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Another song: Sin Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea- Chamrieng Tum Teav (The Song for Tum Teav Girl)

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Election officials held a press conference to announce the election results.Published: 29-Jan-12 PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won 78.1 percent of the vote in Cambodia's Senate elections on Sunday with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) getting about 21.99 percent, according to preliminary results announced by the National Election Committee (NEC).

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Election officials announcing the senatorial election results.By Associated Press,The Washington PostPHNOM PENH, Cambodia —Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party secured an expected victory at Senate elections Sunday, according to preliminary results following the vote that was closed to the general population and criticized for lacking credibility.The ruling Cambodian People’s Party won almost

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Election officials, Im Suorsdei (R) and Tep Nytha (middle) announcing the senatorial election results.PHNOM PENH, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) gained a majority in the Senate elections on Sunday, receiving up to 77.81 percent (or 44.3 seats) out of the total 57 seats, according to the preliminary results of the National Election Committee (NEC).Sam Rainsy Party,

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Donvale's Gary Connor will handcycle through Cambodia this year. Picture: ANDY DREWITT N30DT30730 Jan 12, 2012The Manningham LeaderBy Anna PrytzA DONVALE father who lost the use of his legs 24 years ago will handcycle through Cambodia to raise awareness of disabled sports.Gary Connor, who became a paraplegic after a workplace accident in 1988, will lead a group of 16 cyclists of all abilities on

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The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) predicted it is poised to win 11 senate seats, out of the 61-seat senate. If the prediction is right, it would a big win for the SRP, which currently holds only two senate seats.The SRP claimed that as at 5pm Sunday afternoon, the senate election result is as follow:1. Region 1 (Phnom Penh), the SRP won 2 seats, the ruling CPP won 4 seats.2. Region 2 (

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មកដល់ពេលនេះគណបក្ស សមរង្ស៊ី ទទួលបានតាមមណ្ឌលភូមិភាគ ៖ មណ្ឌលភូមិភាគទី១ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ គណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី ទទួលបាន ២ អាសនៈ គណបក្ស ប្រជាជន ទទួលបាន ៤ អាសនៈមណ្ឌលភូមិភាគទី២ ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម គណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី ទទួលបាន ២ អាសនៈ គណបក្ស ប្រជាជន ទទួលបាន ៦ អាសនៈមណ្ឌលភូមិភាគទី៦ ខេត្តព្រៃវែង និងខេត្តស្វាយរៀង គណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី ទទួលបាន ១ អាសនៈ គណបក្ស ប្រជាជន ទទួលបាន ៦ អាសនៈមណ្ឌលភូមិភាគទី៧ ខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង

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លទ្ធផលជាបណ្តោះអាសន្ន នៃការបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំង សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភានីតិកាលទី៣ នៅ១២ រាជធានី ខេត្ត CPP នាំមុខដាច់Sunday, 29 January 2012 17:22 ដោយៈ ស៊ន សុភក្ត្រ-Posted: ID-009E-mail Print PDFភ្នំពេញៈ លទ្ធផលនៃការបោះឆ្នោតជាបណ្តោះអាសន្ន នៃការជ្រើសតាំងសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភានីតិកាលទី៣ សម្រាប់រាជធានីខេត្ត ចំនួន១២ បានបញ្ជាក់ថា គណបក្សប្រជាជនបាននាំមុខដាច់គណបក្សសមរង្ស៊ី។មន្រ្តីជាន់ខ្ពស់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានឲ្យដឹងថា

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Voters in Battambang look for their names on the electoral list.Published: 29-Jan-12PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) – Cambodia kicked off voting in Senate elections Sunday with the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) competing for 57 of the 61 seats in the upper house.Among the four remaining seats, two will be appointed by the king and the other two elected

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Jan 28, 2012By Joel BrinkleyMetroWest Daily NewsLike Kim, Sihanouk was educated abroad – France in his case – allowing him to see how the Western world lived. Kim spent two years, 1998-2000, at school in Switzerland. Well, 12 years after Sihanouk’s coronation, he instigated an uprising that won Cambodia’s freedom from France after almost 100 years of occupation.Don’t give up on Kim Jong-un,

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PHNOM PENH, Jan. 29, 2012 (Xinhua) -- The election for the third legislature of Cambodian Senate has begun on Sunday morning with two main political parties participating in the contest.The two parties are the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and Sam Rainsy Party, the country's main opposition party, according to the National Election Committee (NEC).Prime Minister Hun Sen casted his ballot

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen shows off his inked finger after casting his ballot in Senate elections in Ta Khmau, Kandal province, central Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Hun Sen's party was expected to sweep Senate elections in a vote that is closed to the general population and criticized for lacking credibility. ((AP Photo/Heng Sinith))Posted: 01/29/2012The Associated PressThe Denver

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Top row: Three of the four Uyghurs sentenced to life imprisonment, from left, Mutellip Mamut, Nurahmet Kudret and Islam Urayim. Bottom row: Ilyar Hamut (jailed for 20 years), Musa Muhamad (17 years), Helil Abdugheni (16 years) and Abduqadir Abdugheni (16 years).More details emerge on the Uyghur asylum seekers deported to China by Cambodia.27th January, 2012Radio Free AsiaChinese authorities

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Kadeer, one of the exiled leaders of the Uighurs, speak to protesters.By IINAJanuary 28, 2012Posted in: IslamophobiaBEIJING, 5 Rabi al-Awwal/28 Jan (IINA)-Rights groups have condemned China life sentences against two Uighur Muslims for unknown crimes after being deported from Cambodia where they had requested asylum, Reuters reported recently.“The imprisonment of these men, who were forcefully

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Photo: David Cummings/Special to The StarBy David CummingsSpecial to The Anniston StarJan 29, 2012“Was that a big cat?” my wife, Lesa, asked as we walked down the dark path.“I hope not,” I replied.We were using our cellphones as flashlights as we walked toward Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia last November. It was a half-hour before sunrise, and we could hear cicadas and monkeys in the dense

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( Heng Sinith / Associated Press ) - Cambodia residents line up at a polling station in Ta Khmau town in Kandal province, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party was expected to sweep Senate elections Sunday in a vote that is closed to the general population and criticized for lacking credibility.By Associated

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Another song: Sin Sisamouth -Lamorm Hoey Na Srey (Enough is Enough, Girl!)

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DSI claims illegal logging rampantCAMBODIAN GANGS GET 'VIRTUAL CONCESSIONS' TO FELL PHAYUNG TREES Published: 29/01/2012Writer: King-Oua Laohong, Sermpong Thongsamrit & Apinya WipatayotinBangkok PostWildlife officials, including a national park chief, have been accused of helping Cambodian gangs to fell phayung [Kro-nhoung in Khmer] trees in protected forests for export to China.The Department of

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(RFA/Sok Serey: ៣០-មីនា-២០១០: អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​ពិធី​រំឭក​ខួប​​១៣​​ឆ្នាំ​នៃ​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​ទៅ​លើ​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ​នៅ​ខាង​មុខ​សភា ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​៣០ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​១៩៩៧ ឈរ​មើល​រូបថត​ឯកសារ​នៃ​ជន​រងគ្រោះ។) ដោយ តាំង សារ៉ាដា 2012-01-28 បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​ករណី​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​ដៃ​ទៅ​លើ​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ​មុខ​រដ្ឋ​សភា កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៩៧ បាន​កប់​ទុក​ជា​យូរ​មក​ហើយ​ក៏​ដោយ ក៏​សហគមន៍​

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Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, who was injured in the grenade attack in 1997.Published: 28-Jan-12 PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald)- French prosecutors plan to investigate a grenade attack in front of National Assembly in 1997 which left 20 people dead, according to the opposition Sam Rainsy Party.The party said the French court could summon Prime Minister Hun Sen and other

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Dear colleagues,I am sending you a small audio file (MP3) with this email. On January 28, please make all the 2,660 SRP commune councilors in all provinces LISTEN to this audio. It is my final appeal to them with MY VOICE.The audio recording lasts only 5 minutes. You can download it from any computer and/or record it on any audio cassette. You may play this audio several times throughout the

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Press Statement 28 January, 2012Today, Battambang Provincial Election Committee fines Cheam Pe A, an official of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) the equivalent of US$1,250 for vote buying. The complaint was filed by the Sam Rainsy Party, the lead opposition party in Cambodia, on 21 January, 2012.The Sam Rainsy Party considers Mr. Mok Ra, one of SRP 2,662 elected councilors who will cast their

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The Pattaya PeopleClick for videoOn Thursday evening, a team of officials from the Human Trafficking Prevention & Suppression Center of Chonburi, -led by its Director Mr. Pasisorn Noja, police from the Children and Women Rights Protection Department led by its Deputy Superintendent Pol. Lt. Col. Greeta Taan-ka-na-raat and officials from the Gra-joek Ngao Shelter, managed to arrest Mrs. Hiang,

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Published: 28-Jan-12PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald)- The golf industry is expected to grow in Cambodia this year, legendary American golfer and golf-course designer Jack Nicklaus reportedly told the Golf Channel.The television channel's website said that Nicklaus made the comment during an interview at the three-day PGA Merchandise Show which opened in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday."Nicklaus

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Published: 28-Jan-12 PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald)- British independent film and television distributor Entertainment One Ltd has acquired for an undisclosed sum the North American distribution rights to Wish You Were Here, the latest international film to be shot in Cambodia, according to the Hollywood Reporter.The industry magazine's website said the Australian film was screened at the

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(Princeton University Press) - ’All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals’ by David SchefferBy Anthony Dworkin,The Washington PostThe years from 1993 to 2001, when Bill Clinton occupied the White House, were the formative period in the contemporary development of international justice. Before then, there had been no international war crimes tribunals since the

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Top: Ta Prohm temple near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photograph: Souvik Bhattacharya/Getty Images/Flickr RFMiddle: Kate in the waterfall Kate and guide Soriya in the River of a Thousand LingasBottom: Ta Prohm, Cambodia Writer Crysse Morrison at Ta Prohm temple. Photograph: Stuart KempsterOn a Cambodian trip that paired self-reflection with full-on sightseeing, the lesson turned out to be one of going

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By ANTHONY FRANCE and EMILY NASHhttp://www.thesun.co.ukPublished: Saturday 28th January, 2012A RETIRED British teacher has been charged with molesting five young boys in Cambodia.Reginald Blakeley, 70, is alleged to have preyed on children as young as seven.He was held after investigators secretly filmed him approaching youngsters outside schools. One shot showed him with his arms draped round a

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Another song: Sin Sisamouth - Bopha Koh Keo (The Beautiful Girl of Koh Keo Island)

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Photo: VOA KhmerSia Phearum, executive-director of ​Housing Rights Task Force in Cambodia on "Hello VOA" Thursday.Friday, 27 January 2012Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer | Washington, DCGovernment officials must take more action to prevent forced eviction, with more and more families ending up in inferior relocation sites and a high number of children dropping out of school as a result, a housing advocate

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Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 27, 2012Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (pictured) will travel to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia January 30-February 4.In Seoul, Republic of Korea, January 31-February 1, Assistant Secretary Campbell will meet with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Blue

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Photo: AP Cambodian military officials line up in front the top leaders of Khmer Rouge portraits, from right, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan, and former Deputy Secretary Nuon Chea, during the second day of trial of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Three senior leaders of

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"We call on international governments to pressure the Chinese authorities to disclose the whereabouts of all the extradited Uighurs,” Kadeer said.Friday, 27 January 2012http://www.onislam.netBEIJING – Rights groups have condemned China life sentences against two Uighur Muslims for unknown crimes after being deported from Cambodia where they had requested asylum, Reuters reported on Friday,

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News from the Paris Tribunal / Nouvelles du Tribunal de ParisJanuary 27, 2012ANOTHER STEP TOWARD THE END OF IMPUNITY IN CAMBODIAOn January 24, 2012 the Prosecutor of the French Republic at the Paris Tribunal decided to resume the judicial investigation into a deadly grenade attack perpetrated in Phnom Penh on March 30, 1997. The attack was an assassination attempt on Sam Rainsy who is a French

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Woman arrested from this housePublished: 27-Jan-12Tracy Woolridge, 45, from Kent is facing 16 months in jail for having intercourse with a dog.She was arrested after police found illegal photos at a house in the town, Canterbury.Tracy Woolridge, pleaded guilty to two charges of intercourse with an animal but initially denied sexual activity with a child. Alex Rooke, her barrister, asked the judge

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Top: Deputy Commissioner Sok Phal open an AFP-funded Crime Scene Preservation training course in Phnom Penh as AFP's Senior Liaison Officer Gary Wynch and Australian Ambassador Dr. Penny Richards look on.Bottom: Governor of Kep and members of Australian Federal Police and AusAid celebrate as Gen. Mao Chandara, Deputy Police Commissioner, open Kep Police Post.Post Staff Thursday, 26 January 2012

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Post Staff Thursday, 26 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostFrom 4 to 5 May 2011 the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh welcomed Professor Ian Frazer, the creator of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer and 2006 Australian of the Year, to Cambodia. Professor Ian Frazer meets with Kittiprittbandit Dr Bun Rany Hun Sen. During his visit, his first to Cambodia,

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Post Staff Thursday, 26 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostIn 2002 Mrs Keut Chanthy and her family bought three hectares of rice fields in Prey Tonle in Kampot Province. At first, the Keut family could produce a rice paddy yield of one tonne per hectare but over time, as they gained experience, they gradually increased the yield to as high as two tonnes.In 2010, the Keut family learned about the

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Chhay Chanyda with additional reporting by David Boyle Friday, 27 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostPolice have identified suspects involved in the shooting of four villagers during a protest last week in which security guards from the TTY company opened fire into a crowd of hundreds of people in Kratie province, provincial police chief Chuong Seanghak said yesterday. Photo Supplied A

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By Sen David Friday, 27 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostA maid who says she was beaten and tortured while working in Malaysia was welcomed home by her mother yesterday – and scolded by neighbours for having trusted the recruitment company that sent her abroad.After spending more than two weeks under the care of the Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Sanh Makara, 33, from Pursat province, arrived

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By Meas Sokchea Friday, 27 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostAN opposition Sam Rainsy Party councillor who taped a ruling Cambodian People’s Party member attempting to buy his senate vote has been summoned to court to answer charges that he illegally recorded the man’s voice.On Monday, the SRP circulated a recording in which CPP member Cheam Pe A offered Mok Ra, Tuol Ta Ek commune councillor in

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In this image provided by un-named citizen, police assemble opposite protestors in Urumqi in July 2009. Photograph: APBEIJING | Fri Jan 27, 2012 (Reuters) - China has jailed two Muslim Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday, showing no sign of loosening its grip on far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region which holds rich deposits of oil and gas.The

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PHNOM PENH, Jan. 27, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's political parties had ended electoral campaigns for the third legislature of the Senate on Friday, two days prior to the vote.Mao Sophearith, member of the National Election Committee (NEC), said Friday that during the 21-day campaign, the parties had promoted their political stances through marching and broadcasting on the National Television of

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Sichan Siv signs copies of his book, "Golden Bones," after speaking at an Optimist Club Luncheon. Siv is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields and is now residing in San Antonio.Photo: Jerry Lara, San Antonio Express-News / © 2012 San Antonio Express-NewsBy Elaine Ayalahttp://www.mysanantonio.comThursday, January 26, 2012Even in a room full of

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By EMMIE V. ABADILLAhttp://www.mb.com.phJanuary 27, 2012,MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) will become the only airline flying direct from Manila to Siem Reap in Cambodia when it launches its flights on April 19, 2012. It will be a twice weekly service, utilizing one of Asia’s youngest aircraft fleets.“Adventurous backpackers usually

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Immersion experience: School and orphanage founder Svay Savong (left) welcomed Brisbane teacher Susan Bentley as a volunteerPublished: 29 January 2012The Catholic Leader, BrisbaneBy: Robin WilliamsTeaching has taken on a new dimension for Susan Bentley and her students at All Hallows' School, Brisbane, since she organised her own immersion experience at an orphanage and high school in Cambodia.

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By May Kunmakara Friday, 27 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostCambodian migrant workers to South Korea increased by about 135 per cent in 2011, making Cambodian nationals the fourth-biggest migrant worker population in the East Asian country.A recently expired ban on Vietnamese and Indonesian workers in South Korea accounted for the increased demand for labour from countries in the region,

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By Sorn Sarath Friday, 27 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostCambodia’s year-on-year tourism growth has drawn more investment in the hotel sector. The Little Garden, a boutique hotel in Phnom Penh that opened just six months ago, continues to draw a large number of foreign visitors. Phnom Penh Post reporters Sorn Sarath and Siem Bunthy interviewed The Little Garden’s owner, Pisey Pech, who

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VietNamNet Bridge – As ASEAN chair in 2012, Cambodia will play its role as a neutral mediator in all regional and international issues, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Jan. 24."As the 2012 ASEAN chair, Cambodia will play a role as a neutral mediator, not side with any party in the disputes, for instance, the issues in the Korean peninsula and in the East Sea," China’s Xinhua news agency quoted PM

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The Khmer Rouge Tribunal in session.The United Nations and the Cambodian government are glaring at each other over the “issue” of the UN appointing Swiss national Laurent Kasper-Ansermet to become a war crimes tribunal judge over the Khmer Rouge trials that have put former Khmer Rouge leaders and officials on trial for the Cambodian genocide that killed over 2 million innocents and produced the

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Dear All,The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) today releases the first "fact sheet" in its "Institution" series for 2012. In the run up to the Senate elections due to be held on 29 January 2012, this fact sheet aims to provide an overview of the Senate, assess its effectiveness and suggest ways in which it could be improved. In particular, the fact sheet draws attention to the

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Another song: Sin Sisamouth- Cheung Mek Por Svay (The Blue Horizon)

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Photo: APKhmer Rouge survivor Chum Mey, 81, right, talks to reporters as another survivor Bou Meng, 70, left, listens at Choeung Ek stupa, former Khmer Rouge killing field in the outskirt of Phnom Penh, file photo.Thursday, 26 January 2012Say Mony, VOA Khmer | Phnom PenhBou Meng and Chhum Mey spend less time at the trial of Khmer Rouge leaders these days, and more time at the torture center

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Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Sam Keo“Out of the Dark: Into the Garden of Hope” by Sam Keo, a Cambodian psychologist.Thursday, 26 January 2012Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer | Washington, DCListen to the audio of the interview here.Cambodians who survived the Khmer Rouge will have to live with the emotional scars of the regime, but staying positive can help them move forward, says Sam Keo a Cambodian

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Dear all,Today the Cambodian Center for Human Rights' (CCHR) Trial Monitoring Project releases the 1st edition in 2012 of its Series on Fair Trial Rights and Rule of Law. This month's edition is entitled: Series on Fair Trial Rights and Rule of Law - Human Trafficking Trials in Cambodia in 2011. Cambodian men, women and children are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation

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“Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our

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David Scheffer, the U.N. special expert to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.By Associated Press,The Washington PostPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — About 300 Cambodians working at the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal will not be paid this month — and some have worked without pay since October — because funds from donor countries have dried up, a tribunal spokesman said Thursday.International staff are paid by the

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Thursday, 26 January 2012By Meas SokcheaThe Phnom Penh PostA Cambodian migrant worker in Thailand has said that a recruitment firm in Phnom Penh that sent him and about 1,000 others to work at an “exploitative” factory is threatening him because he spoke to the press.Keo Ratha, 37, said yesterday he received a threatening phone call from CDM Trading Manpower after he spoke to the Post early this

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Thursday, 26 January 2012By Tony GuterresThe Phnom Penh Post Dear Editor,I read in yesterday’s Phnom Penh Post that Prime Minister Hun Sen is still working hard on winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2013-2014.The Prime Minister talks about more than 100 countries apparently supporting such a bid.· Those countries should be ashamed of themselves, given this

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Mr. Jae Hyun Shin (L) met with Prime Minister Hun Sen.26th January, 2012Xinhua Web Editor: liuranranSouth Korea is willing to invest in oil and gas industry in Cambodia, said a senior Korean official on Thursday.South Korea is willing to invest in oil and gas industry in Cambodia, said a senior Korean official on Thursday."Korea is interested in investing in oil and gas and energy sector in

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More pictures at Koh Santepheap.PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald)-The Vietnamese and Lao ambassadors to Cambodia as well as the local bureau chief for the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) have paid tribute to Chea Soth, the dean of the National Assembly and former deputy prime minister who died at the weekend.---------------------------------------------Chea Soth cremated at ceremony presided over by Heng

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The picture of Song Saa (Sweetheart) Beach.Thursday, 26 January 2012Original article at: http://www.impactpub.com.auIt might not have a particularly high profile as yet, but Cambodia Bay is a MICE*, leisure tourism and business travel destination we’re likely to hear a lot more about in future.Covering four provinces of Cambodia – Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong, Kampot and Kep – it’s a region of

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Original article at: ABS-CBNnews.comPosted: 26th January 2012P888 seat sale for Manila-Siem Reap flightsMANILA, Philippines - Cebu Pacific is starting direct flights to Siem Reap, Cambodia in April, making the world-famous Angkor Wat more accessible to Filipino tourists.Cebu Pacific will have its first Manila-Siem Reap flight on April 19, 2012. It will be a thrice a week service."Adventurous

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A fainted worker get treatment at the hospital.25 January, 2012By Joel PrestonCLEC staff yesterday monitored the incidents of fainting at the King First Industrial Co. Ltd factory after yet another spate of mass fainting in Cambodian garment workers. Differing reports indicate that around 50 to 60 workers fainted during their shift before being sent to the Calemette Hospital yesterday

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Top: NagaWorld signed a deal with TFC and (below) Bun Kenny, Cambodia's number 1 tennis player, practising in preparation for the Davis Cup in Doha.By H S Manjunath Thursday, 26 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostAs Cambodia embarks on a historic Davis Cup debut, entertainment and gaming industry giants NagaWorld are stepping in to wholly support the national team in its Asia Oceania Group IV

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Kristin Lynch and Sen David with additional reporting by Cassandra Yeap and Vincent MacisaacThursday, 26 January 2012The Phnom Penh PostRead more: Hun Sen Disowned His Lesbian Daughter Phlong Srey Rann, 20, shuffled across the dusty prison grounds in her blue and white prison garb early yesterday morning as though she had resigned herself to spending the next four and a half years behind bars

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By May Kunmakara Thursday, 26 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostFollowing rising yields from plantations and growing demand from global markets, rubber will receive its own faculty at the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) by mid-year, officials said.The initiative had been proposed by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Chan Sarun last year to coordinate with the sharp expansion

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David Boyle with additional reporting by Vong Sokheng Thursday, 26 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostJudge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet “has clear authority to fulfill” his role as a co-investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, regardless of the refusal by Cambodia’s Supreme Council of Magistracy to appoint him, a United Nations expert said yesterday. Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post David

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AKP Phnom Penh , January 26, 2012 –Cambodia ’s rubber and rice export in 2011 increased nearly US$200 million in value year on year, according to a statistics of the Ministry of Commerce.In 2011, Cambodia exported agricultural products to foreign countries, mainly rubber and rice.The rubber and rice export in 2011 raised in quantity and value, hitting US$304.8 million from US$121.8 million in

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AKP Phnom Penh, January 25, 2012 –The 8th Senior Labor Officials’ Meeting and the 5th Labor Ministerial Meeting between Cambodia and Thailand began on Jan. 24 in Siem Reap provincial town.The three-day bilateral meetings focus on the implementation of the MoU on the Cooperation in the Employment of Workers between the Cambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and the Thai Ministry of

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Another song: Pen Ron- Cheung Mek Por Kmao (The Black Horizon)

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Chadil Deffy married his deceased girlfriend in a combination funeral and wedding ceremony in Thailand's Surin province. The woman died in an accident before the couple could set a wedding date.Published: 25-Jan-12There’s a time when a French woman married her dead boyfriend. And this time a Thai TV producer, Chadil Deffy, also known as Deff Yingyuen, married his dead girlfriend in a combination

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Photo: by Heng ReaksmeyPolice began pushing, hitting and kicking the demonstrators, eye witnesses and rights workers said after they failed to disperse after the demonstration, on Wednesday January 11, 2012.Wednesday, 25 January 2012Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh“The company completely bulldozed my house.”Several hundred families from the Borei Keila neighborhood filed suit against

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Published: 25-Jan-12PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - A Swiss judge rejected by Cambodia's Supreme Council of Magistracy as the international investigating judge in the Khmer Rouge tribunal still has the authority to carry out investigations regardless of his rejection, a representative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.Speaking after a meeting Tuesday evening with

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U.N. Special Expert on Khmer Rouge Trial David Scheffer speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. David Scheffer said despite Cambodian Supreme Council Magistracy doesn't appoint Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet as co-investigating judge within the Khmer Rouge tribunal, Kasper-Ansermet by law has full authorizations to fulfill his work in Cambodia. (AP Photo

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The two guards firing at villagers from the roof of a bulldozer on 18th January.By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom PenhThe Kratie provincial court has issued a summons for two rubber plantation security guards accused of opening fire on demonstrating villagers earlier this month, a court official told VOA Khmer. Related Links Four Villagers Injured in Shooting by Plantation

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BANGKOK, Jan 25, 2012 (MCOT)– The Royal Thai Army on Wednesday dismissed reports of a renewed clash between Thai and Cambodian soldiers at Ta Kwai [Ta Krabey] Temple, but conceded that one soldier was wounded in a gunshot accident.Thai army spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd (pictured) stood firm that there was no military clash at the Surin province bordering Cambodia.Col Sansern said the Second

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Wed, Jan 25, 2012By Michelle Smith, Gold ReporterExclusive to Gold Investing NewsNestled between Vietnam and Thailand is Cambodia, a poor country with a basket of largely untapped resources that include gold. Within the past decade the surge of interest in the country’s mining prospects has been met with positive response from the Royal Government. For Cambodia, the mining sector may be a key to

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By Chris Hassiotis Thursday, Jan 26 2012The Phoenix New TimesWhat with airfare prices the way they are, and wages for musicians the way they are, it's not often folks in bands get to hop on planes, for work or otherwise.International touring's always a high point of being in a band, but it's also something that seems inaccessible. Despite the realities of dealing with thickets of customs forms

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United Nations Special Expert to the Extraordinary Chambers in Courts of Cambodia David Scheffer (AFP)Wednesday, January 25th, 201Voice of AmericaThe United Nations says a Swiss jurist will soon begin work as an investigating magistrate at the special tribunal probing Khmer Rouge war crimes despite the Cambodian government's refusal to approve his appointment to the court.U.N. spokesman David

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Fr: School of Vice Re: Cambodian Armed Forces Thank you for taking the time to share with us your insights into, and thoughts on, the current state of the RCAF and the use of armed guards by private interests. Although, I can't speak on behalf of my team members, I would like to commend you for speaking out on this important national issue, and indeed for your sharp, penetrating

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Top: officials from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, includingPM Hun Sen, National Assembly President Heng Samrin and Senate President Chea Sim, attended Chea Soth's funeral.Bottom: Chea Soth's funeral pyre and funeral procession through the street of Phnom Penh.Published: 25-Jan-12 PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Veteran Cambodia People's Party (CPP) member and former deputy prime minister

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Princess Norodom Arun Raksmey, Cambodian ambassador to Malaysia.Published: 25-Jan-12PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald)- Cambodians face many problems working in houses and companies in Malaysia and need legal protection, Cambodia's ambassador to the country says.Speaking at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Tuesday, Norodom Arun Raksmey said she had met with the Ministry

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25th January, 2012Xinhua Web Editor: liuranranCambodia recorded a trade deficit equivalent to 1.73 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, according to the statistics of the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday.Cambodia recorded a trade deficit equivalent to 1.73 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, according to the statistics of the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday.It showed that the country's total import and

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Published: 25-Jan-12PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Opposition Members of Parliament (MP) sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen to ask for his intervention in order to help the disabled and the HIV-positive people who were evicted from the Borei Keila area earlier this month.Mu Sochua (pictured), an active MP from the opposition, and a group of disabled soldiers and HIV-positive former Borei

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By Sieam Bunthy Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Phnom Penh PostA Japanese firm and an Australian company planned to invest more than US$35 million in a banana plantation, a factory and a port in Koh Kong province, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said yesterday.Australia-based Indochina Gateway Capital and Japan’s Sumifru Corporation would jointly invest in banana cultivation in

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By Mom Kunthear Wednesday, 25 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostA woman who was forced to work as a nurse under Khmer Rouge rule – despite having worked only in a rice field before – believes the order came because soldiers knew she had pretended to be a nurse as a little girl. Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post Ham Thy, 50, who was assigned to work as a nurse for the Khmer Rouge in Pursat province,

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Don Weinland and Sieam Bunthy with additional reporting by May Kunmakara Wednesday, 25 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostSome of Cambodia’s biggest exporters have experienced a sizeable decline in milled-rice shipments this month, with one insider putting the number as high as 40 per cent year-on-year. Nina Loacker/Phnom Penh Post A woman sells milled rice at a shop near Monivong and

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By May Kunmakara Wednesday, 25 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostCambodia's total exports to Thailand decreased by more than 20 per cent year-on-year through November, the effect of a Thai ban on paddy imports from the Kingdom, officials said.Exports to Cambodia’s western neighbour fell to US$159 million in the first 11 months of 2011, down from about $200 million during the same period the year

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Published: 25/01/2012 Bangkok PostA Thai soldier was wounded in an exchange of fire between Thai and Cambodian soldiers on the border near Prasat Ta Kwai [Ta Krabey] temple in Surin province this afternoon, reports said.The clash took place about 2pm. The wounded man had been admitted to Surin hospital.Col Suwit Hukaew, the 2nd Army spokesman, said he was checking the information.--------------

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By Sun Narin Wednesday, 25 January 2012 The Phnom Penh PostBusiness seems to be valued over studying by a growing number of Cambodian youths. They say that doing business is more beneficial and they can be their own boss, unlike a job taken because it is relevant to a studied subject. Hence, we see some university graduates turning their attention to business instead. However, due to their

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Former evictees commemorate the evictions by forming the word "development" by calling the government to "stop evictions".May Titthara and Shane WorrellWednesday, 25 January 2012The Phnom Penh PostThree years after their houses were demolished in a midnight eviction, former Dey Krahorm residents say they have no food and are living in tents in their relocation village on the outskirts of Phnom

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Jan 24, 2012By the EditorsBloomberg EditorialsOriginal article at: http://www.bloomberg.comTake Cambodia, which ranked at the bottom of a recent regional Transparency International corruption survey. Its government workers pad their paltry, sporadic pay by demanding bribes for everything from birth certificates to school grades. One oft-cited International Monetary Fund working paper argues that

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Another song: Sin Sisamouth and Pen Ron - Cheung Mek Por Sor (The White Horizon)

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By KhmerizationSource: RFAVillagers living near Ang Stock Teuk (reservoir) area in Stung Treng province claimed that about 30 Vietnamese workers, protected by Cambodian forestry police, went around marking trees with paints for logging in a process to clear the trees to build a hydropower dam by a Vietnamese company, Electricity of Vietnam International JSC.Mr. Siek Mekong, a villager living in

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Photo: Courtesy of University of Southern CaliforniaChina claims the highlighted portion of the South China Sea. Many other governments also claim all or part of the South China Sea.Tuesday, 24 January 2012Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom PenhPrime Minister Hun Sen met with senior diplomats on Tuesday, reminding them that Cambodia will remain neutral in regional conflicts, including those in the

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Adam Ferguson for The International Herald Tribune: Students at Build Bright University in Siem Reap, Cambodia.By THOMAS FULLERThe New York TimesPublished: January 24, 2012SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA — Millions of tourists come here every year to visit the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, an influx that has helped transform what once resembled a small, laid-back village into a thriving and cosmopolitan town

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Written by Dr. A. Gaffar Peang-MethThe Guam Pacific Daily NewsJan. 25, 2012 Many readers emailed me following my series of articles on replacing Cambodia's dictatorship with a democratic form of government. As many emails contained similar concerns, I have grouped those with similar themes and will use this column to deal with two.I agree with readers who argued that what Cambodia needs -- "first

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tjh1Sj7IcPhoto: by Heng ReaksmeyThe Dey Krahorm event was a harbinger of evictions to come, with residents from the the neighborhoods of Boeung Kak lake and Borei Keila the most prominent among scores of forced moves.Tuesday, 24 January 2012Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom PenhRepresentatives from at least seven different neighborhoods convened in a

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