meetings. The group, which also includes countries with less-than-stellar human rights records -- such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos -- has been reluctant to criticize member states, though last fall it broke precedent and issued a statement noting its
have seen it with my own eyes, I do not need the television to tell me. Once in Laos, I saw a group of fat rich and ugly European NGO directors getting drunk inside a posh restaurant, discussing the future development of that country. In the meantime,
year. The Toronto Star reports that Bernier took a $22,573 airline flight to attend a two-day conference in Laos last November, with a stopover in Paris. The newspaper says it checked airfares and found that the minister could have made the trip to the
have caused more than 13,000 confirmed injuries and deaths around the world, the vast majority of them in Laos, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon. The so-called Oslo process against the bombs began three years ago and is modeled on the campaign
dismissive of another opposition question about Bernier. Rae asked why he reportedly spent $22,573 for a flight to Laos, when other staff members travelling with him claimed between $2,676 to $18,500 in airline expenses. Rae suggested the figure seemed
have caused more than 13,000 confirmed injuries and deaths around the world, the vast majority of them in Laos, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon. The so-called Oslo process against the bombs began three years ago and is modeled on the campaign
of tourists skyrockets, the fragile town of 25,000 now taking in some 300,000 of them a year. Throughout Laos, tourism was up an astounding 36.5 percent in 2007, compared to 2006, with more than 1.3 million visitors in the first 10 months of the year,
Laos 
