Hope for exploited daughters

(Photo: Samaritan’s Purse)Thursday, 22 April 2010Samaritan’s Purse (Australia)“Channa” was 14 when she was sent to Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh to earn extra income for her mother’s medical treatments. Desperate for work, she found a job at...

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Unconditional nomination of Hun Xen and Xok An to the Royal Cambodian Academy ... which was created by Hun Xen

Hun Xen (R) and Xok An (L) are the two new members of the Royal Cambodian Academy which, coincidentally, was set up by Hun Xen himself. Hun Xen's talent is displayed by his poem writing whereas Xok An is a well known expert in cock-fighting.Poem...

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Short biography of the world cookbook winner

Mrs. Long Sorey (L) winner of the World Gourmand cookbook (Photo supplied)21 April 2010By Mao Sotheany Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy and SocheataClick here to read the article in KhmerUnder this week’s Khmer Women’s Progam, Mrs. Mao...

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Chhnam Thmei Mok Dol - "Arrival of the New Year": A Poem in Khmer by Srey Sra'em

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Photo Exhibition by Khvay Samnang Starting from Wed April 21

Dear art lovers,Happy Khmer New Year!!!!Sa Sa Art Gallery is back!! Our first exhibition this new year features Khvay Samnang’s photo series on Cambodian wedding. Come join us at the opening night on Wednesday April 21st at 6:30pm.'I want to show a fuller...

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Khmer New Year Celebration in Fresno 2010

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Neay Krud'th's Words

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Tea Money

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Cambodia reports H5N1 death, WHO confirms Vietnam cases

Lisa Schnirring Staff WriterApr 21, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Cambodia's health ministry today announced that a 27-year-old man died of H5N1 avian influenza, while the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed two previously reported cases in Vietnam and...

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China's new dam seen as a water hog

Still under construction, the 66-story-high Xiaowan dam is scheduled to be completed this year. Other countries accuse China of stealing water.By Calum MacLeodUSA TODAYXIAOWAN, China — Wearing cloaks of tree bark strands, villagers from the Yi ethnic...

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Cambodian toddler recovering after surgery in Dominican Republic

Millikan High senior Lauren Briand, left, and Socheat Nha in her Briand's Long Beach home in February. Behind her is Nha's father, Phin Ken, and her cousin, Kenha Heang, right. (Jeff Gritchen/Press-Telegram)04/21/2010By Greg Mellen, Staff WriterLong...

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BHP declines comment on 'tea money'

22 Apr 2010AAP BHP Billiton Ltd is refusing to confirm corruption claims relating the company are connected to so-called "tea money" paid to officials in Cambodia.Non-government group Global Witness last year highlighted allegations originally aired...

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Doing business in Cambodia, BHP-style

22 April 2010By former Phnom Penh Post journalist Georgia Wilkinscrikey.com.auToday’s broadsheets reported that mining giant BHP Billiton could be guilty of paying $US2.5 million in bribes to the Cambodian government to secure a bauxite mining concession...

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"Kung Th'Ngai Na Muoy..." a Poem in Khmer by Hin Sithan

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Journalist reports death threat

Wednesday, 21 April 2010Vong Sokheng The Phnom Penh PostA JOURNALIST for the Sam Rainsy Party-aligned Khmer Machas Srok newspaper alleged on Tuesday that bodyguards working for Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) officials had threatened to kill him.Boay...

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Top Ratanakiri forestry official replaced

Illegal logging in Prek Proloung commune, Prek Prasap district, Kratie province on 12 August 2009 (Photo: Or Phearith, RFA)21 April 2010By Ratha VisalRadio Free AsiaTranslated from Khmer by Heng SoyClick here to read the article in KhmerThe ministry...

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Gov’t to increase bonus salary for high ranking army and police officers

5-golden-star general Hun Xen and top army brass (Photo: Khmer Sovannara, DAP)21 April 2010By Meas MonyFree Press Magazine onlineTranslated from Khmer by Heng SoyClick here to read the article in KhmerIt has been turned into a bad joke when nonstop waves...

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The political battle becoming dirtier by the day [in Thailand]

April 22, 2010By Supalak GanjanakhundeeThe NationThais appear to be keen on expanding the ongoing conflict instead of containing it, with many different colour-coded groups emerging to confront the red-shirt protesters. Such confrontation would only...

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Senior Opposition Leaders Continue Court Battles

Mu Sochua, a Cambodian opposition party lawmaker, looks on in front of the Phnom Penh Municipality Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: AP)Senior opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua returned to Cambodia last week, where she is contesting a defamation verdict...

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Counter-terrorism building inaugurated by ... Cambodia's "top power terrorist"?

1-golden-star general Hun Manet (L) standing next to his 5-golden-star father, general Hun Xen, during the inauguration of the new counter-terrorism building (Photo: Ly Meng Huor, RFI)Hun Sen Opens Counterterror BuildingCambodia has emerged as a willing...

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Cambodia rubber price rises by 236 percent

April 21, 2010PHNOM PENH (Commodity Online) : Cambodia’s General Directorate of Rubber said the price of dry rubber has increased by more than 236 percent year-on-year in the country.Such sharp increase in rubber prices has not been seen for 60 years....

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Cambodia reports 8th bird flu death, 1st this year

2010-04-21 Associated Press A 27-year-old man in eastern Cambodia has died of bird flu, the country's first fatality this year and its eighth since the virus started to sweep through Asia almost seven years ago.Cambodia's Health Ministry said in a statement...

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BHP dawdles to reveal SEC probe

April 22, 2010Malcom MaidenThe Age (Australia)BHP Billiton learned last August that its acquisition of exploration rights in Asia years earlier was the subject of a US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, and it found out because the SEC...

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BHP faces investigation into $2.7m Cambodia graft claim

April 22, 2010Matt Chambers and Matthew StevensThe Australian BHP Billiton yesterday joined Rio Tinto in battling graft allegations, saying it had uncovered evidence of possible corruption by employees on an overseas project.The Australian understands...

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BHP bribe scandal could involve Cambodian project

Cambodia's Minister for Water Resources, Lim Kean Hor, told the National Assembly BHP had paid $US2.5 million to the government to secure a bauxite mining concession. ''Lim Kean Hor is reported to have described this payment as 'tea money', an unofficial...

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Talks address Kampong Speu dispute

Villagers on Tuesday block a section of a road in Kampong Speu province’s Omlaing commune as part of a protest related to an ongoing dispute over a land concession. (Photo Supplied by ADHOC)Wednesday, 21 April 2010May TittharaThe Phnom Penh PostRights...

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Defamation: Mu Sochua returns to Kingdom

(Photo: AP)Wednesday, 21 April 2010Meas Sokchea The Phnom Penh PostDefamationSam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu Sochua, who arrived in Cambodia last week not long after missing a Supreme Court hearing for the defamation case filed against her by Prime Minister...

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Sam Rainsy’s lawyer asks for border post committee

Wednesday, 21 April 2010Meas SokcheaThe Phnom Penh PostTHE lawyer for opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday asked Phnom Penh Municipal Court to form a committee to investigate the placement of border markings in Svay Rieng province’s Chantrea district...

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Heng Pov pens book lauding PM

Former municipal police chief Heng Pov’s new book is displayed for sale Tuesday along Street 51 near Sihanouk Boulevard. (Photo by: Pha Lina)Wednesday, 21 April 2010Cheang Sokha and James O'toole The Phnom Penh Post He also alleged that actress Piseth...

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