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World News


Click a link below to access VOA Lao's World News audio from the past week. Each webcast contains a summary of that day's news in Lao, typically 6-9 stories per day. The top story is featured in the headline.

Chinese paramilitary police wears mask during rescue operation at collapsed elementary school in Yingxiu, 15 May 2008
Other News:UN Secretary-General to Send Humanitarian Chief to Burma; Burma Says New Constitution Passed in Referendum;  Dalai Lama Arrives in Germany, and more.
Buildings lay in ruins following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude quake in Hanwang of Deyang City (photo released by Xinhua News Agency)
Other News: Quake Kills Dozens at Middle School in China's Sichuan Province; Potential New Cyclone Brewing Off Burmese Coast; US, North Korea Close to Agreement on Food Aid, and more.
Hospital patients wait outside after an earthquake in Fuyang, in China's Anhui province Monday, 12 May 2008
Other News: Burma Rejects International Pressure on Aid; Bush Says World Should Be Angry at Burma Over Storm Response;Indonesian Students Protest Planned Fuel Price Hike, and more.
Rescuers search rubble of collapsed Juyuan middle school in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, 12 May 2008
Other news: UA Aid Flight Arrives in Burma; Zimbabwe May Ban Foreign Observers From Presidential Run-Off; Tadic Declares Victory in Serbia; and more.
A UNHCR land convoy, carrying emergency shelter supplies for cyclone victims in Burma, crosses over the border in north-western Thailand, 10 May 2008
Other news: Fighting Erupts in Northern Lebanon While Beirut Remains Calm; US Forces Kill Woman, Child and 2 Gumnen Mosul; Sudan Imposes Curfew to Hunt for Darfur Rebels in Capital; Cuts Diplomatic Tied to Chad; and more.
Morgan Tsvangirai during news conference in Pretoria, 10 May 2008
Other News: Burma Referendum Held Despite Cyclone Devastation; Sri Lankan Rebels Sink Naval Ship Ahead of Landmark Vote; Death Toll from Sectarian Fighting in Lebanon Rises, and more.
Prime Minister Thein Sein gives relief goods to cyclone-affected people during visit to relief centre in Rangoon, 08 May 2008
Other News: Burmese Junta Urges Voters to Approve Referendum, Despite Disaster; Death Toll from Child Virus Hits 34 in China; Rights Group Increases Pressure on China Ahead of Olympics, and more.