Film shown in Club exposes truth of Cambodian genocide

The documentary "New Year Baby," shown in the Club on April 15, follows the story of a Cambodian family during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. (Photo from www.southarts.org)By Heather PilkingtonThe East Texan(Student newspaper of Texas A&M U., Texas,...

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Mourning Day

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Preparing to graduate, Cambodian monk redefines life goals

Friday, April 16, 2010By Erika HaferSpecial to the Pirate's Log(Student newspaper of Modesto Junior College, California, USA)Muny Korn has much more than a degree to be proud about. Underneath his gown on graduation night, Korn will be wearing different...

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Year Zero

Brother No. 1 Pot Pot: The father of Year ZeroApril 17, 2010 By Peter Wilson American ThinkerThe Khmer Rouge declared revolutionary Year Zero thirty-five years ago today, on April 17, 1975, the day Communist guerrillas in black pajamas and truck-tire...

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Wounds remain 35 years after Khmer Rouge rise to power

Chum Mey (Photo: The New York Times)Chhum Mey cheered Cambodia's Khmer Rouge foot soldiers when they came to power but now he weeps every day for his wife and children lost to Pol Pot's totalitarian regime.By Patrick Falby PHNOM PENH, April 17, 2010...

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Cambodian, Thai troops clash on border

April 17, 2010AFP Cambodian and Thai troops exchanged fire briefly on their border on Saturday - the latest in a series of clashes between the neighbours, officials from both countries said.The shoot-out on Cambodia's northwestern border lasted for about...

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Thai, Cambodian troops clash along border

BANGKOK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Thai and Cambodian troops on Saturday clashed at a border area with injuries reported, local media said.The clashes occurred at the border area near Kap Choeng district in northeast province of Surin, some 500 km from the...

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Cambodian, Thai soldiers exchange gunfire in brief clash at disputed border

April 16, 2010PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian and Thai soldiers engaged in a brief gunbattle in a disputed border area Saturday, with Cambodia accusing its neighbor of instigating their latest clash. No injuries were immediately reported.Troops...

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Cambodia’s temples of consumerism

Street vendors at a market in Siem Reap, Cambodia April 17 2010By The Mystery ShopperFinancial Times (UK)After a recent spate of work-related visits across south Asia – five days of conversations with bankers, lawyers, union leaders, politicians, activists...

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Thai soldiers shoot on Khmer soldiers in Samrong district, Oddar Meanchey province

17 April 2010DAP newsTranslated from Khmer by Komping PuoyA report from Oddar Meanchey province indicated on Saturday morning that Cambodian and Thai soldiers shot at each other for about 30 minutes from 7:35AM to 8:05AM at Khla village, Samrong district,...

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"17 Mesa T'Ngai Pro-at Pras" a Poem in Khmer by Hin Sithan

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"Tumnuk Bang Suom (in Khmer Rouge Regime)" by Sam Vichea

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Neak Mê (Our Mothers): Song on the fall of 1975

Dear webmaster of Khmerization,I would like to post a video on a song that my daughter Bosba Panh. Khmer soprano age 13, is singing about the fall of 1975 and the pain left on the families. It is a beautiful song with meaningful lyrics in Khmer and English.-------------------------------------bosbaPANH...

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"17 Mesa Chetsep Pram Cham Chea Nich!" a Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea

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Duty of Memory: Please help share your stories under the Khmer Rouge regime

(Photo: AP)Song interpreted at Khao-I-Dang camp:ចារទុករឿងខ្ញុំ (Write down my story)Click here to download or listen (MP3)Originally posted by mpreuk on Camdisc Dear Readers,As you all know, the anniversary of “17 April 1975,” the date when the Khmer...

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Al Jazeera's "101 East" - Thai red shirts

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Thai "red shirts" gather after botched arrests

Fri Apr 16, 2010Nopporn Wong-Anan and Sukree SukplangBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters gathered at a central Bangkok site on Friday after police botched an attempt to arrest three of their leaders as the authorities ...

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Understanding the law: Property ownership without title

The occupation of a real estate without title02 April 2010By Seng DinaRadio France InternationaleTranslated from Khmer by Komping PuoyLand disputes are quagmires in Cambodia. The old ownership rule prior to 1979 was canceled. The number of those who...

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Cambodians in the USA

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Lake Group Continues Push for World Bank Inspection

(Photo: AP)A group defending residents facing eviction from a lakeside development in Phnom Penh say they will continue demands for an investigation into a World Bank project.Men Kimseng, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Thursday, 15 April 2010 “We’ll continue...

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Thailand Mulls Returning Ambassador

Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwankiri, speaks to VOA, while on a visit to Washington for a nuclear summit. (Photo: VOA)Sok Khemara, VOA KhmerWashington DC Thursday, 15 April 2010 Thailand is considering returning its ambassador to Cambodia, following...

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Thai Minister’s US Remarks Rankle Officials

Kasit PiromyaThai Foreign Minister Kasit Phirumya upset Cambodian officials with remarks he made at a US university last week.Sok Khemara, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Thursday, 15 April 2010“We see this as putting the horse before the cart, no the cart...

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Fresno Judge Sentences Elderly [Cambodian-American] Killer

April 15, 2010By Dennis HartKMJ 580 AM Radio (Fresno, California)A Fresno judge on Thursday sent an elderly Cambodian refugee to prison for more than two decades for stabbing the man's estranged wife to death.Pech Sok, 69, was convicted of first-degree...

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Western Siem Pang - Land of the Giants

Giant Ibis (James Eaton/ Birdtour Asia, from the surfbirds galleries)April 15, 2010Surfbird NewsWestern Siem Pang in Cambodia is one of the few sites in the world that supports five Critically Endangered bird species. It is perhaps best known as...

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Myanmar blasts kill at least nine in Yangon

Thu, 15 Apr 2010DPAYangon - A series of explosions on Thursday killed at least nine people and injured up to 62 while they were enjoying Myanmar's traditional New Year celebrations in Yangon, police and hospital sources said.Three blasts, believed...

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Former Khmer Rouge express views on reconciliation

April 15th, 2010Source: Deutsche Welle150 former Khmer Rouge gathered last week at the compound of their last leader, the late general Ta Mok, on the outskirts of Anlong Veng in northwestern Cambodia.Anlong Veng was the last stronghold of the Khmer...

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When Samdech Si[hanouk] met Samdach Xen ... it's all in the family

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Mental Health Crisis Strains Cambodia

Cambodian psychiatrist Sotheara Chhim, from non-profit group the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization - Cambodia (Photo: VOA - A. Belford)Aubrey Belford, VOAKampot, Cambodia 15 April 2010Cambodia is a country with a more traumatic past than most....

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