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  Odisha CM asks officials to rescue 35 labourers held captive in Laos

  India | October 14, 2023 10:18 IST

  According to reports, the workers from Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district alleged that the company had also forcibly taken away their passports.

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  Amid Beijing's crackdown on legal advocates, Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Laos

  World | July 30, 2023 14:36 IST

  I’m extremely worried for his safety. If he’s sent back to China, he’d definitely be imprisoned," advocate Lu Siwei's wife Zhang Chunxiao said in a message.

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  13 Chinese killed as tour bus crashes in Laos

  World | August 20, 2019 11:50 IST

  A tour bus carrying dozens of Chinese passengers crashed in Laos, killing at least 13, officials said Tuesday.

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  49 feared killed as plane crashes into Mekong River in Laos

  World | October 17, 2013 9:50 IST

  Bangkok: A Lao Airlines plane has crashed into the Mekong River in southern Laos with 49 people on board. An airline official told the Bangkok Post that the plane crashed into the river near Pakse