HTC HD Mini review

Does a smaller HD2 make more Sense? The HTC Legend and HTC Desire handsets may well have stolen the show at Mobile World Congress in February, but there was a third phone unleashed by the prolific Taiwanese in Barcelona and, despite...

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Cambodia-US relations: Has the ghost of the 1970 coup returned?

Op-Ed by Khmerization2nd April 2010“I can sense the ghost of the 1970 coup d’etat returns, sooner or later, if Hun Sen’s recalcitrance and his anti-American policy still persists.”The US decision to cancel a delivery of its military aid to the present...

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Vietnam students lured into Cambodian gambling trap

4/3/2010Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)Police in the southern province of Binh Duong are investigating accusations that a criminal gang has been luring local youths to casinos in Cambodia to kidnap them and demand ransoms.Bo Thi Thay, vice principal of...

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Weird News: Brian Blessed in your GPS and more

It may be April 1st but, inconceivably, all these articles are really real. Modded t-shirt lets you know when you have unread emails If you're a tech obsessed fashionista then check out this prime example of gadget and fashion hackery;...

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Vietnam students lured into Cambodian gambling trap

4/3/2010Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)Police in the southern province of Binh Duong are investigating accusations that a criminal gang has been luring local youths to casinos in Cambodia to kidnap them and demand ransoms.Bo Thi Thay, vice principal of Lai Uyen...

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Grapes Are Too Green

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The iPad apps available on launch day

The iPad will certainly not be short of apps come launch. If you’re lucky enough to have an iPad in the post, winging its way to you to enhance your Easter enjoyment, you’re probably wondering what new or revamped apps will be available...

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From California to Cambodia, Fighting for Women

“When I hit San Francisco I knew that was my city. I began to shine. I let my hair grow. I looked like a hippie.” Mu Sochua(Photo: Justin Mott for The New York Times) April 2, 2010By SETH MYDANSThe New York TimesMAK PRAING, Cambodia IT was at Berkeley...

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Asian Countries Blame Chinese Dams for Drought

A severe drought in Southeast Asia and southern China has caused the Mekong River to drop to a 50-year low. Here, a farmer's son sits on a drought-hit rice field in the suburbs of Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, last month. (Hoang Dinh Nam, AFP...

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Passive 3D packing TV set to make three dimensions more affordable says LG. LG is rolling out the UK’s first passive 3D TV in May. Dubbed the LG LD950, it promises to offer sharp 3D images at a cut price compared to the active 3D sets it...

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Khmer Fragility: Khmer leaders are treading in different paths within the same wagon

Politic is not about for power and wealth, but for dignity and bright future. CPPers have to be aware that the use of Preah Vihear and Khmer Rouge as the context to appeal for political support/gain have been easily fallen into trap of Vietnamese imperialism...

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"Sva neung Prei Chhoeu" a Poem in Khmer by Sék Serei

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24 hours ... with a charcoal seller - Slide Show and Video by Nicolas Axelrod (Part 2 of 2)

24 heures avec un marchand de charbon (2/2)Uploaded by CambodgeSoir. - Up-to-the minute news videos.02 April 2010Cambodge Soir HebdoTranslated from French by Luc SârWith his trailer filled, Seun Te, a villager from Kampong Speu, travels to the neighboring...

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Crunch time in corruption fight

Former Hong Kong anti-graft chief Tony Kwok Man-wai at a workshop in Phnom Penh earlier this week. (Photo Supplied)Friday, 02 April 2010Sebastian StrangioThe Phnom Penh PostKEY PROVISIONS Law on AnticorruptionArticle 4: Exempts from prosecution any gift...

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Father searches for truth

Sam Bith (Photo: Reuters)Chhouk RinApril 3, 2010SEBASTIAN STRANGIOThe Age (Australia)Off a dusty track in Trapeang Chranieng village lies a half-finished Buddhist pagoda, its unpainted walls still exposed to the mid-afternoon sun. Like many across Cambodia,...

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Billionaire's private jet a symbol for Vietnam's emerging entrepreneurs

April 3, 2010BloombergThere is still money to be made in one of Asia's fastest growing economies, write Yoolim Lee and Beth Thomas. Nguyen Thanh Trung brings Vietnam's only privately owned plane level at 24,000 feet over the Central Highlands towns...

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Collision between a Cambodia-flag cargo ship and a S.Korean fishing boat searching missing sailors

S.Korea Navy loses contact with fishing boat searching missing sailors SEOUL, April 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Coast Guard lost contact late Friday with a fishing boat conducting search operation for missing sailors of a sunken warship in the Yellow...

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Traffic Deaths Doubled in Five Years: Officials

(Photo: DAP news)By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh02 April 2010Cambodia’s economy lost nearly $250 million to traffic accidents in 2009, officials said Friday, calling traffic fatalities a second “disaster” behind HIV and AIDs.More...

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Environmentalist Warns Against Mekong Dams

By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer Washington02 April 2010With the Mekong River experiencing its lowest water levels in decades, a Cambodian environmentalist says the country should not jump into constructing hydroelectric dams but should instead consider alternative...

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Map Ta Phut progress

Temporary screening body to start soon The government offered assurances yesterday that the suspended industrial projects at Map Ta Phut would be able to proceed by October. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva also expressed confidence that a temporary...

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300,000 H1N1 Vaccinations Underway

By Win Thida, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh02 April 2010Health officials are wrapping up an initial round of vaccinations against the H1N1 virus, administering hundreds of thousands of shots in Phnom Penh and three provinces since March 24.Officials...

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Man Without Borders

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Please crash my wedding day, Cambodians say

A Cambodian couple poses for their wedding day photo. Huge marriage celebrations with hundreds of people are normal here, and even newly arrived foreigners can find themselves attending numerous weddings. (Photo: Julie Masis)In Cambodia, strict social...

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Meeting on Mekong water resources kicks off in Thailand amid tight security

HUA HIN, Thailand, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Mekong River Commission (MRC) International Conference started here on Friday under the theme of "Transboundary Water Resources Management in a Changing World."The first Mekong River Commission Summit opens...

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Cambodia debates foreign property ownership

April 2 2010By Elaine Moore in Phnom PenhFinancial TimesCambodia is hoping to court international investment by relaxing laws on property ownership by foreigners in a bid to counter property prices that have fallen as much as 40 per cent in the wake...

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Protesters swarm shopping district

Tens of thousands of red-shirt protesters blocked a major intersection in the capital's business centre on Saturday, paralysing traffic and closing shopping malls, as they continued their campaign to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to immediately...

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