Laos - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/laos/?source=rss&aim=laos en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST From New Orleans to Antarctica, via the twin towers By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/18/docu_oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/18/docu_oscars/index.html?source=rss 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? Strangers in a strange land By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/21/betrayal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/21/betrayal/index.html?source=rss Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey. The Ted Koppel I knew By Fred Branfman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/11/23/koppel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/11/23/koppel/index.html?source=rss 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. Wanted By Fred Branfman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/05/18/kissinger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/05/18/kissinger/index.html?source=rss 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. The Vietnam debacle By Stanley Karnow Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/27/revisionists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/27/revisionists/index.html?source=rss The revisionists who believe that the war was just -- and winnable -- are rewriting a history they don't understand. Retch-22: Laos in the time of cholera By Rolf Potts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/08/24/cholera/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/08/24/cholera/index.html?source=rss The official analysis was "diarrhea, with vomiting." Right. Rapids, ruins and the end of the river By Rolf Potts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/10/mekong5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/10/mekong5/index.html?source=rss In which our correspondent wanders the tranquil streets of Thakaek and weathers a dangerous descent. In Vientiane, a lull before the storm By Rolf Potts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/09/mekong4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/09/mekong4/index.html?source=rss Our correspondent enjoys a drowsy detour in the Lao capital before preparing to take over as second mate on the Mik Sip. A lucky break in Paklay By Rolf Potts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/08/mekong3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/08/mekong3/index.html?source=rss In which our correspondent gets drunk on rice whiskey one night and finds himself invited onto a boat the morning after. Lotus-eating in Luang Prabang By Rolf Potts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/07/mekong2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/07/mekong2/index.html?source=rss Buddhist temples, watermelon shakes and crazed speedboat racers meet in the ancient Lao capital. Guns, muskmelon breasts and the Laotian Gandhi By Rolf Potts Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/06/mekong1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/07/06/mekong1/index.html?source=rss An American takes a Mark Twain-like journey by riverboat down the Mekong. Flying solo By Reuben Maness Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1999/06/04/asia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1999/06/04/asia/index.html?source=rss Encounters on an Asian odyssey heal a broken heart. Vets declare "war" on CNN By Francis Pisani Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/24/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/24/news/index.html?source=rss 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. Don't get off the elephant! By Karl Taro Greenfeld Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1997/07/22/thai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/1997/07/22/thai/index.html?source=rss Exploring the hill tribes and opium fields of northern Thailand on foot sounded like a great adventure. It wasn't.