The Prince and Preah Vihear

Prince Damrong visiting Preah Vihear temple (2nd from right)October 7, 2009SUBHATRA BHUMIPRABHASSPECIAL TO THE NATIONNationalism has clouded our view of the temple's ownership, argues one academic. But history has the simple answerOn 30 January 1929,...

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Cambodia to re-develop typhoon-hit region

http://www.chinaview.cn/2009-10-10(Post by CAAI News Media)PHNOM PENH, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the government officials and relevant ministries to work together to restore the infrastructures in the Typhoon...

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Mekong Delta at serious risk of rising sea levels, say experts

VietNamNet/SGGP (Hanoi)The Mekong is one of the three deltas on Earth that will suffer most from climate change. More than eight million people may lose their homes if sea levels rise by one meter, experts have recently warned.The unavoidable effects...

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Khmer Rouge case judge 'biased'

By Guy De LauneyBBC News, Phnom PenhSaturday, 10 October 2009(Post by CAAI News Media)Ieng Sary's lawyers say the judge has trampled over his rightsLawyers for Cambodia's former foreign minister have called for the removal of the judge investigating...

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Mudslides kill 100 in northern Philippines

The northern Philippines has been pounded by heavy rain since Typhoon Parma hit the country on Saturday Photo: EPAParma hit the Philippines exactly one week after tropical storm Ketsana pounded Manila to the south on Luzon, killing at least 337 people...

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‘Climatological’ Totalitarianism

Residents navigate by boat on a flooded street following the passage of Typhoon. (Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam) Ketsana in the tourist town of Hoi An in Viet Nam on September 30. (Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam)2009-10-10(Post...

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BIDC Cup launched

Photo by: Sovann Philong FFC President Sao Sokha displays the BIDC Cup trophy during a press conference at the Phnom Penh Hotel on Monday(Post by CAAI News Media)Wednesday, 07 October 2009 15:00 Ung ChamroeunCambodian and Laos U23 national sides and...

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Bangkok Air travellers to, from Cambodia fall

Photo by: Heng ChivoanA Bangkok Air flight lands at Phnom Penh International Airport last month. The airline said it will maintain flights to Cambodia despite losing its only domestic route and slashing flights to other countries.(Post by CAAI News Media)Wednesday,...

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Workers ask for govt action

Photo by: Sovan Philong. Garment workers take their long-running protest to the Ministry of Labour on Tuesday.(Post by CAAI News Media)Wednesday, 07 October 2009 15:02 Tep NimolREPRESENTATIVES of more than 1,000 Phnom Penh garment workers who claim they...

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Cambodia Confirms Third A/H1N1 Death

Written by DAP NEWS -- Wednesday, 07 October 2009(Post by CAAI News Media)Cambodia’s Health Minister on Tuesday confirmed a third death from A/H1N1, commonly known as swine flu. Dub Sok Khunthea, a woman 7 months pregnant, died after an operation.“The...

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Swine flu kills two victims in three days in Phnom Penh

Photo by: AFP Residents walk past vendors of roasted pork Tuesday in Phnom Penh. The Influenza A(H1N1) virus, better known as swine flu, claimed its second and third victims early this week, as health officials issued warnings for residents to report...

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The Youngest Monk

Click here to watch the videoSame neighborhood, different world.Oct. 5, 2009By Mariel WaloffPhiladelphia Weekly (Pennsylvania)Horn Pa was twelve years old when his family settled in South Philadelphia, seeking refuge from the war plaguing their native...

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Opposition merger now in SRP’s court, HRP president says

Meas SokcheaThe Phnom Penh PostTHE Human Rights Party has announced it is ready to join forces with the Sam Rainsy Party as soon as its prospective partner makes the decision to go ahead with the long-anticipated merger.At a press conference Tuesday,...

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From Killing Fields to Fields of Dreams

Joe Cook (L) (Photo: LA Time)Cambodian baseball playersOctober 6, 2009John PerraEditor: John FefferForeign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org)Cambodia is an unlikely place for baseball. There is chronic poverty, lingering post-war trauma, and rampant human...

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Police, FBI Bust Seven in Major Drug Raid

Chhay Sinarith shows the seized heroin packages and other paraphernalia (Photo: Bunry, Koh Santepheap)By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer Original report from Washington06 October 2009Cambodian police working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested...

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Hun Sen, Cambodia's agent provocateur?

Hun Sen: ‘‘I am the leader of Cambodia who was elected by the will of the people, not by robbing power.’’7/10/2009Pavin ChachavalpongpunBangkok Post Opinion I was caught in the abhorrent situation wherein some 1,000 protesters, mostly students, torched...

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