Reunion of the "eternal friends" ... after their one night of separation

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) hugs fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra upon Thaksin's arrival for an interview at Hun Sen's residence in Kamdal province, near the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 11, 2009. Cambodia refused a request...

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King Father wants PM to look into VN border

Wednesday, November 11, 2009By Meas SokcheaThe Phnom Penh PostKING Father Norodom Sihanouk has written letters urging Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior officials to examine opposition party allegations that Vietnamese authorities are encroaching...

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Abhisit, Hun Sen, Thaksin -- and what the three PMs shouldn't have done

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 By Atiya Achakulwisut Bangkok PostThat you have three Prime Ministers interacting does not guarantee you will have a brilliant meeting of the minds. As events during the past few days regarding the Thai-Cambodian relations...

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Cambodia rejects Thai extradition request for ex-premier Thaksin

Wed, 11 Nov 2009DPA Phnom Penh - Cambodia on Wednesday formally rejected an extradition request from the Thai government for its fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. A spokesman for the Cambodian Foreign Ministry, Koy Koung, said the government's...

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Cambodia's letter of refusal received

11/11/2009Bangkok PostThe Foreign Ministry has received a letter from Cambodia refusing Thailand's request to extradite deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Panich Wikitset, assistant to the foreign minister, said on Wednesday.Mr Panich said the...

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Cambodia refuses Thai request to extradite Thaksin

Wed, 11 Nov 2009Karen Percy, Bangkok and wiresABC News AustraliaCambodian officials have handed over a formal letter to Thai diplomats in Phnom Pehn refusing to extradite fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.Earlier, Thai diplomats...

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Thais demand Thaksin extradition

Wednesday, 11 November 2009BBC NewsCambodia has received an extradition request from Thailand for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.Three Thai diplomats have given extradition papers to officials at Cambodia's foreign affairs ministry.Cambodia...

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Cambodia rejects extradition request

11/11/2009Bangkok PostCambodia has rejected Thailand's request that extradite former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, AFP reported on Wednesday.The report said the Thai charge d'affaires to Phnom Penh this morning submitted the extradition request...

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Thailand seeks Thaksin extradition as row deepens

Wed Nov 11, 2009By Martin PettyPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thailand formally asked Cambodia on Wednesday to extradite fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a widening diplomatic row that threatens to worsen Thailand's political crisis.Thailand's...

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Suthep: Not easy to extradite Thaksin

11/11/2009Bangkok PostThe government has no special plan for bringing ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra back to Thailand to face the charges against him because it must respect the sovereignty of Cambodia, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said...

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[Thai] Govt won’t use security law against PAD [demonstrating against Hun Xen and Thaksin]

11/11/2009Bangkok PostThe government has no plan to invoke the Internal Security Act to control the planned mass gathering of supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Sunday, acting police chief Gen Pateep Tanprasert said on Wednesday.Pol...

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Thai construction company pulls back their machineries to Thailand

Wednesday, November 11, 2009Everyday.com.khTranslated from Khmer by SocheataConstruction machineries belonging to a Thai construction company involved in the building of a road in Banteay Meanchey province were pulled back to Thailand through the Poipet...

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Thai gamblers to O’Smach drop by 2/3

Wednesday, November 11, 2009Everyday.com.khTranslated from Khmer by SocheataBorder police at the O’Smach international border gate told Rasmei Kampuchea on 10 November that Thai gamblers traveling to casinos in Cambodia have dropped by 2/3 from an average...

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US president heads for Asia

11/11/2009Bangkok PostEDITORIALUS President Barack Obama is finally to arrive on his first visit to Asia since his historic election a year ago. Mr Obama arrives in Japan on Friday for talks with the new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and later will...

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Situation 'normal' on Thailand's border with Cambodia: Thai army chief

BANGKOK, Nov 11 (TNA) - Thai army chief Gen Anupong Paochinda affirmed on Wednesday that there has been no military movement along the Thai-Cambodian border by either side, but that in military terms the situation is not worrisome.Gen Anupong said the...

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Cambodia refuses Thaksin extradition

November 11, 2009AFPCAMBODIAN officials handed over a formal letter to Thai diplomats today refusing to extradite fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.Three Thai diplomats gave extradition papers to officials at Cambodia's foreign affairs ministry...

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Phnom Penh refuses to receive Thai request to extradite Thaksin

Wed, November 11, 2009By Supalak GanjanakhundeeThe NationPhnom Penh - Cambodia's Foreign Ministry refused Wednesday to receive Thailand's request to extradite fugtive ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, sources said.Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh...

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Indonesia concerns Thailand, Cambodia tensions

2009-11-11CCTV (China)Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia are raising concerns from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.Indonesia, says the dispute has to end, and the bloc must return to the usual path of friendship within ASEAN.Marty...

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Regional rift as Thaksin takes up post in Cambodia

Wednesday, November 11, 2009CLIFFORD COONANIrish TimesFORMER THAI prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has flown to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to take up a job as special economic adviser to the government, in a provocative move that has ratcheted...

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Thaksin extradition sought

Nov 11, 2009AFPPHNOM PENH - THAILAND was set to formally ask Cambodia on Wednesday to extradite Thaksin Shinawatra, deepening a row over Phnom Penh's appointment of the fugitive former Thai premier as an economic adviser.Thaksin, who was toppled three...

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[Thai] Cabinet revokes MoU on maritime border

11/11/2009Bangkok PostThe cabinet has revoked a memorandum of understanding on the overlapping maritime boundary with Cambodia but it will not take effect until it is approved by parliament.Acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn yesterday...

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Govt calls for Thaksin's arrest

Borders will remain open, says Suthep11/11/2009Bangkok PostThailand has asked the Cambodian authorities to arrest former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra following his arrival in Phnom Penh yesterday.A source at the Foreign Ministry said the request...

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Cambodian stubbornness raises tensions [-Is Cambodia the only one who is stubborn?]

11/11/2009Bangkok PostThe Cambodian government's refusal to acknowledge a Thai protest played a part in Bangkok's decision to recall its ambassador and downgrade relations with Phnom Penh.The Foreign Ministry summoned Cambodian ambassador You Aye to...

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Thaksin Shinawatra - Top-Crook lands Top Job

Tuesday 10. Nov 2009Australia.toCriminal fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra was appointed senior governmental adviser for economics in Cambodia. Thaksin, responsible also for vast environmental destruction, the persecution of the Akha people and sick ventures...

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Cadres face prospect of more arrests

'Sometimes [my children] ask me, “Who is the Khmer Rouge? Who did all this killing?” And when they do that, I clap my hands on my chest and say, “It’s me.”'Meas Muth, former Khmer Rouge military division chairman, speaks at his expansive home in Samlot,...

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Cambodia Struggles to Save Mothers, Even as It Succeeds in Reducing Child Deaths

Mother and child in CambodiaBy Robert Carmichael, VOAPhnom Penh10 November 2009Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Given its turbulent past, decades of civil war and the devastating policies of the Khmer Rouge to name just two,...

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Thai tensions rise over Thaksin Shinawatra’s Cambodian role

(AFP/PM Office/File/Prime Minister Office)November 11, 2009Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia EditorTimes Online (UK)Tensions between Cambodia and Thailand were inflamed yesterday after Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted Thai Prime Minister, was welcomed in Phnom...

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For my Thai "eternal friend"

... A Luxurious VillaOfficial residence of Cambodia's PM Hun Sen in Phnom Penh where fugitive ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who arrived in Phnom Penh Tuesday, will stay. Thaksin will give a lecture on economic issue Thursday. (Photo: Korbphuk Phromrekha,...

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