is on a four-day visit to Cambodia.

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Laos' Phonenaly Sayarath (blue) fights against France's Penelope Bonna during their qualifier match, in the - 52kg category at the Judo World Championships, on August 24, 2011 in Paris.

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Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (R) talks with Laos President Choummaly Sayasone in front of a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the Government Office in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from August 8 to 10. This is...

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Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang (C) shakes hands with Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as Laos President Choummaly Sayasone (L) looks on in front of a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi...

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Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone inspects the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from August 8 to 10. This is his first visit abroad after being re-elected as President for a...

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Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone (R) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong inspect the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from August 8 to 10. This is...

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Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone (L) is helped by his aide to wipe rain drops off his suit before a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (unseen) at the Party's headquarters in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from...

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Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone (3rd L) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong walk together for their meeting at the Party's headquarters in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from August 8 to 10. This is his first visit...

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Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone (5th L) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (6th R) talk at the Party's headquarters in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from August 8 to 10. This is his first visit aboard after being...

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Laos' President Choummaly Sayasone (L) is greeted by Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong upon his arrival at the Party's headquarters in Hanoi August 8, 2011. Sayasone is in Vietnam for an official visit from August 8 to 10. This is his first visit aboard after...

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) prior to their talks at Kan's office in Tokyo on August 3, 2011. Thongloun is on a four-day visit to Japan which included a visit to the tsunami disaster...

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers, Myanmar's Wunna Maung Lwin (R), Cambodia's Hor Namhong (2nd-R), Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa (3rd-R) and his wife (C), Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith (3rd-L), ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and his wife (2nd-L), pose...