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    Laotian Americans (Lao: ຄົນລາວອາເມລິກາ, romanized: Khonlav Amelika) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in...
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    bans on Laotian companies receiving financing from the US Export-Import Bank. In 2016, China was the biggest foreign investor in the Laotian economy,...
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    The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos...
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    a significant minority in Laos and is also an administrative language. Its usage stems from the period of French rule over Laos between 1893 and 1953 and...
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    France in 1954.[citation needed] On December 29, 1961, during the Laotian Civil War, President John F. Kennedy made the Ambassador to Laos the de facto...
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  • overwhelming majority of overseas Laotians live in just three countries: Thailand, the United States, and France. The Laotian diaspora can be categorized into...
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    the United States as refugees in the late 1970s. Over half of the Hmong population from Laos left the country, or attempted to leave, in 1975, at the...
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    the United States spent more per capita on foreign aid for Laos than it had on any other nation. That worked out as US$150 per Laotian, twice the average...
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    sǎː láːw]), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand...
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    Income in the United States is measured by the various federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department...
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    The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...
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    In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...
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    Americans, are the Indigenous peoples whom are native to portions of land in North America, in what is now the territory of the United States of America....
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    Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Estimates from 2021 suggest that of the entire U.S. population (332 million) about 63%...
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    Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in the United States, comprising 1% of the population, the same as Buddhism and Islam. The majority of American...
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    Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's...
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    to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States...
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    existed in the United States. Most Jewish community relations agencies in the United States draw distinctions between antisemitism, which is measured in terms...
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    longer in service). Militia self-defence forces number approximately 100,000 organised for local defence. The small arms utilised mostly by the Laotian Army...
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    across a large group such as a county, city, or the whole country. It is commonly used by the United States government and private institutions to describe...
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  • Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...
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    Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%). The Association of Statisticians of American...
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    In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes...
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    Prabang and was in charge of expeditions occurring in Laotian territory, with the possibility of turning Laos into a French territory. In 1888, outlaws...
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  • reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups, throughout the history of the United States. Since...
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    nationals of the United States who are of Iranian ancestry. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution...
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    particularly in rural areas. Historically, the terms "Lao" and "Laotian" have been used inconsistently in Western literature. Prior to Laos gaining independence...
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    The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization....
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    In the United States, a common definition of terrorism is the systematic or threatened use of violence in order to create a general climate of fear to...
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    has fluctuated considerably in the United States since measurements began around 1915, moving in an arc between peaks in the 1920s and 2000s, with a 30-year...
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