Laos

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An Oscar rarity -- at least three of the nominated documentaries are outstanding and deserve to win! Can the Academy find a way to snub them all?
By Andrew O'Hehir Feb 18, 2009

  • Strangers in a strange land

    Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey.
    By Andrew O'Hehir November 21, 2008

  • The Ted Koppel I knew

    He was a fine journalist and a decent man  but to stay atop journalism's establishment, even he had to make a deal with the devil.
    By Fred Branfman November 23, 2005

  • Wanted

    If Henry Kissinger isn't guilty of war crimes, no one is. A Vietnam War whistleblower on Christopher Hitchens' case against the former secretary of state.
    By Fred Branfman May 18, 2001

  • The Vietnam debacle

    The revisionists who believe that the war was just -- and winnable -- are rewriting a history they don't understand.
    By Stanley Karnow April 27, 2000

  • Retch-22: Laos in the time of cholera

    The official analysis was "diarrhea, with vomiting." Right.
    By Rolf Potts August 24, 1999

  • Rapids, ruins and the end of the river

    In which our correspondent wanders the tranquil streets of Thakaek and weathers a dangerous descent.
    By Rolf Potts July 10, 1999

  • In Vientiane, a lull before the storm

    Our correspondent enjoys a drowsy detour in the Lao capital before preparing to take over as second mate on the Mik Sip.
    By Rolf Potts July 9, 1999

  • A lucky break in Paklay

    In which our correspondent gets drunk on rice whiskey one night and finds himself invited onto a boat the morning after.
    By Rolf Potts July 8, 1999

  • Lotus-eating in Luang Prabang

    Buddhist temples, watermelon shakes and crazed speedboat racers meet in the ancient Lao capital.
    By Rolf Potts July 7, 1999

  • Guns, muskmelon breasts and the Laotian Gandhi

    An American takes a Mark Twain-like journey by riverboat down the Mekong.
    By Rolf Potts July 6, 1999

  • Flying solo

    Encounters on an Asian odyssey heal a broken heart.
    By Reuben Maness June 4, 1999

  • Vets declare "war" on CNN

    Angered by CNN's discredited story about sarin gas used on defectors in Laos, U.S. veterans have declared a virtual war against any and all media 'enemies' involved in the episode.
    By Francis Pisani July 24, 1998

  • Don't get off the elephant!

    Exploring the hill tribes and opium fields of northern Thailand on foot sounded like a great adventure. It wasn't.
    By Karl Taro Greenfeld July 22, 1997
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