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 | | Most LEC members are concentrated in the Vientiane municipality, in the provinces of Vientiane, Sayaboury, Luang Prabang, Xieng Khouang, Bolikhamsai, Savannakhet, Champassak, Attapeu, and in the Saisomboun Special Zone, but smaller congregations are found throughout the country. |
 | | Longstanding restrictions on the Catholic Church's operations in the north left only a handful of small congregations in Sayaboury, Bokeo, and Luang Namtha; however, there were signs during the year that the Government was easing its control over the Catholic community in the north. |
 | | Officials in Sayaboury arrested an LEC pastor in June 2005, claiming that he had criticized members of the provincial administration. |
| www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51517.htm (5745 words) |
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