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  • Heavy rainstorm to hit Ghana
    - A heavy rainstorm is expected to hit the country in the next few hours, a report from the Ghana Meteorological Department indicates. The storm is expected to affect the eastern border towns of Aflao, Greater Accra, Koforidua, Nkawkaw and Konongo are
  • Gen.Vang Pao’s Last War
    The U.S. government relied on Vang Pao and his Hmong soldiers to battle Communism in the jungles of Laos. Why is the Justice Department now calling him a terrorist?
  • Hmong general who helped U.S. now accused of terrorism
    Half a century ago, Vang Pao and his Hmong soldiers sided with the United States in the fight against communism. Last year, the United States indicted Vang Pao, 78, as a terrorist, accusing him of plotting to overthrow the Communist government of Laos.
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In 1975 the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy. Initial closer ties to Vietnam and socialization were replaced with a gradual return to private enterprise, an easing of foreign investment laws, and the admission into ASEAN in 1997.

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