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- "We were so close": Laos cave rescue called off as conditions deteriorate ABC News —
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- Search ends for last two men lost in Laos cave Bangkok Post —
- Rescuers halt search for two last men lost in Laos cave The Straits Times —
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- No oxygen and just a few chocolates: Sherpa describes miracle Everest survival ABC News —
- Sherpa stranded on Everest for six days survived by chewing on ice and eating chocolates he found in his pocket Daily Mail —
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- 'Miracle': Sherpa missing for 6 days on Mount Everest found alive 📹 ABC News — · 1min
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- Mount Everest climber recounts moment he lost guide who survived alone for six days BBC News —
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Laos
Country in Southeast Asia
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Laos has a population of more than 7.5 million, and its capital and most populous city is Vientiane. It has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the town of Luang Prabang, the temple complex of Vat Phou, and the Plain of Jars. The 2021 completion of the Boten–Vientiane railway, Laotian section of the Laos–China Railway, connects Vientiane to Kunming. Laos participates in the Greater Mekong Subregion economic cooperation programme and is a member of ASEAN, the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, East Asia Summit, La Francophonie, and the World Trade Organization.
Also known as...
Lao People's Democratic Republic, la, Lao PDR, and LAO
Australia Presses Laos Over Methanol Deaths
Australia summoned Laos' ambassador and called for serious charges over the deaths of two Australian teenagers who drank methanol-contaminated alcohol, saying it was 'deeply frustrated' with the response.