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Laos - Telecoms Market Overview Statistics & Forecasts Includes a Statistical Overview of the Sector Together with Scenario Forecasts
DUBLIN, Ireland (Business Wire) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/82913b/laos_telecoms_ma) has announced the addition of the 'Laos - Telecoms Market Overview Statistics & Forecasts' report to their offering. Laos is

Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013
ÂPeru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProinversiÃ³n) plans to auction off 821 â?? 824 MHz and 866 â?? 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is

U.S. prepares $250 billion bank bailout (Reuters)

Reuters - The Treasury could pump $250 billion into U.S. banks in what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on Tuesday a comprehensive attempt to end the credit crisis, restoring market confidence and sending Tokyo stocks up 14 percent.

Mexico nabs major drug cartels money man
EXICO CITY A suspected finance officer for the feared Gulf Cartel, one of Mexicos m ain drug trafficking syndicates, has been captured in a joint operation with the United States, Mexican justice officials announced Sunday. The financier Wenceslao

Pan Australian in copper supply pact with China
SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Pan Australian Ltd will supply China's largest copper smelting firm with concentrate from its Phu Kham mine in Laos under an initial four-year contract, the company said on Tuesday. The agreement with Tongling Nonferrous Metals

Mexico nabs major drug cartel's money man
MEXICO CITY, (AFP) - A suspected finance officer for the feared Gulf Cartel, one of Mexico's main drug trafficking syndicates, has been captured in a joint operation with the United States, Mexican justice officials announced. The 'financier' Wenceslao

Obama Woos Nigerians In US
From Laolu Akande (New York) DEMOCRATIC Party candidate, Senator Barack Obama, is mobilising Nigerians in the US to in turn mobilise the Nigerian community there to vote in next month's American presidential elections. This is coming as efforts to get

G7 pledges urgent, decisive action as markets reel (Reuters)

Reuters - Finance chiefs of the world's major economies pledged on Friday to take decisive action and work together to stem the escalating financial crisis after another day of gut-wrenching drops on world markets.

Decreasing Cervical Cancer Mortality in Mexico: Effect of Papanicolaou Coverage, Birthrate, and the Importance of Diagnostic Validity of Cytology
Lazcano-Ponce E et al. - The decrease in cervical cancer mortality observed in Mexico is proportional to increasing Pap coverage and decreasing birthrate. Accreditation of cervical cytology laboratories is needed to improve diagnostic precision. ---

Thai PM Cancels Trips To Neighboring Countries Amid Protests
BANGKOK (AFP)--Thailand's premier Somchai Wongsawat has canceled trips to three neighboring countries amid an escalating antigovernment campaign in the capital, government officials said Friday. Somchai called off scheduled visits to Laos, Cambodia and

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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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