captivity

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The former French colony became a one-party communist state, King Savang Vatthana died in captivity, and centralised planning was imposed on the economy as landlocked Laos, always remote, became increasingly isolated.

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They said he is, pale, underweight and is suffering from conditions contracted in captivity.

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But because eels cannot be bred in captivity, much of the trade is in wild-caught baby eels, with one species virtually indistinguishable from another.

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Having been raised in captivity, the whales likely would not survive in the wild.

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His works include 1930s classic "La Grande Illusion", following two French prisoners of war trying to escape German captivity during World War I.

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