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- First Energy To Thai Firm In Test Of Giant Lao Dam: World Bank
The Nam Theun 2 hydropower development, Laos' largest infrastructure project, has delivered its first test energy to a Thai firm, the World Bank said Friday. Last week's test delivery to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand sent a total of 60
- Viet Nam-Laos to strengthen religious co-operation
News Digest HA NOI - Viet Nam and Laos should increase exchanges of experience to boost work in religious affairs, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung. The Deputy PM made the comment while receiving a delegation from the Lao Front for National
- Obasanjo in U.S., shuns comments on Yar'Adua, amnesty
From Laolu Akande, New York INSISTING that he will not rush into responding to every issue that develops in and about Nigeria, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is maintaining a sturdy silence on the state of the nation, especially anything that has to
- Suning Aims to Turn Japan's LAOX Profitable
The Chinese appliance giant Suning Appliance Co. said Thursday it will be able to turn the troubled Japanese electronics chain LAOX profitable after it became the biggest shareholder. 'One important reason we decided to buy into LAOX is that we found we
- Quincy Jones Remembers His "Little Brother"
For some strange reason, I have a history of meeting young performers when they reach age 12. There was Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Tevin Campbell, and, of course, Michael Jackson. In 1978 Sidney Lumet pulled me kicking and screaming into doing the music for starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael as the Scarecrow. Michael dived into the filming, learning not only his lines but everyone else's. There was only one problem: there's a scene where the Scarecrow starts pulling proverbs from his stuffing and talking about Socrates. Michael kept saying "So-crates." It was really interesting to watch; either because of his age or his fame, no one wanted to correct him. After about the third time, I pulled Michael aside and told him the correct pronunciation. He looked at me with the big, wide eyes of a child opening a present under the Christmas tree and said, "Really?" It was at that moment that I said, "Michael, I'd like to produce your solo album." It was that wonderment I saw in his eyes that locked me in, the idea that we could go into unexplored territory, a place that, as a jazz musician, gave me goosebumps.
- PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - June 26
HANOI, June 26 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories. FINANCIAL NEWS: LAO DONG -- Military-run Viettel said it had cancelled the purchase of a 31 percent stake
- 299 confirmed cases of AH1N1 influenza in Peru
Confirmed cases of AH1N1 influenza in Peru rose to 299, after diagnosig another 55 patients today, as reported by the Ministry of Health (Minsa). Peru's Health Ministry issued a statement informing that 44 are Lima residents, 8 patients from El Callao
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Reuters - Action movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" pummeled U.S. box offices on its Wednesday debut, raking in $60.6 million in the second biggest single-day gross ever, box office watchers said on Thursday.
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