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Hmong dismayed by national security status - Appleton Post Crescent

Google news search - Mon, 11/19/2007 - 03:29

Hmong dismayed by national security status
Appleton Post Crescent,  USA - 23 hours ago
The State Department said it has no plans to initiate a resettlement program for Hmong refugees living in Thailand. US Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, ...

Hmong dismayed by national security status - Appleton Post Crescent

Google news search - Sun, 11/18/2007 - 19:34

Hmong dismayed by national security status
Appleton Post Crescent,  USA - 7 hours ago
The State Department said it has no plans to initiate a resettlement program for Hmong refugees living in Thailand. US Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, ...

ASEAN Plan for Rights Charter Highlights Gulf Between Rhetoric and ... - World Politics Review

Google news search - Fri, 11/16/2007 - 07:57

ASEAN Plan for Rights Charter Highlights Gulf Between Rhetoric and ...
World Politics Review - Nov 16, 2007
The Hmong minority in Laos are hunted like animals by their country's repressive communist regime. In "sophisticated" Singapore it's illegal to congregate ...

ASEAN Plan for Rights Charter Highlights Gulf Between Rhetoric and ... - World Politics Review

Google news search - Fri, 11/16/2007 - 07:57

ASEAN Plan for Rights Charter Highlights Gulf Between Rhetoric and ...
World Politics Review - Nov 16, 2007
The Hmong minority in Laos are hunted like animals by their country's repressive communist regime. In "sophisticated" Singapore it's illegal to congregate ...

ASEAN Plan for Rights Charter Highlights Gulf Between Rhetoric and ... - World Politics Review

Google news search - Fri, 11/16/2007 - 07:57

ASEAN Plan for Rights Charter Highlights Gulf Between Rhetoric and ...
World Politics Review - 18 hours ago
The Hmong minority in Laos are hunted like animals by their country's repressive communist regime. In "sophisticated" Singapore it's illegal to congregate ...

A way of life woven from misery - Allentown Morning Call

Google news search - Fri, 11/16/2007 - 02:57

A way of life woven from misery
Allentown Morning Call, PA - Nov 16, 2007
Hmong's flight from Laos to US is first step in the transformation of the quilt industry. At night, in a crowded refugee camp in northern Thailand, ...

Norm Coleman meets with Grave Desecration Committee - St. Paul Asian American Press

Google news search - Thu, 11/15/2007 - 18:55

Norm Coleman meets with Grave Desecration Committee
St. Paul Asian American Press, MN - Nov 15, 2007
The Hmong Grave Desecration National Delegation traveled to Thailand on September 22-29, 2007 with other Hmong leaders from Thailand in an attempt to ...

Wis. takes steps to ease tensions between white and Hmong hunters - The Capital Times

Google news search - Tue, 11/13/2007 - 12:09

Wis. takes steps to ease tensions between white and Hmong hunters
The Capital Times, WI - Nov 13, 2007
Nichols claimed he acted in self-defense after Vang, a recent refugee from Thailand who spoke little English, shot him first after a chance encounter. ...

Woman helps tell a story of Lao people - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)

Google news search - Sat, 11/10/2007 - 02:59

Woman helps tell a story of Lao people
Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - Nov 10, 2007
But Lao and Hmong refugees, those who fled the Communists, share many of the same experiences, especially the feeling of perplexity between war-survivor ...

Spreading the word - Rosemount Town Pages

Google news search - Fri, 11/09/2007 - 19:48

Spreading the word
Rosemount Town Pages, MN - Nov 9, 2007
... past three-plus years living in Bangkok and ministering to both Thai nationals and Hmong refugees who live in camps near Thailand’s border with Laos. ...

Leisure news in brief - Onalaska Life

Google news search - Thu, 11/08/2007 - 15:21

Leisure news in brief
Onalaska Life, WI - Nov 8, 2007
... life of a Hmong community, including three hands-on learning centers: a Hmong village in Laos, a refugee camp in Thailand and a Hmong-American home. ...

MSF: Returning refugees could spark riots - Nation Multimedia

Google news search - Sun, 11/04/2007 - 10:25

MSF: Returning refugees could spark riots
Nation Multimedia, Thailand - Nov 4, 2007
Persecution of jungle Hmong groups in Laos stems partly from their fighting with US and Thai troops against the communist Pathet Lao during the Vietnam War ...

Duluth family helps create Refugee Story Project - Duluth News Tribune (Subscription)

Google news search - Sat, 11/03/2007 - 20:00

Duluth family helps create Refugee Story Project
Duluth News Tribune (Subscription), MN - Nov 3, 2007
Many fled from Laos into the camps after the end of the Vietnam War. Vang explained that Hmong leaders in Laos were recruited by the CIA to help the United ...

Former Rosemount man now serving a higher purpose - Minnesota This Week Newspapers

Google news search - Fri, 11/02/2007 - 08:34

Former Rosemount man now serving a higher purpose
Minnesota This Week Newspapers, MN - Nov 2, 2007
In July 2005, we heard about 6000 Lao Hmong who escaped the jungles of Laos and settled at a makeshift refugee camp in north central Thailand and seeking ...

Join in the traditional revelry at the Hmong New Year celebration - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Google news search - Thu, 11/01/2007 - 15:04

Join in the traditional revelry at the Hmong New Year celebration
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Nov 1, 2007
Many Hmong supported and worked for the CIA in Laos during the 1960s, then became refugees to Thailand and eventually moved to the United States in order to ...

Policy change could help Hmong - Green Bay Press Gazette

Google news search - Thu, 11/01/2007 - 02:15

Policy change could help Hmong
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - Nov 1, 2007
By ELLYN FERGUSON WASHINGTON — Hmong refugees and asylum seekers might have an easier time entering the United States or gaining citizenship thanks to a ...

Policy change could help Hmong - Green Bay Press Gazette

Google news search - Thu, 11/01/2007 - 02:15

Policy change could help Hmong
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - 23 hours ago
By ELLYN FERGUSON WASHINGTON — Hmong refugees and asylum seekers might have an easier time entering the United States or gaining citizenship thanks to a ...

Calls for UN access to Hmong in Thailand - Radio Australia

Google news search - Thu, 11/01/2007 - 01:54

Calls for UN access to Hmong in Thailand
Radio Australia, Australia - Nov 1, 2007
The Paris-based group, Doctors Without Borders, say Thailand must allow the United Nations access to thousands of Hmong who fled Laos. ...

Thailand urged to allow access to Hmong - Radio Australia

Google news search - Wed, 10/31/2007 - 18:26

Thailand urged to allow access to Hmong
Radio Australia, Australia - Oct 31, 2007
MSF France's head of mission in Thailand says the organisation is convinced many of those in the makeshift refugee camp have been persecuted in Laos for ...

MSF appeals for Hmong not to be repatriated - Nation Multimedia

Google news search - Wed, 10/31/2007 - 10:29

MSF appeals for Hmong not to be repatriated
Nation Multimedia, Thailand - Oct 31, 2007
MSF believed that while some "refugees" were illegal migrants who came to Thailand for economic reasons, many had fled harsh treatment by Laos' communist ...
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