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	The missing Laotian Magsaysay award winner Sombath Somphone was abducted from a police outpost in Vientiane on Saturday, the Laotian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.</div>
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	The ministry did not say why Lao police had failed to protect him but vowed to continue the investigation to find out more about the incident and Sombath&rsquo;s whereabouts.</div>
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Magsaysay award winner abducted : Lao FM

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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