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	Laos
		However, officials in several districts of Savannakhet Province did not allow local congregations to reopen closed churches, and 5 or 6 of Savannakhet's approximately 40 churches remained closed at the end of the period covered by this report.
		In January, officials in Kengkok, Savannakhet Province, returned to the LEC congregation a church that had been seized by village officials in 1999 for use as a kindergarten.
		In the same month, police in Attapeu Province detained 11 LEC members in Khang, Donephai, and Somsuk villages of Sanamsai district, ostensibly for possessing "poisons." Provincial officials later reported that the 11 were found to have chemical pesticides that aroused the suspicion of authorities.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35404.htm (5670 words)

	Savannakhet (city) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Savannakhet is the capital of the Savannakhet Province in Laos.
		Savannakhet has a population of about 105,000 people.
		This Southeast Asia location article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Savannakhet (52 words)

	Savannakhet travel guide for backpackers and travellers to Asia. Accommodation, restaurants and more... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This sleepy southern Lao province stretches from Thailand to the west toVietnam to the east.
		But for those with time on their hands, a number of activities and attractions are nestled here, and the capital is another charming, crumbling town where it's easy to lose a day or two just hanging around.
		Much of the province as seen from Route 13 is dry scrubland, with some areas turned into paddy.
	www.travelfish.org /province/laos/southern_laos/savannakhet (228 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		The arrests are said to have occurred in Savannakhet, Champassak and Attapoeu provinces.
		According to the source, the families of the 15 detainees at Savannakhet jail were driven out of Ban Daen Sawan village by order of the village chairman, who is said to have told them that those who “believe in Jesus” are not allowed to live there.
		This is applicable at least to the detainees at Savannakhet city jail and at Sepone district jail.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/wgad/26-2000.html (1052 words)

	Savannakhet, Laos restaurant, entertainment and eating out travel guide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Savannakhet runs parrallel to the Mekong and although stretched out, most eateries are within easy walking distance of the river.
		Set in a charming wooden house with walls chock-full of empty booze bottles -- testament to the many long evenings expats living in the province have spent here -- this is the farang restaurant of choice for a splash out meal.
		Food is French, Lao and pizzas, and while good, bear in mind that the French food is whipped up with the limited ingredients available in Savannakhet, with some imported goods, such as the seafood which comes from Mukdahan.
	www.travelfish.org /eatandmeet/laos/southern_laos/savannakhet/savannakhet/eat (857 words)

	Vientiane Times of February 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Savannakhet's Integrated Agriculture Rural Development Project is implemented under the grant aid of the Government of Japan at a cost of 2,225 million yen.
		Savannakhet province is to celebrate the annual festival of the revered Ing-hang Stupa as part of the Visit Laos Year campaign.
		Savannakhet province Vice Governor Thongteun Saygnasen has announced that apart from the six domestic provinces, Savannakhet would invite participation from six provinces of Vietnam and five provinces of Thailand at the fair, to feature low-priced goods of agricultural produce, handicraft items and consumer goods.
	www.laoembassy.com /vtimes/year99/Nov99.htm (4613 words)

	Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Savannakhet town is situated on the banks of the Mekong river opposite Mukdahan in Thailand.
		The province bridges the country between Thailand and Vietnam and the town is a very active junction for trade between the two countries.
		The town itself can be easily explored by foot and has a number of interesting temples, including Vietnamese temple and school and a large Catholic church.
	laos4him.com /savannakhet.html (72 words)

	Savannakhet, Laos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		(18 kms east of the present Savannakhet's town) to settle down along the bank of the Mekong river and named his small town 'Ban Thahae' (Mineral Port Village).
		In 1883, the year of the French colonization, the province's name was changed by the French to Savannakhet.
		Savannakhet is only place in Laos that the dinosaur remains was first discovered by the French geologist in 1936 at Ban Namo, Palan district and Tangvay area.
	www.savannanet.com /savannakhet.html (291 words)

	Savvannakhet.info Your one step to information of and about Savannakhet ¤ Made by forign in the country ¤ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		I have no goal of being the biggest site of Laos neither of Savannakhet, however my goal is to provide a site with information for you dear tourist.
		I have to mark out that their might be (MIGHT !!!) a boat sailing from Vientiane/Pakse to Savannakhet - But in case, this will be very rare, and most likely not at all.
		Now, after two decades of isolation from the outside world, this landlocked, sparsely populated country is enjoying peace, stabilising its political and economic structures, and admitting foreign visitors - albeit in limited numbers, owing to a general lack of infrastructure.
	www.savannakhet.info (796 words)

	Mekong News \| Imaging Our Mekong
		MANY residents from both Savannakhet in Laos and Mukdahan in Thailand are pleased about the second bridge across the Mekong River to link Laos and Thailand, although some are a little concerned about how their lives will change when the bridge opens.
		However, he predicted that Savannakhet would gain the most benefit as it is strategically placed between Thailand to the west and Vietnam at the eastern end of the corridor.
		The Savannakhet harbour office reported that about 500 Lao people row or paddle to Mukdahan everyday to do their shopping, while many Mukdahan people travel through Laos to get to Vietnam.
	www.newsmekong.org /stories/laos-sidebar2.html (1147 words)

	AII POW-MIA - Senate Select Committee
		His aircraft made a shallow dive on a target, was hit by hostile fire during the dive, and crashed with wings level into a wooded hillside within ten meters of the source of the ground fire, exploding on impact.
		While over Khammouane Province, Lieutenant Pike radioed that he was trying to find a hole in the clouds because their target area was unworkable due to poor weather conditions and he was going to move to another area.
		They were last reported over Savannakhet Province but did not return from their mission and were declared missing in action.
	www.aiipowmia.com /ssc/smith324c.html (10935 words)

	Laos2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		They said they were denied full rations, placed in stocks or made to wear handcuffs and pulled into the prison yard to sign a declaration that they had given up their beliefs by police officers pointing guns at their heads.
		The Jubilee Campaign said in a statement received here that seven church leaders and one church member were arrested on May 31 in Songkhone district of central Savannakhet province because they refused to sign affidavits renouncing their religious beliefs.
		Some of the country's longest-established churches are in Savannakhet province, where the first Christian missionaries came to Laos from Switzerland in 1902.
	www.hrwf.net /html/laos2001.html (931 words)

	Laos--Christian Persecution in Laos
		March 2003 - A church in the Chonburi district of Savannakhet province was forced to close its doors was forced to close.
		Souay, a Christian charged with “propagation of the gospel and belief in a Foreign religion, the enemy of the Party” was arrested at the village of Phonethong, in the Champhone district, Savannakhet Province.
		August 24, 2001 – In the Houaphanh province, Sam Neua district, all believers were asked to leave the province and country, unless they renounced their faith.
	www.persecution.org /Countries/laos.html (2998 words)

	Mekong News \| Imaging Our Mekong
		EVEN Savannakhet people hope for great benefits from the opening of the Savannakhet-Mukdahan international bridge in 2006, but they still have a range of concerns about problems that might arise from opening up cross-border transport further.
		They are worried about what might happen when their province is invaded by strangers and foreigners.
		The Savannakhet vice governor, Soukaseum Bodhisane, said the province is running anti-drug use campaigns in schools, from primary to upper secondary.
	www.newsmekong.org /stories/laos-sidebar1.html (780 words)

	Rivers Watch East & SE Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Originating in the mountainous areas, the Xe Banghiang river forms the border between the Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR and the Quang Tri Province,Vietnam.
		It continues to run across the Savannakhet Province and empties into the Mekong river.
		The Savannakhet Province supports the nation's food security with more than 110,000 ha of farmland and 680,000 in population.
	www.rwesa.org /laothai.html (1168 words)

	CNN - Undetonated bombs lie in wait for innocent Laotians - Sept. 6, 1996
		SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE, Laos (CNN) -- Lethal leftovers of the Vietnam War still litter the landscape of eastern Laos, ready to be set off by a child's footstep or the tap of a farmer's hoe.
		For nine years, during U.S. fighting in Vietnam, the ground rumbled in Savannakhet Province every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day.
		In the Savannakhet Province of Laos, a crater harbors a "bombie," a small metal ball about the size of a baseball, filled with explosives.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9609/06/laos.legacy (549 words)

	Investment and Business in Laos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Savannakhet Province in Lao PDR is a thriving hub of trade and services in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS).
		The Lao Government is upgrading the existing domestic airport in Khanthabouly city of Savannakhet province into an international airport in the near future, in order to meet transportation requirements of passengers and goods.
		Toward this purpose, the Lao Government is approaching bilateral assistance agencies and foreign government grants to assist in building vocational schools and agricultural schools in Savannakhet Province.
	www.business-in-asia.com /laos_industrial_zones.html (553 words)

	Doors Open on Corridor - ADB Review - ADB.org
		Inhabited by some 700,000 people, Savannakhet, sharing the border with Viet Nam in the east and Thailand in the west, is the largest province in the Lao PDR and is endowed with fertile land and abundant mineral deposits.
		The road used to be so bad that, according to Sethamouak residents, many sick people died on their way to the provincial hospital in Khanthaboury, the capital of Savannakhet Province, some 100 km away.
		Besides economic and health benefits, the improved road is helping Savannakhet residents gain access to education facilities, with students able to ride their bicycles to secondary schools.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Periodicals/ADB_Review/2004/vol36_2/doors_open.asp (849 words)

	Savannakhet: tomorrow’s ecotourism destination in Lao PDR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Behind the scenes, however, Savannakhet’s Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) is hard at work on a project that will make the province a major draw for tourists within a few short years.
		In Savannakhet, the PTO is in the middle of laying the groundwork for trekking.
		Today, approximately 50 UN Volunteers in 10 provinces are providing advisory technical assistance and programming expertise to a wide range of sectors.
	www.unv.org /infobase/news_releases/2003/03_03_18LAO_ecotourism.htm (719 words)

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		This was followed by a three-day appraisal and preliminary survey of hatcheries and fishpond facilities in Savannakhet and Khammouanne provinces in mid-July to assist in identifying specific issues and planning of the survey.
		Farmers reported that this disease occurred among wild populations in reservoirs and natural water bodies as early as 1978-79 in Khammouane Province, and that it was first observed in 1991-92 in Savannakhet Province.
		A state hatchery in Khammouanne Province experiencing disease and other problems is unable to provide the required seed to the farmers, and this has resulted in decreased aquaculture activity and a decrease in general fish consumption.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/Y3610E/y3610E24.htm (4937 words)

	Laos. In: Amnesty International Report 2000
		Most of the men were rice farmers and day labourers belonging to the Bru ethnic minority group, and several had been arrested previously because of their religious beliefs.
		He was detained in Savannakhet City Prison and accused of "creating social disorder and division", "receiving money from outsiders" and "support from foreigners".
		Detainees at Prison Camp 7 in Houa Phanh province and in Savannakhet City Prison were reportedly held in stocks for prolonged periods.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/laos/document.do?id=6238D35A2F3F3FF1802568E400729F0F (748 words)

	Champasack Province - laotourism.org
		Fine French architecture bears testimony to the importance of Savannakhet during the colonial era.
		It is the center of the local Buddhist people with arts and architecture dating from the original Savannakhet.
		It is also another important religious figure found in the Province.
	www.laotourism.org /savannakhet.htm (341 words)

	Thanhnien News
		He said he believed that with the two countries' aspirations and determination expressed in the March 26 Vietnam-Laos joint declaration and agreements reached between the Party and State leaders of the two nations, the Vietnam-Laos special friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation will continue to be consolidated and developed.
		He said he hoped that Savannakhet, with its geographical advantages of sharing a border with Vietnam and lying along the East-West corridor, will enhance its cooperative ties with provinces in Vietnam.
		He urged the Vietnamese nationals to maintain good relations with people in Savannakhet in particular and Lao people in general while abiding by the two countries' policies, thus contributing to the loyal friendship between the two nations.
	thanhniennews.com /print.php?catid=1&newsid=5797 (308 words)

	Laos Country Guide - Resorts & Excursions - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The region is currently being explored for its potential as a place for ecotourism, and its amazing limestone formations, caves, rivers and jungle make it a unique environment.
		SAVANNAKHET: Within easy reach by bus from Khammouane is Savannakhet province.
		Positioned between Thailand and Vietnam, the province acts as a useful trading junction between the two.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/lao/lao150.asp (350 words)

	Laos in brief
		Also significant are the Savannakhet plain, on the lower reaches of the Se Bang Fai and Se Bang Hieng rivers, and the Champassak plain, which is on the Mekong River, stretching between the Thai and Cambodian borders.
		The administration is run by province Governors, and the municipality by a mayor; each district has a chief administrator, and each village a chief.
		The number of Party members reported to the Second Congress of the Party, held in Houaphanh province in 1972, was 20,000, which rose to 78,000 as reported to the Sixth Party Congress in March 1986.
	www.un.int /lao/laos_in_brief.htm (5312 words)

	Laos travel tours tips
		The country is divided into 17 provinces and a municipality.
		In Vientiane province (and Vientiane municipality) the highest and lowest temperatures are 38ºC (April mid-day) and 18ºC (January morning) respectively.
		Dansavanh in Savannakhet province - Lao Bao in Vietnam
	www.khamla.com /travel (611 words)

	AII POW-MIA - Senate Select Committee 324
		His aircraft was observed by his flight leader and another flight airman being hit by a burst of anti-aircraft fire while in an area of dense high cyclic rate of anti-aircraft fire which struck his aircraft in the aft of center line.
		This report related to an incident which occurred in a neighboring province but was thought to possibly correlate to Steen for reasons which are unclear.
		The C-123 was hit by hostile groundfire, flipped inverted and crashed approximately 13 kilometers south of the town of Tchepone, Savannakhet Province.
	www.aiipowmia.com /ssc/smith324a.html (10631 words)

	Issue 29
		In an effort to attract foreign visitors to Savannakhet Province, tourism officials in the area are focusing on a project that would offer visitors challenging adventures and relaxing tours in a forest setting.
		The project, which began in November 2001 and is expected to be completed in early 2004, will take visitors on designated trips to nearby conservation and protected areas to teach them more about the plants and animals of the forest.
		In the Lao province of Attopeu, a 37-kilometre road is being constructed that would connect the province with Vietnam’s Kon Tum Province.
	www.exotissimo.com /newsletter/Issue29/page6.htm (623 words)

	Laos Provinces
		Laos is divided into sixteen khoueng (provinces), one kampeng nakhon (municipality or prefecture), and one khetphiset (special region or zone).
		Province: Vientiane [prefecture] is a municipality and Xaisômboun is a special region.
		The provinces are further subdivided into muong (districts).
	www.statoids.com /ula.html (719 words)

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		Hours ahead of a luncheon hosted by the National Assembly of Laos for the delegation, Laotian authorities in Savannakhet Province released the remaining six Christians from the Kankock Village Church who were jailed for holding Christmas meetings.
		Since 1999, when authorities closed all Evangelical church buildings in Savannakhet Province, the local police charged that the Christmas celebrations were illegal meetings.
		In an orchestrated crackdown on the Evangelical church within Savannakhet Province, authorities began to systematically close and arrest church leaders in 1999.
	www.jubileecampaign.co.uk /world/laos3.htm (858 words)

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