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UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
« on: March 29, 2019, 09:05:22 am »
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UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
A U.N. expert on human rights says hundreds of people displaced by the collapse of a dam in Laos are facing bleak prospects for recovering their homes and livelihoods.
March 29, 2019, at 4:38 a.m.

BANGKOK (AP) — A U.N. expert on human rights says hundreds of people displaced by the collapse of a dam in Laos face bleak prospects for recovering their homes and livelihoods.

Philip Alston, the U.N. rapporteur on poverty, said Friday in an interview that questions over who's responsible for the collapse of the dam in southeastern Laos are slowing progress toward recovery.

At least 40 people died and dozens went missing when an auxiliary dam of the joint venture hydroelectric project gave way on July 25.

Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2019-03-29/un-expert-outlook-grim-for-victims-of-laos-dam-collapse

Laos had a dam collapse too? I had not heard anything on this.
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Re: UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2019, 04:59:01 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on March 29, 2019, 09:05:22 am
Laos had a dam collapse too? I had not heard anything on this.

If a tree dam falls in a God-forsaken SE Asia shithole, does it make a sound?
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Re: UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2019, 05:00:37 pm »
Laos is still a Communist country.
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Re: UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2019, 05:08:23 pm »
rules:

No bridge abutments.
No head-ons
No trees
No cliffs
No living below dams.
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Re: UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2019, 05:18:40 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on March 29, 2019, 05:00:37 pm
Laos is still a Communist country.

Perfect. Bring em all over, grant em refugee status and register em to vote.
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Re: UN Expert: Outlook Grim for Victims of Laos Dam Collapse
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2019, 08:23:29 pm »
I got as far as "UN expert"
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