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1. learning | 01 Aug 2011
Mekong river: New drug smuggler route
About crime
» Facing death if caught, for a measly 5,000 baht, drug mules swim across the Mekong river from Laos with loads of methamphetamines.
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2. learning | 16 Nov 2010
Mekong smuggling
About crime
» Stolen trucks, motorcycles, drugs, endangered species of wildlife, as well as wine, liquor, sandstone, rosewood, all these goods slip into Thailand along the long Mekong river border with Laos.
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3. news | 28 Mar 2013
Mekong nations tackle drug trade
» BEIJING - Security officials from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on Thursday said they planned to launch a joint campaign against drug production and trafficking along the Mekong river next month.
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4. learning | 06 Nov 2012
Laos approves Mekong dam despite objections
General news
» The Lao government has approved the construction of the US$3.5-billion Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River despite objections from environmentalists.
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5. learning | 20 Apr 2011
Laos told to wait
General news
» Laos is facing pressure from its neighbours and local activists to delay construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River.
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6. learning | 09 Dec 2011
Dam plans delayed
General news
» Laos' plans for a major dam on the Mekong River has received a cool response from Vietnam and Cambodia, forcing a delay.
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7. learning | 09 Feb 2012
Mekong river patrol: China, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar
About security
» Boat hijacking by Shan drug gang may be behind killing of 13 Chinese crew last year. Tighter security & joint patrol is the response.
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8. news | 26 Mar 2013
104 smuggled pangolins seized
By AFP
» The Thai navy on Tuesday said it had intercepted wildlife traffickers attempting to smuggle 104 endangered pangolins to China on the Mekong river.
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9. news | 02 May 2013
Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF
By AFP
» Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday.
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10. news | 09 Apr 2013
Mekong study predicts crop shifts
By dpa
» A climate-change study on the Lower Mekong Basin says Laos' and Vietnam's central highlands can anticipate declines in production of robusta coffee and forecasts the cash crop will become more suitable for northe...
