Cambodia announces plan to build country's biggest prison

The Nationhttp://www.nationmultimedia.comAugust 20, 2009Phnom Penh - The government has approved a plan to build Cambodia's largest prison, capable of holding 2,500 inmates, national media reported Thursday.Cambodia currently has 24 prisons with a combined...

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Police scramble to confiscate leaflets critical of premier

http://www.topnews.in/Submitted by Mohit JoshiPhnom Penh - Police in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh scrambled to gather up hundreds of photocopied leaflets critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen that were scattered around the capital, local media reported...

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Leaflets knock prime minister

Photo by: Tracey SheltonA man examines copies of the anti-government leaflets that accuse Prime Minister Hun Sen of destroying the Khmer nation’s once-great reputation.The Phnom Penh PostThursday, 20 August 2009Meas SokcheaUnsigned paper circulated across...

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Duch faces professor's wife

Photo by: AFPS-21 chief Duch said Wednesday that he did not know how his former professor died.Kickback schemeTHE Pre-Trial Chamber on Tuesday effectively ended an attempt by Nuon Chea's defence team to have the Office of the Co-Investigating Judges...

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Cambodians accused of illegal Thai logging

The Phnom Penh PostThet SambathEleven Cambodian men were arrested in Thailand on Monday for illegal logging, and nine more are missing in connection with such cases, said sources in Oddar Meanchey province.The logging is allegedly taking place in Thailand's...

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Families in Dangkor deny bribing official

The Phnom Penh PostChhay ChannydaA group of 120 Phnom Penh families denied paying a government official US$200,000 to intervene on their behalf in a land dispute in a letter released to local media.The thumbprinted letter, dated Monday, came from families...

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Fresh calls for liberal drug law

Photo by: Tracey SheltonDrug users smoke a mix of methamphetamine and heroin in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Trabek neighbourhood in this file photo.The Phnom Penh PostKhoun LeakhanaDRUG law enforcement efforts should draw a clear distinction between those who...

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Teaching college staff fear school land sale

The Phnom Penh PostKhuon Leakhana and Mom KunthearSTAFF at the provincial teacher training college in Takeo province have sent a letter to the Ministry of Education seeking clarification about the status of a pond on the college grounds that they fear...

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Vietnam investors in talks to build cashew nut facilities

Photo by: Sovan PhilongA shopkeeper arranges imported cashew nuts at a convenience store on Monivong Boulevard.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I applaud the Vietnamese investors for setting up a factory...

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Malaysian chain to raise its presence in Cambodia by multiple boutique hotels

The Phnom Penh PostNathan GreenLEADING Malaysia hotel chain Holiday Villa Hotels and Resorts expects to open two properties in Cambodia over the next eight months and is scouting locations for "four or five" boutique hotels, regional manager Charles...

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Microfinancier backs high rates

The Phnom Penh PostNguon SovanIndustry representative says high interest rates reflect lenders’ borrowing costs in offshore markets plus costs incurred managing loansA senior industry representative defended Cambodia's microfinance institutions (MFIs)...

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Police Blotter: 20 Aug 2009

The Phnom Penh PostThursday, 20 August 2009Lim PhallaGARMENT WORKER ACCUSED OF RAPESing Chreung, 26, was arrested on Monday after his 22-year-old girlfriend, who had been living together with him five months, reported to police that he had raped her...

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$12 million rescue package deployed to fight drought

Photo by: HENG CHIVOANYem Bunlong looks across a drought-ravaged paddy in Takeo province around this time last year.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I believe that we can save the drought-stricken rice crop.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The...

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Courting TV audiences

Dramatic tension: The WMC production crew prepare to shoot a scene for Scales of Justice. PHOTO SUPPLIED--------------------------------------------------------------------------------We hope that making a law-based drama will make it easier for cambodians...

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Local academics to go to Europe

This year's group of Cambodian students and teachers will head to various educational institutions around Europe. PHOTO SUPPLIEDThe Phnom Penh PostThursday, 20 August 2009Joel QuenbyThirty-six Cambodians are jetting off to study and teach abroad as a...

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PKR's Rith Dikar dreams of ending drought

Preah Khan Reach co-owner and former player Rith Dikar smiles in the stands as he watches his team beat Spark FC 3-1 in the Cambodian Premier League on Wednesday at Olympic Stadium.The Phnom Penh PostThursday, 20 August 2009Ken GadaffiPREAH Khan Reach...

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Bloomberg's Karen Leigh Packs DC Bags for Cambodia

Bloomberg http://www.mediabistro.comWednesday, Aug 19Bloomberg's Karen Leigh is "trading in golf pool and helo landings for the splendors of Phnom Penh." She'll still be working for Bloomberg, and additionally the Cambodia Daily, just now in the home...

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Cambodia to join ANRPC; Philippines to follow

http://www.rubbernews.comKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Aug. 19, 2009)—The Royal Government of Cambodia is joining the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.Cambodia later this year will join China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea,...

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Cambodia dam threatens livelihoods, will increase hunger - campaigners

http://www.alertnet.org/19 Aug 2009Written by: Thin Lei WinBANGKOK (AlertNet) - A planned hydropower dam in northeast Cambodia could displace around 5,000 people, create health problems from poor water quality and sharply reduce fish stocks which would...

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Sen disregards covenant on rights

http://www.guampdn.comA. Gaffar Peang-MethAugust 19, 2009One can learn much from old sayings and words of the wise. An African saying goes, "One must talk little and listen much." The Turks say, "Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know."...

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Economic Crisis Fuelling A Rise In Malaria Deaths In Cambodia

http://visitbulgaria.infoSubmitted by Anna Tomova on Wed, 08/19/2009 -The Cambodian health ministry says malaria deaths are up 58% in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period in 2008, with the global economic crisis getting part...

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Thai soldiers built houses inside Khmer territory in Chup Koki village

Thai soldiers set up camps on the disputed areas.Source: Khmer Sthapana newpspaer Reported in English by Khmerization A Cambodian military source said Thai soldiers had secretly built many houses inside Khmer territory near Ta Moan Thom and Ta Krabey...

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U2 announces Amnesty award to Aung San Suu Kyi

AmnestyInternationalU2 has announced that Aung San Suu Kyi has been given Amnesty International's highest honour - The Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2009...

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US senator concludes Myanmar visit

US Senator Jim Webb (L) meets with Myanmar's top military leader Than Shwe in Naypyidaw August 15, 2009.http://www.chinadaily.com.cnYANGON: Democratic Senator of the United States Jim Webb concluded his three-day visit to Myanmar Sunday afternoon, bringing...

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Vietnam, Cambodia mull rice venture to steady prices

Workers harvest rice in a Mekong Delta paddy.http://www.thanhniennews.comSunday, August 16, 2009Vietnamese and Cambodian officials met this week to discuss setting up a state-owned joint rice mill project to control prices, a local association said.An...

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CAMBODIA: Government Pulls Out Legal Weapons Against Dissent

http://www.australia.to PHNOM PENH, (IPS) - These are tough times to be either a journalist or an opposition politician in Cambodia.That is because the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen is cracking down on both the opposition-aligned media and politicians...

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Palm Beach County health care workers travel to help heal in some of the world's poorest parts

http://www.palmbeachpost.comBy DIANNA SMITHPalm Beach Post Staff WriterSaturday, August 15, 2009WEST PALM BEACH — This West Palm Beach nurse can't help everyone.But she's determined to try.That's why she treks to Cambodia every summer and sees children...

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5 Asean countries get their act together

http://news.asiaone.com Sun, Aug 16, 2009The Nation/Asia News NetworkBy ACHARA PONGVUTITHAM,PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAIMajor Asean rice-producers Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Burma plan to form an association to create a sustainable system for trading...

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S'pore supports Thai ASEAN chairman's statement on Myanmar

http://www.channelnewsasia.com By Bhagman SinghChannel NewsAsia15 August 2009SINGAPORE: Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya is in Singapore for a two-day visit.In his meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo on Saturday, they discussed...

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Civil Society Said that Courts in Cambodia Sentence Poor People without Defense Lawyers – Saturday, 15.8.2009

Posted on 16 August 2009The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 625http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com/“Non-government organizations in Cambodia said that some courts at some provinces and cities hear some poor people or [suspected] criminals without lawyers. This...

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