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Pregnant Briton home from Laos prison

Friday, August 7th, 2009
Samantha Orobator, 20, was jailed last August for allegedly trying to smuggle 1.5lb (680g) of heroin out of Laos.She faced the death penalty before falling pregnant in the all-female prison. Now the i...

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British woman convicted of drug smuggling in Laos returns to UK

Friday, August 7th, 2009
Britain to serve out her jail term. Samantha Orobator was sentenced in June after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. She became pregnant in prison. Orobator, 20, was met by a prison van Friday as sh...

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Samantha Orobator returns from Laos ‘nightmare’ to serve jail sentence

Friday, August 7th, 2009
END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The pregnant British woman jailed for heroin trafficking in Laos today arrived...

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Thailand ranks first with 18 gold medals at First Asian Martial Arts Games

Friday, August 7th, 2009
BANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thailand ranked first with 18 gold medals at the First Asian Martial Arts Games here that runs from Aug. 1 to Aug. 9. In addition, sportsmen of the host country won 13 sil...

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NuMobile, Inc. Announces 3-Year Contract to Provide Mobile Internet Services in Southeast Asia

Friday, August 7th, 2009
NUBL ) today announced entering into a three-year contract to provide mobile internet services to business travelers in Southeast Asia. The contract is the result of a recently announced partnershi...

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EU voices concern over freedom of expression in Cambodia+

Friday, August 7th, 2009
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)?The European Union expressed concern to the Cambodian government Friday over the freedom of expression and the rule of law in the country. The EU message of conc...

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Laos’ economy grows 7.1% in first half

Friday, August 7th, 2009
Laos registered an economic growth rate of 7.1 percent in the first half of this year despite the global economic downturn, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Friday. The economic growth of 7....

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NTT DoCoMo eyes Mobitel Cambodia

Friday, August 7th, 2009
Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is interested in buying Millicom International Cellular’s (MIC) stake in Cambodian cellco CamGSM (Mobitel), writes Reuters citing Toshinari Kunieda, senior vi...

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Pregnant drug smuggler jailed by Laos lands in UK

Friday, August 7th, 2009
jailed for life in Laos for smuggling heroin , arrived back in the UK this morning.The 20-year-old from Peckham, south London, was handed over to British officials yesterday in the Laotian capital, Vi...

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Pregnant Briton returns from Laos jail

Friday, August 7th, 2009
London: A pregnant Briton sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos for trafficking heroin has arrived back in Britain to serve the remainder of her sentence. Twenty-year-old Samantha Orobator was met by...

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