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Laos' Road to Nowhere

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Oct 15, 2011
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A two-lane asphalt road between Nan, Thailand, to Oudomxay, Laos, designed to boost regional trade and tourism, opened in mid-September with characteristic fanfare.

Four Lao hill tribe models coyly held up banners welcoming a Thai delegation to their village bordering Thailand's northern province of Nan. They posed next to a shiny pyramid-like marble tab…

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