[Thai] PM: Thailand will not boycott World Heritage meeting in Brazil

Saturday, July 24, 2010The NationPrime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti will attend the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil on Wednesday.Abhisit said Suwit would not boycott the meeting...

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Irish photographer recalls day he found KRouge torturer

Nic Dunlop (Photo: Reuters)Sat, Jul 24, 2010AFPBANGKOK, THAILAND - In March 1999 an old man wandered up to an Irish photographer on his day off in a village in Cambodia. It was Duch, the torture chief of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime who many assumed...

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Cambodia awaits verdict in Khmer Rouge tribunal

Saturday, July 24, 2010By ROBIN McDOWELL (AP)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Hav Sophea's father was killed by the Khmer Rouge just after she was born and she's spent a lifetime trying to make him feel real. She even took the single photo she had of him —...

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Child sex tourist [in Cambodia] was a 'customer' (sic!), defence argues

Kenneth Klassen tries to hide his face as he arrives at B.C. Supreme Court for the second day of a sentencing hearing related to child-sex tourism in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, July 23, 2010. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)Friday Jul. 23, 2010The...

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Another border gate in Romeas Hek, Svay Rieng ... to help Viet trade in Cambodia?

Cambodia, Vietnam to open another auxiliary border gate07/24/2010VOV News (Hanoi)Tan Bien district in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh and Romeas Haek district in the Cambodian province of Svay Rieng have agreed to open an auxiliary border gate...

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Peeping-Tom [Wat Srah Chork] Pagoda Reopens After Scandal

Neth Khai in court (Photo: DAP)Heng Reaksmey, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh Friday, 23 July 2010 “All of Cambodian Buddhists should bury what happened at Sras Chak pagoda, and they need to think about Buddhism.”A pagoda that was at the center of a peeping-tom...

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Japanese Textile Artist Drawn to Silk Mystery

Louise Allison Cort, a ceramic curator at the Freer and Sackler galleries, is seen admiring these beautiful silk. (Photo: by Pin Sisovann)Nuch Sarita, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Friday, 23 July 2010 “I am interested in the mysterious story of yellow...

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What kind of Khmer pushes Cambodia toward the Indochinese Federation: Op-Ed by Uon Sim

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"Thnamm Yuon" a Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea

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CJR Public Forum On the advent of the Duch Verdict

PUBLIC FORUMOn the advent of the Duch verdict...Transforming the Killing Fields into Healing, Living FieldsFriday, 23 July 2010, 8 – 11:30 a.m.Pannasastra University AUDITORIUM(Norodom Blvd. cross Street 310)(Top floor Conference Hall, campus south of...

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Mu Sochua: You can impound my salary but I’m not changing my stance

22 July 2010By Leang DeluxRadio France InternationaleTranslated from Khmer by Heng SoyClick here to read to article in KhmerClick here to listen to the audio program in Khmer (MP3)Because SRP MP Mu Sochua refused to pay the compensation fee to Hun Xen...

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Press Release: Khmer Rouge Victims Demand ECCC Inventory and Provincial Learning Centers as Part of Their Right to Reparations for All KR Victims

Civil Party of Orphans Class Demands ECCC Inventory and Provincial Learning Centersas Part of Their Right to Reparations for All KR Victims_______________PRESS RELEASE_______________PHNOM PENH, 23 July 2010: The Association of Khmer Rouge Victims in...

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CACJE's Press Release on the Nokor Wat's article linking CACJE to Chhun Yasith's CFF

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Politiktoons No. 111 - Love's Brother

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://politiktoons.blogspot.comand also at http://sacrava.blogspot.c...

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Court orders parliament to dock Mu Sochua’s salary

Thursday, 22 July 2010Meas SokcheaThe Phnom Penh Post“If my salary is taken without my agreement, it is a violation of my rights” - Mu SochuaPHNOM Penh Municipal Court has informed opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua that the National Assembly has been authorised...

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New plan for civil servant salary top-up

Thursday, 22 July 2010Irwin LoyThe Phnom Penh PostTHE government has approved a revamped compensation scheme for civil servants, though observers say it remains unclear how quickly authorities and NGOs will be able to implement it.The Priority Operating...

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Kandal wells high in arsenic

A woman pumps water yesterday from an arsenic-tainted well in Phoum Thom village, in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district. (Photo by: Will Baxter)Thursday, 22 July 2010Will Baxter and Sun NarinThe Phnom Penh PostWe only use the wells for washing clothes...

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Cambodia: A banana democracy with a perpetual dictator

Cambodian Ruling Party's Plenum Reaffirms Hun Sen for PM Post in Next Terms2010-07-22XinhuaThe Cambodia's ruling party -- the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Thursday reaffirmed at it plenum Hun Sen's candidate for prime minister post for the next...

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US announces climate change help for Mekong region

Friday, July 23, 2010AFPHANOI — The United States on Thursday announced a three-year programme to help countries in the Mekong River basin adapt to the impact of climate change on water resources, food security and livelihoods.US Secretary of State...

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U.S. pledges assistance for Mekong environment programmes

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, poses for a photo with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung before their meeting at the Government office in Hanoi on Thursday. Photo: APHanoi, July 22, 2010 DPA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...

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New Zealander in Cambodia for Khmer Rouge verdict

Friday, July 23, 2010By JERRY HARMERAPPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The brother of one of a handful of Westerners killed by the Khmer Rouge returned to Cambodia for a landmark verdict in a war crimes tribunal, saying there can never be adequate justice for...

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Cambodian Anxiety Peaks Ahead of Khmer Rouge Verdict

In this Nov. 20, 2007 file photo, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, center, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief at Tuol Sleng prison, sits in a dock during a hearing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: AP)Luke Hunt, VOAPhnom Penh 22 July 2010 In Cambodia,...

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Khmer Rouge victims, perpetrators live side-by-side

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Cambodia to Propose Preah Vihear Temple Management Plan at Annual WHC Meeting

22 July 2010Thai-ASEAN News NetworkThepmontri Limpaphayom, a Thai historian, plans to submit a letter to UNESCO, demanding that the United Nations agency issue an apology to all Thai people regarding the Preah Vihear Temple dispute and to remove the...

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Khmer Rouge trials

Jul 22nd, 2010Shankari SundararamanThe Asian Age (India)On July 26, 2010, the first verdict of the Khmer Rouge trials is awaited. This will decide the fate of Kaing Guek Eav alias “Duch”, the jailer at the dreaded Tuol Sleng prison, or the S-21 interrogation...

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City refuses to allow union forum to take place

22 July 2010Everyday.com.khTranslated from Khmer by SocheataThe Phnom Penh city hall decided not to allow unions to organize a public forum at the public park located in front of Wat Botum Pagoda planned for Sunday 25 July 2010. The reason for the...

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Labor Conference at the Sunway Hotel 22-23 July 2010: Agenda and Concept

Labor Conference AgendaJuly 22 to 23 2010Sunway HotelJuly 22 – Thursday7:30 am – 8am: RegistrationNational Anthem8:10 am to 8:25 am: Overview of the Cambodia Trade Union History – Noun Vesna, Consultant and Labor Academician8:30am to 9:00 am: Opening...

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