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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Laos.
The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), or Centre for Public Policy Analysis, was established in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization. The CPPA is a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on foreign policy, national security, human rights, refugee and international humanitarian issues.
The Laos women's national rugby union team first played international sevens rugby in 2007 at the South East Asia sevens, where they finished third. They played a ten-a-side international against Cambodia in 2009, and in 2010 they won a non-test match developmental tournament involving Thailand and the Philippines. Their first full test was in 2011.
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ http://www.laorugby.com/Lao_Rugby_Federation/Home.html
- ↑ http://www.cambodiarugby.org/content.php?secid=10&catid=16&id=12 Cambodian Federation of Rugby, history, accessed 28 June 2009
