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	Tragic Legacy: Profound Mystery - Dok Champa Jan-Mar 1998
		Xieng Khouang, a northeastern province of Laos 200 kilometers from Vientiane, was the most heavily bombed area.
		In Xieng Khouang Province, it is estimated that between 10-30% of the bombs dropped remain unexploded and hidden or buried underground in the hills, fields and plains.
		Xieng Khouang Province is a tragic legacy of the war: and at the same time holds one of the profound mysteries of Laos.
	www.mekongexpress.com /laos/articles/dc_0398_tragiclegacy.htm (1689 words)

	UXO LAO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Xieng Khouang province is situated in the northeast of Lao PDR, bordering Vietnam.
		The topography of Xieng Khouang is starkly contrasting, with the vast Plain of Jars plateau in the centre of the province, surrounded on all sides by mountains.
		Xieng Khouang is the second most severely UXO-contaminated province in the Lao PDR, and six of the seven districts have priority for UXO clearance.
	www.uxolao.org /provinces/xiengkhouang.htm (814 words)

	Essence of Indochina - Laos - Xieng Khouang
		Essence of Indochina - Laos - Xieng Khouang
		Xieng Khouang Province is home to the Plain of Jars, a little-understood group of archaeological sites of enormous stone jars, or drums, buried in the earth.
		Xieng Khouang is the land of "the secret war" waged by the CIA and American military against Communist forces in the border...
	www.essenceofindochina.com /laos_xieng_khouang.cfm (103 words)

	Xieng Khuang Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Xieng Khouang province is located in the Northeastern part of the Laos with a population of 196000.
		Muang Phouane was the main old town of Xieng Khouang province with its historical sites such as the Siphom temple, Phia Vat temple, That Chom Phet temple.
		The hundred of giants jars of Xieng Khouang are carved out of solid hunks of rock from the mountains surrounding the valley.
	www.laoembassy.com /discover/sites/xiengkhuang.htm (338 words)

	Oceanuus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Much of the dissent was brought to a halt by the advent of three major events that took place in the mid-1260s: a tidal wave, the eruption of Mount Mana'o on Xieng Khouang, and the disappearance of Archmage Elorac Seamere.
		It occupies the southernmost tip of Xieng Khouang and is now simply referred to as "The Splash." The revamped marketplace rests cheek to jowl with the new Waterfront District (a.k.a.
		Xieng Khouang's weather is heavily influenced by the volcanic mountain, Mount Mana'o, that resides on its northern end.
	www.lyrantalpress.com /geography/oceanuus1.htm (1962 words)

	orientxtreme voyage : laos. Vientiane
		Xieng Khouang province is located in the north east of Laos, in a region of green mountains and karst limestones, at an altitude of 1,200m.
		Xieng Khouang have paid a huge tribute to history and there are still reminders of this period like bomb craters and bombshells turned to pig throughs or other ustensils.
		The main attraction in Xieng Khouang province is the Plain of Jars (3 sites), hundred of musterious jars made out of solid hunks of rock and it is belief to be made by Stone Age men.
	orientxtreme.com /laos/guide/provinces/xiengkh.php (765 words)

	Dragon Travel Laos - Xieng Khouang Information
		In the 18th and at the beginning of the 19th century, Xieng Khouang was the center of a kingdom of the Hmong (Meo).
		The town of Xieng Khouang was totally destroyed during the Vietnam War.
		Even though it has been rebuilt in 1975, the name Xieng Khouang is now primarily used in reference to the province of the same name.
	www.optiontours.com /l_facts3.html (191 words)

	Wat Xieng Thong Travel Guide, Luang Prabang, Laos \| AsiaExplorers
		Wat Xieng Thong, the principal temple of Luang Prabang, Laos.
		Wat Xieng Thong is regarded as the most beautiful temple, not only in Luang Prabang but one of the most exquisite in all of Laos.
		Wat Xieng Thong was the principal wat in Luang Prabang.
	www.asiaexplorers.com /laos/luangprabang/watxiengthong.htm (699 words)

	Xieng Khouang Province, Laos Travel Guide \| AsiaExplorers
		Xieng Khouang is a province in northern Laos.
		Xieng Khouang was briefly ruled by the Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang.
		The provincial capital of Xieng Khouang is Phonsavan, a town that was established when an earlier capital was wiped out during the Vietnam War.
	www.asiaexplorers.com /laos/xiengkhouang.htm (981 words)

	Auberge Phouphadeng hotel Xieng Khouang - Laos hotels
		Xieng Khouang town is located in the Xieng Khouang Province of Laos or Lao People's Democratic Republic in south-east Asia.
		Xieng Khouang has suffered a lot in the war with the Americans and the place is known as the 'land of secret war'.
		The downtown Xieng Khouang is less than half an hour drive from the location of Auberge Phouphadeng Hotel in Xieng Khouang.
	www.asiarooms.com /laos/xieng_khouang/auberge_phouphadeng-hotel.html (842 words)

	MCC \| Legacy of the Secret War
		At the time of the first AFSC/MCC delegation to Xieng Khouang in November 1977, AFSC representatives suggested that using pitchforks or shovels might be a safer alternative to the traditional Lao hoe which is swung over the head when hand tilling the soil and which strikes the ground with a heavy impact.
		At the local level in Xieng Khouang and in other ordnance-affected areas, it was obvious that ordnance was a major problem causing great suffering to people trying to rebuild their lives.
		The video was filmed in Xieng Khouang during an ARC-led delegation trip and highlighted ordnance issues through an interview with a Hmong family during a funeral for their son who was killed by a "bombie." ARC also helped distribute the AFSC leaflet seeking $10 donations to buy a shovel.
	www.mcc.org /clusterbombs/resources/research/legacy (8270 words)

	Phoumi Vongvichit - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Phoumi Vongvichit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was born April 6, 1909 in Xieng Khouang, the son of a civil servant.
		After postings in Vientiane, Louang Phrabang and Xieng Khouang, he was promoted to mayor ("chao muang") and served in Xieng Khouang (1939) and Vientiane (1940 - 1945).
		After the Battle of Vientiane in December 1960 and the subsequent retreat of Neutralist forces to the Plain of Jars, Phoumi was instrumental in arranging for Pathet Lao-Neutralist collaboration.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Phoumi-Vongvichit.html (893 words)

	MCC \| Report of Visit to Xieng Khouang Province
		In Xieng Khouang town, shells of several two-story buildings overgrown with brush and weeds stood along the main street betraying the previous prosperity of the former provincial capital.
		Since 1973 the people of Xieng Khouang have returned from the mountains and forests to rebuild their shattered lives.
		In the town of Xieng Khouang the villagers covered the ruins of a former Catholic church with a straw roof and converted it into a temporary district hospital.
	www.mcc.org /clusterbombs/news/laos/firstreport.html (1272 words)

	Remnants of War
		Situated at the edge of the old Soviet landing strip in Phonsavan, the capital of Xieng Khouang province in eastern Laos, the garden is a floral oasis amidst the mud of the rainy season.
		Xieng Khouang province, along the Vietnamese border, is one of the most contaminated.
		But it was a forlorn triumph for procommunist villages in Xieng Khouang; survivors who had fled the province found only a treeless and treacherous moonscape when they returned.
	www.bostonreview.net /BR25.1/matteson.html (4459 words)

	UNHCR - U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2005 - Laos
		Authorities in several provinces, including Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang, used threats of arrest to force some independent church congregations to return to the LEC, but in other areas authorities allowed independent churches to conduct services without hindrance.
		In at least two provinces, Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang, authorities used threats of arrest of senior church leaders to force "independent" churches loosely affiliated with the U.S.-based United Methodist Church to return to the LEC.
		During a weeklong visit in February and March, the IGE president traveled to LEC communities in Xieng Khouang Province and met with senior officials in Xieng Khouang and Vientiane Provinces and at the central government level.
	www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/437c9cd82b.html (5716 words)

	ADB Road Project in Lao PDR to Develop Rural Economy - ADB.org
		Links between Lao PDR's isolated Xieng Khouang Province and the rest of the country will be improved with all-weather access roads to be built with the help of a US$46 million concessional loan approved today by the Asian Development Bank.
		The national roads to be upgraded to bituminous standard will give Xieng Khouang Province all-year accessibility to the capital of Vientiane and other parts of the country.
		The project will promote the economic development of Xieng Khouang Province which, although it has abundant natural resources, is isolated for about eight months of the year because of poor roads.
	www.adb.org /Documents/News/1997/nr1997070.asp (357 words)

	Laos: Xieng Khouang Agricultural Development Project
		The project covers the whole of the Province of Xieng Khouang, a mountainous region in the North-East of Laos.
		Xieng Khouang Agricultural Development Project, co-financed by IFAD (loan 256-LA) and UNDCP (LAO/91/551), the latter covering the Technical Assistance component.
		The Xieng Khouang province is one of the five provinces which have been selected for implementing the new policy for decentralised development planning.
	www.ifad.org /evaluation/public_html/eksyst/doc/prj/region/pi/laos/r256labe.htm (4680 words)

	news Letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In December of that year, Ly Xiong was appointed to be a secretary of Tasseng Phou Da Pho Northwest of Phonesavanh, Xieng Khouang, Laos.
		On the other hand he was also a commander of No.7 Street, from Xala Phoukhon to Xieng Khouang, In 1963 he was appointed to be Commander of the San Louang's Zone B district combat troops with Company 160.
		In 1964 he was appointed to be a Mayor of Mouang Ghot, Providence of Xieng Khouang, Laos.
	hmonggbc.com /new_letter/leexiong.html (361 words)

	VIENTIANE POLITICAL TROUBLE
		In Xieng Khouang route #7 from Xieng Khouang to the border of Laos-Vietnam is said to be qualified for fund from Internatiaral Donors' Project for Road Construction to repair the road.
		Hanoi quickly realizes that Vientiane cannot hold the country together because Xieng Khouang seems to be stayed away from Vientiane.
		Sivongya Yangyongyia, one of Vientiane's suspects to Hanoi for official talk, Hanoi knows very well that if Hmongs in Xieng Khouang up-rise against Vientiane both Vientiane and Hanoi must face a cold war not only in Laos but also in Vietnam.
	www.geocities.com /hmongvoice/Vientiane_Political_Trouble.htm (1609 words)

	Laos Tours with Adventures Abroad Tours
		In the 14th century, this city was established as the royal capital by Fa Ngoum, the first monarch of Lan Xang, the ìLand of a Million Elephants.î By this time, the city had already been the seat of local kingdoms for 600 years.
		Even though it has been rebuilt in 1975, the name Xieng Khouang is now primarily used in reference to the province of the same name.
		The highlight of our visit here is the "Plain of Jars." Scattered over the plain are hundreds of enormous clay jars, each about 1 to 2.5 metres high, with a diameter of about 1 meter.
	www.adventures-abroad.com /travel/east-asia/LA1.htm (770 words)

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		Xieng Khouang incident was unfortunate error by our side which Communists would naturally exploit and which RLG handled very badly.
		If something happened to him in Xieng Khouang, it would not be the first time the Communists have captured or attacked representatives sent into their area.
		The Secretary said there are signs that delegations from Xieng Khouang are in touch with the Chinese military mission in North Vietnam and may be preparing for a renewal of fighting.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus/kennedyjf/53973.htm (17505 words)

	Xieng Khouang monuments
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	www.tourismdictionary.com /Xieng_Khouang_monuments.htm (192 words)

	Xieng Khouang : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Xieng Khouang is the land of "the secret war" waged by the CIA and American military against Communist forces in the border region of Vietnam.
		Xieng Khouang Province is one of the most heavily bombed areas on the Earth.
		UXO, or unexploded ordnance, is numerous, particularly in the form of small cluster bombs, blue or gray metal balls about the size of a fist.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/xiengkhouang/2413010001.html (340 words)

	Xieng Khouang province - Laos
		Xieng Khouang province - plain of Jars, high mountain peaks, caves, hot springs, war reminder
		The land of high rugged mountains, valleys, water sources of many river streams make it one of the most beautiful landscape in the country.
		The former capital Xieng Khouang was entirely destroyed by bombs, and the new principal town was formed at Phonsavan.
	www.khamla.com /provinces/8 (122 words)

	Laos Keeps Its Urns
		The craters that dot the landscape in Xieng Khouang Province are a legacy of intense bombing in the 1960s and 1970s.
		Colani observed that the northeast wall was heavily flened from smoke, and in her excavation of the cave she found what she believed were cinerary vases in which the corpses were burned.
		The inhabitants of Xieng Khouang Province represent a number of Laos’s ethnic groups, including the dominant Lao and such hill tribes as the Thai Dam, Hmong, and Yao.
	www.uiowa.edu /~bioanth/laoskeep.html (2965 words)

	Euro & Dodo Travel Service Co., Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Upon arrival at the port of entry in Vientiane (at Wattai airport or at the Friendship Bridge), Transfer to Wattai domestic airport for connectinng flight to Luang Prabang.
		Upon arrival at the port of entry in Vientiane (at Wattai airport or at the Friendship Bridge), Transfer to Wattai domestic airport for connectinng flight to Luang Prabang (depending on flight schedule).
		In the morning transfer to Wattai airport for departure to Xieng Khouang Province with first flight (depending on flight schedule).
	www.eurododotravel.com /laos/tour (638 words)

	USAID: Laos
		Frequent UXO accidents in the northeast Lao provinces of Xieng Khouang and Houaphan are reminders of heavy bombings during the Vietnam War.
		USAID is strengthening UXO accident prevention in heavily affected northern provinces of Xieng Khouang, Houaphan, Savannakhet and Salavane, and is improving medical and surgical treatment for UXO victims in Xieng Khouang province.
		These include upgrading the medical, surgical, and emergency services of district and provincial Lao medical personnel and institutions in Xieng Khouang Province, improving the technical capacity of the medical and surgical staff at provincial and district hospitals, and increasing UXO awareness among primary school children.
	www.usaid.gov /pubs/cbj2002/ane/la (643 words)

	Will and Alex \| William Seager \| Travel Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Xieng Khouang Province lies East of Luang Phabang towards Vietnam.
		Apart from some noteworthy and fascinatingly mysterious archaeology (see later) there wouldn't be much reason to know of the place were it not for a shocking historical fact.
		Xieng Khouang Province holds the unfortunate distinction of being one of the most heavily bombed places on our Planet.
	www.travelblog.org /Bloggers/Will-and-Alex/page-5.html (1244 words)

	MAG: Laos
		We continued to pursue an integrated unexploded ordnance (UXO) action approach, which was subsequently developed and adopted nationally in 1996 with the creation of the Laos government's national UXO organisation, UXO Lao.
		MAG has the distinction of having handed over two effective and efficient operations to UXO Lao (in the provinces of Xieng Khouang and Saravan).
		Recent reforms have enabled International Non-Government Organisations and Government of Lao provincial authorities to ask MAG to assist with clearance linked to specific development projects in Xieng Khouang and Khammoune, especially in areas where UXO Lao has been unable to respond.
	www.mag.org.uk /page.php?s=4&p=684 (312 words)

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