Thomico: A prince who is more royalist than the king himself

Thomico: A prince who is more royalist than the king himself

Thomico (Photo: Sovannara, RFI) Thomico: I do not allow the fake Ruom Ritt to use the king’s name and the border problem to joke around 27 Feb 2010 By Jean François Tain Radio France Internationale Translated...

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[Thai] Troops face probe over [Burmese] child killings

[Thai] Troops face probe over [Burmese] child killings

SPRAYED: Bullet holes in the pick-up truck fired on by Thai soldiers on Thursday. Three Burmese, including two children, died in the incident. 28/02/2010 Bangkok Post Local media reported...

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Southeast asians prepare for [US] census count

Southeast asians prepare for [US] census count

Sunday, February 28, 2010 The Providence Journal (Rhodes Island) The Southeast Asian Complete Count Committee held a kickoff event Saturday at the Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast...

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Thai govt asked to stop migrants’ crackdown plan

Thai govt asked to stop migrants’ crackdown plan

02/28/2010 Veronica Uy Inquirer (Philippines) MANILA, Philippines—The Thai Royal Government must stop its planned crackdown on more than 1.4 million migrant workers, mostly from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma, citing possible violations of international and regional conventions if it proceeds with the plan. The...

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PROFILES IN COURAGE: Vignettes from Cambodian Life

PROFILES IN COURAGE: Vignettes from Cambodian Life

First published in September 2008. Since mid-2009, the Center for Social Development (CSD) has been effectively non-functioning and run aground as staff who could not be absorbed by the...

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Cambodia: Making Heroin Addicts Use Herbal Remedy

Cambodia: Making Heroin Addicts Use Herbal Remedy

Men get ready to inject heroin in a slum area February 6, 2010 in Phnom Penh Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 By CHRISTOPHER SHAY / PHNOM PENH Time Magazine (USA) About 100 people — mostly local...

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Can you top these?

Can you top these?

Cambodian vendor transport goods on truck across the Cambodia-Vietnam border at Bavet in Svay Rieng province 120km (72miles) east of Phnom Penh, February 26, 2010 . REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea Cambodian...

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Korea Expressway signs construction deal with Cambodia

Korea Expressway signs construction deal with Cambodia

Friday, February 26, 2010 The Korea Herald (South Korea) Korea's state-run Korea Expressway Corp. said Friday it has signed a $2.65 million deal with the Cambodian government to improve and build new roadways for the Southeast Asian country. The clinching of the deal came after Korea Expressway, in a consortium...

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Viettel conquers Cambodia's mobile market ... just like Hanoi controls Hun Xen's regime?

Viettel conquers Cambodia's mobile market ... just like Hanoi controls Hun Xen's regime?

Viettel conquers Cambodia's mobile market February, 27 2010 VietNam News (Hanoi) HA NOI — Viettel Cambodia, a subsidiary of Viet Nam's military-run telecom service provider, now owns 42 per cent of the base transceiver stations (BTS) and 88 per cent the optic-fibre cable in Cambodia. In terms of subscribers,...

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Cambodia opens luxury casino [belonging to Hun Xen's crony]

Cambodia opens luxury casino [belonging to Hun Xen's crony]

VIP room at the Titan King Casino (Photo: Titan King Casino) February 26, 2010 Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Cambodia opened a luxury, $100 million casino Friday hoping to attract...

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Govts to move ahead on border demarcation

Govts to move ahead on border demarcation

Friday, 26 February 2010 Meas Sokchea The Phnom Penh Post “It was mostly Vietnamese engineers who planted those posts – there was only one [official] from Cambodia who followed the Vietnamese experts” - Kimsour Phirith, SRP spokesmanCAMBODIAN and Vietnamese officials say they are pushing forward bilateral...

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Media progress when reporters are sent to jail for their opinion?

Media progress when reporters are sent to jail for their opinion?

Hang Chakra, editor-in-chief of Khmer Machas Srok newspaper, is still in jail (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) Minister hails media progress in ’09 Friday, 26 February 2010 Kim Yuthana The...

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Who will be Big Brother?

Who will be Big Brother?

Ministers differ on Internet controls Friday, 26 February 2010 Brooke Lewis and Sam Rith The Phnom Penh Post SENIOR ministers on Thursday were in apparent disagreement over the extent to which the state-owned company Telecom Cambodia would be able to block access to individual Web sites if it were granted...

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Cambodia opens luxury casino

Cambodia opens luxury casino

Feb 26, 2010 AP PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) - CAMBODIA opened a luxury, US$100 million casino on Friday hoping to attract more foreign tourists and promote its fast-growing entertainment industry, casino owners said. The Titan King Casino, located along the Vietnam border, is one of a number that have sprung...

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Cambodian opposition leader faces new lawsuit

Cambodian opposition leader faces new lawsuit

February 26, 2010 Xinhua Cambodia's opposition leader faced a new lawsuit Friday filed by the government for spreading false information and public document, a government lawyer said. Ky Tech, a government lawyer said he had submitted a government lawsuit on Friday to a Phnom Penh Court against Sam Rainsy...

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Cambodia to again sue opposition leader Sam Rainsy

Cambodia to again sue opposition leader Sam Rainsy

Mr Rainsy says the charges are an attempt to silence the opposition Friday, 26 February 2010 BBC News "The court in Cambodia is just a political tool for the ruling party to crack down on...

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Vietnam helps build information system for Cambodian legislature [-Couldn't Cambodia do anything on her own?]

Vietnam helps build information system for Cambodian legislature [-Couldn't Cambodia do anything on her own?]

02/26/2010 VOV News The National Assemblies of Vietnam and Cambodia will soon kick-start a project to install network equipment for information processing and Intranet access at all agencies of the Cambodia National Assembly. The agreement was reached at a working session between the two countries’ legislators...

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Thai Court Rules to Seize $1.4 Billion From Thaksin

Thai Court Rules to Seize $1.4 Billion From Thaksin

A supporter of Thaksin Shinawatra walked past a poster showing the fugitive prime minister FEBRUARY 26, 2010 By PHISANU PHROMCHANYA The Wall Street Journal BANGKOK—Thailand's Supreme Court...

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Cambodia files new suit against opposition leader

Cambodia files new suit against opposition leader

The Cambodian government has filed a fresh lawsuit against the country's fugitive opposition leader, Sam Rainsy (pictured), over claims he forged and published a false map of the border with...

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Thailand undaunted over Hun Sen's planned border visit: Suthep

Thailand undaunted over Hun Sen's planned border visit: Suthep

BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday downplayed concerns over the planned weekend visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Cambodian troops near the Thai border, saying security measures along the border have been well-prepared. Mr Suthep, who oversees...

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Cambodia files new suit against opposition leader

Cambodia files new suit against opposition leader

The Cambodian government has filed a fresh lawsuit against the country's fugitive opposition leader, Sam Rainsy (pictured), over claims he forged and published a false map of the border with...

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Thailand undaunted over Hun Sen's planned border visit: Suthep

Thailand undaunted over Hun Sen's planned border visit: Suthep

BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday downplayed concerns over the planned weekend visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Cambodian troops near the Thai border, saying security measures along the border have been well-prepared. Mr Suthep, who oversees...

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If found guilty, Sam Rainsy could be sentenced up to 18 years in prison: Ky Tech about Hun Xen's travesty of justice

If found guilty, Sam Rainsy could be sentenced up to 18 years in prison: Ky Tech about Hun Xen's travesty of justice

(Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) Cambodia's opposition leader faces new lawsuit Friday, February 26, 2010 AP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Prime Minister Hun Sen's government filed a lawsuit Friday...

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Long Beach student, business owner raise funds for toddler's surgery

Long Beach student, business owner raise funds for toddler's surgery

Millikan High senior Lauren Briand and Socheat Nha in Briand's Long Beach home on Wednesday. (Jeff Gritchen/Press-Telegram) Socheat Nha at Lauren Briand's home. Behind her is Nha's father,...

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Victims of acid attack in Cambodia

Victims of acid attack in Cambodia

Oeng Sodine (L), a 18-year-old victim of an acid attack, rests near Som Bunnarith (R), a 39-year-old fellow victim, while receiving treatment at the Cambodia Acid Survivors Charity in Kandal...

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Who Delay the Anti-corruption Legislation? Op-Ed by Kok Sap

Who Delay the Anti-corruption Legislation? Op-Ed by Kok Sap

Xok An 25 February 2010 By Kok Sap http://khamerlogue.wordpress.com When a government abused laws, the unlawful runs the country.Constitution-Article 101 states: "The functions of members...

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Government to lodge a lawsuit against Sam Rainsy by today

Government to lodge a lawsuit against Sam Rainsy by today

(Photo: AFP) Friday, 26 February 2010 By Khmerization Sources: Kampuchea Thmey and RFI The Cambodian government said it has completed preparing lawsuit documents against opposition Sam...

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