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Police in Laos have detained eight staff members of a popular hostel in a small village after six tourists died from suspected tainted alcohol. Authorities say the alcohol likely contained methanol, a toxic alcohol that can cause blindness and other serious symptoms. The owners of the now-closed hostel in Vang Vieng, a fixture of a backpacker trail for decades, had previously denied serving illicit alcohol. Read more from CBSNews@flipboard.com.
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