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Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) called upon the LPDR regime in Laos to immediately release the Hmong men, including Mr. Hakit Yang, so that they can be reunited with their families in St. Paul, Minnesota prior to the first anniversary in Laos.

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Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) denounced Rep. Betty McCollum (D-St. Paul, MN) for her failure to take action to stop the killing and mass starvation of the Hmong people in Laos and slammed her for her appeasement of the Lao military junta.

Travel writer Bijan C. Bayne has been named Sports Travel Correspondent for the Traveln On Radio Show, which is broadcast nationally via Clear Channel, TalkZone, and the Internet

Jospeh Zarza of the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington D.C. was honored with Crestline Hotels & Resort's 2007 Full Service Manager of the Year Award at the annual General Manager’s Meeting at Barceló La Jolla de Mismaloya hotel in Puerto Vallarta.

Going Green (goinggreendc.wordpress.com), a DC-centric blog focused on the growing green community in DC, launches in 2008.

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The dollar make be weak, but that doesn’t mean Americans are giving up their Italian vacations. Here are seven key travel tips from Kathy McCabe, editor and publisher of the award-winning subscription travel newsletter, Dream of Italy.

While the dollar make be weak, that doesn’t mean Americans are giving up their Italian vacations. Here are seven key travel tips from Kathy McCabe, editor and publisher of the award-winning subscription travel newsletter, Dream of Italy.

Sheng Xiong, the wife of Hakit Yang, and spokesperson for the families of three Hmong-American citizens from St. Paul, Minnesota currently being jailed in Laos, made the following statement and appeal to Congress and international policymakers.

Laos has been put on a watch list over religious freedom violations. Rep. Frank Wolf, Ron Kind, Dana Rohrabacher and others in Congress have written to the King of Thailand opposing the repatriation of refugees back to the Darfur-like regime in Laos.

The Lao Peoples Democractic Republic (LPDR) regime, in cooperation with Vietnam, has issued a new order and comprehensive strategy to mount a major military offensive to exterminate thousands of Hmong in hiding in the jungles and mountains of Laos.

A coalition of Lao and Hmong organizations are slated to rally in key states across the United States on Thursday, March 13, 2008, from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. (local time) to protest the forced repatriation and killing of Lao and Hmong refugees.

A coalition of Lao and Hmong organizations in Washington, D.C. have denounced the visit of Thai Premier Samak Sundaravej to Laos following increased Lao military attacks and Samak's forced repatriation of Lao-Hmong refugees.

A series of US Congressional and Capitol Hill policy events, meetings and conferences were concluded in Washington, DC.yesterday regarding the catastrophic human rights situation in Laos and refugee crisis in Thailand, which continues to worsen.

Three Hmong-Americans from St. Paul, Minnesota who were arrested and jailed in Laos by Lao military and security forces last year were one of the key topics at a US.Congressional Forum on Laos held in Washington, D.C. on human rights violations.

The Lao Human Rights Council will host a Lao-Hmong human rights forum on the plight of over 8,000 Lao-Hmong political refugees and asylum seekers facing the threat of forced repatriation back to the communist regime in Laos that they fled.

Hundreds of Hmong and Lao-Americans are slated to rally in Minnesota in opposition to the recent arrest in Laos of three Hmong-Americans and to oppose the repatriation of Lao-Hmong refugees from Thailand back to the regime in Laos that they fled.

Laos, Thailand Crisis: US Congressional Forum To Discuss Emergency Plight of Lao and Hmong Refugees At Ban Huay Nam Khao and Nong Khai, Lao Regime's Ethnic Cleansing and Increase Killing of Refugees

In cooperation with Members of Congress, the Congressional Forum and follow-on events in the U.S. Congress will discuss policy issues and seek to release and discuss the U.S. Congressional letter to the King of Thailand regarding Laos and the Hmong.

A special session of the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos will be held to discuss the current crisis in Laos and Thailand facing Laotian and Hmong dissidents, political refugees and asylum seekers.

U.S. Congressional Laos policy briefings and discussions on the current crisis in Laos and Thailand facing Hmong and Laotian refugees and asylum seekers will continue on Capitol Hill through July 19, 2007 regarding the emergency situation.

Laos, Hmong Crisis: US Congressional Policy Briefing On Emergency Refugee and Human Rights Developments in Laos, Thailand