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Three jailed for Cambodia killingsOct 14 - A Cambodian court has sentenced three former Khmer Rouge soldiers to 20 years in prison for the kidnap and murders of a British mine clearance expert and his interpreter.
Source : topix.net | 15-Oct-2008 09:12
PM: Cambodians not to fear economically strong China
Cambodia should view China's economic prosperity as an opportunity but not a threat, national media Wednesday quoted Prime Minister Hun Sen as telling the two-day Fourth Asia Economic Forum here Tuesday.
Source : topix.net | 15-Oct-2008 04:41
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He's taken his half and all his worthy goods to some land his parents own. Tuesday, October 14, 2008 VIDEO: Husband and wife split everything 50-50 after divorce A house in Cambodia is physically sliced in half ...
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 18:41
Three Jailed For Briton's Murder
A Cambodian court has sentenced three former Khmer Rouge soldiers to 20 years in prison for the kidnap and murder of British mine clearance expert Christopher Howes.
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 05:05
Cambodian Couple Saw House In Half In Divorce
A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday.
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 23:56
New talks in Preah Vihear Temple row
Oct 13 - Thailand and Cambodia launch a new round of talks to resolve their dispute over the 900-year-old temple.
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 15:43
Husband takes half the house in divorce
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian couple decided to circumvent the country's notoriously corrupt and expensive court system in their divorce case by dividing their house in half, literally, local media reported on ...
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 11:18
Viet Nam, Cambodia agree on co-operation, border marking
Viet Nam and Cambodia have agreed to focus on co-operating in areas that the two countries are good at while continuing to speed up work on border markers.
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 03:10
Sentence reduced for convicted Russian pedophile
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia : A former Russian businessman convicted of sexually abusing a Cambodian girl had his prison term reduced but still faces another trial for similar offenses involving 18 other victims, ...
Source : topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 03:06
Vietnam, Cambodia reinforce communication links
The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has reached a number of wide-ranging cooperation agreements with the Cambodian ministries of Information, and Post and Telecommunication.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 11:10
Cambodian court reduces Russian pedophile's sentence
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court has upheld a child sex abuse conviction against Russian businessman Alexander Trofimov, but reduced his prison sentence from 13 to 6 years, state media said Friday.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 02:57
Richmond-Based Charity Expands To Cambodia
The Richmond-based Christian Children's Fund is expanding into Cambodia. Christian Children's Fund, in partnership with ChildFund Australia, plans to help build primary schools and recruit, mentor and train ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 18:48
Cambodian couple saws house in divorce settlement
A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday.The husband, 42-year-old Moeun ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 14:29
OSK Indochina Bank opens in Phnom Penh
KUALA LUMPUR: OSK Indochina Bank Ltd had on Friday commenced commercial banking operations in Phnom Penh.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 09:54
Cambodian couple saw home in half after separation
A married couple in Cambodia who had "finally had enough" of each other have gone their separate ways by literally cutting their home in half.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 13:20
Japan may slash funds for clearing land mines in Cambodia
The Cambodian Mine Action Center has expressed concern over a proposed 50 percent cut from Japan's annual aid contribution to clear land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, national media reported ...
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 08:43
PM to visit Sihanouk in Beijing during first official post-poll tour
Despite a recent communique from the King Father asking to be left alone for his birthday, Hun Sen says his meeting will go ahead GOVERNMENT officials have confirmed that Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to visit ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 18:16
Irrigation advances fuel Cambodian rice dream
By Ek Madra
TRAMKOK, Cambodia (Reuters) - Sok Sarin flashes a toothless grin as he looks at his newly built house and remembers how the other farmers laughed when he pioneered new rice-growing techniques in his district in southern Cambodia.
Better irrigation, training in how to select seeds and cheap fertilizer made from wild plants and animal or bat droppings have more than doubled the yield from his rice fields to 3.4 tons per hectare from 1.5 tons.
"No one believed that this idea would work. Now they follow me and they have good harvests," said Sarin, 60.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 10:13
High U.S. tariffs hurt Cambodian garment sector
High U.S. tariffs are hurting Cambodia's garment sector, with the industry complaining that high import costs and a slowing U.S. economy could sink the Kingdom's key industry, state media reported Tuesday.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 02:07
2 Thai Soldiers Wounded by Land Mine near Cambodia
Land mine explosions wounded two Thai soldiers Monday near the border with Cambodia, army officials said, three days after both sides exchanged gunfire near a disputed 11th century temple.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 18:01
Free breakfast on menu for Cambodia school kids
The U.N. food agency is resuming free breakfasts for hundreds of thousands of poor Cambodian schoolchildren after securing new funds for a program suspended due to high food prices, the agency said Tuesday.
Under the revived scheme, 450,000 schoolchildren in the countryside will be fed meals in classes before starting their daily lessons.
The new school year started Oct. 1, and food distribution is now under way for students in 1,344 rural schools in 12 Cambodian provinces, said Bradley Busetto, acting director of the U.N. World Food Program in Cambodia.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 13:32
FEATURE: Poor Cambodians turning to dog meat for snacks, protein
A Cambodian woman grills dog meat in Phnom Penh for sale to customers, many of whom are fi... With higher food prices cutting into the livelihoods of poorer Cambodians, some are turning to dog meat as a cheaper ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 13:22
Templed Out in Cambodia - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Top 5 Discoveries in Cambodia 5. Cambodians are pleasant, mild-mannered people. They have a singsong accent and are surprisingly nice even when you bargain unreasonably.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 03:13
Cambodia protests Thai armed confrontation
The Cambodian government sent a letter to Thailand on Saturday to protest an armed confrontation Friday with Thai troops near a disputed border temple that resulted in casualties on both sides.
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 03:07
Cambodian prince steps down
PRINCE Norodom Ranariddh, a key leader in post-civil war Cambodia, has resigned as his party's chief and also quit politics just days after returning home from 18 months in exile, his party said on Saturday.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 14:44
Cambodian and Thai troops clash at border
"Two of our troops were slightly wounded, and I heard three soldiers on the Cambodian side were wounded.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 03:05
Ex-Khmer Rouge soldiers tried for murder of Briton
Five former Khmer Rouge soldiers went on trial Friday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a British mine-clearing expert and his Cambodian colleague 12 years ago.
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 22:30
PM calls for Cambodian workers in Thailand to return home
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has appealed to Cambodian workers in Thailand to return home, saying that labor markets in Cambodia are eager for workers and that wages have gone up significantly, national ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 07:06
Cambodia's genocide trial delayed until next year
The start of the first trial at Cambodia's genocide tribunal is likely to be delayed until early next year because more time is needed to deal with an appeal for more charges against a Khmer Rouge defendant, ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Oct-2008 22:14
Molecular Surveillance for Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum, Cambodia
Naman K. Shah, Alisa P. Alker, Rithy Sem, Agustina Ika Susanti, Sinuon Muth, Jason D. Maguire, Socheat Duong, Frederic Ariey, Steven R. Meshnick, and Chansuda Wongsrichanalai Author affiliations: University of ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Oct-2008 03:08
PM to visit Cambodia, seeks end to row
The disputes over Ta Muen Tom and Ta Kwai temples will be high on the agenda of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat when he visits Cambodia on Oct 13.
Source : topix.net | 01-Oct-2008 02:52
Just how ready to fight are the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces?
The recent border standoff over Preah Vihear temple threw a spotlight on RCAF by beaming around the world images of flip-flop-wearing Cambodian soldiers with rusty guns HENG CHIVOAN Cambodian soldiers sit in a ...
Source : topix.net | 30-Sep-2008 12:46
Water buffalo races end Cambodia festival
Thousands of Cambodians converged on a village northeast of the capital Monday for annual water buffalo races which bring the country's festival for the dead to a close.
Source : topix.net | 30-Sep-2008 00:18
Siem Reap: Cambodia Hotel Guide :: Siem Reap's Hotel De La Paix
HotelChatter and Jaunted Contributing Editor Claire Duffett is now reporting from Cambodia and this week she is giving us the low-down on the hotel scene.
Source : topix.net | 29-Sep-2008 12:32
Pardoned prince returns from exile
Prince Norodom Ranariddh has arrived back home in Cambodia, ending his self-imposed exile after receiving a royal pardon for his fraud conviction.
Source : topix.net | 28-Sep-2008 12:17
Study: Mental health during pregnancy impacts child in Cambodia
A strong correlation between mental health problems during pregnancy and low birth weight and stunted childhood development has been identified by a study aiming to raise the profile of maternal mental health ...
Source : topix.net | 27-Sep-2008 21:54
Cambodian Molestation Victims Discuss Abuse
Seven Cambodian girls, some weeping and holding stuffed toys, described for a Los Angeles federal court judge Thursday the physical and emotional pain inflicted by a retired Marine Corps captain convicted of ...
Source : topix.net | 26-Sep-2008 21:45
'Bad luck' as Cambodia PM renews beauty pageant ban
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday renewed his ban on beauty pageants in the South-East Asian country, calling a previous beauty contest "bad luck". Hun Sen said the Miss Cambodia pageant in 1993 was ...
Source : topix.net | 26-Sep-2008 13:35
36 Hours in Phnom Penh
THERE'S another revolution going on in Phnom Penh . Once home to the Communist Khmer Rouge , Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, now has its own KFC and other capitalist trappings.
Source : topix.net | 26-Sep-2008 09:00
Continue reading "Former Burton man, Jason Baumbach, arrested in Cambodia on sex charges"
A former Burton man is in a Cambodian prison on charges he had sex with a 13-year-old girl there.
Source : topix.net | 26-Sep-2008 04:35
HRP holds steady on NA boycott
HE OPPOSITION Human Rights Party held firm on their commitment to boycott Wednesday's opening session of the National Assembly, despite a last-minute deal that saw Sam Rainsy Party members change their stance.
Source : topix.net | 25-Sep-2008 20:32
Cambodia slips in corruption rating
The new Transparency International graft rankings are out and the Kingdom has dropped five positions from last year, now 14 from bottom C AMBODIA'S annual corruption rating has plummeted, according to an ...
Source : topix.net | 24-Sep-2008 23:23
The Killing School - Toul Sleng, Cambodia. 1990.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1990 was still in the midst of war and under nighttime curfew.
Source : topix.net | 23-Sep-2008 23:16
1,700 balloons released outside Cambodian prison
A leading Cambodian human rights group renewed its call Tuesday for the release of two men believed to have been framed for murdering a prominent labor leader and government critic.
Source : topix.net | 23-Sep-2008 15:13
Last-minute lobbying delays Cabinet list
Last minute jockeying and lobbying yesterday forced a delay in the submission of the new Cabinet list for royal endorsement.
Source : topix.net | 23-Sep-2008 07:10
US man held on sex charges
Suspect, who court says was target of monthlong investigation, faces 15 years in prison if convicted of paying to have sex with a 13-year-old Cambodian girl HENG CHIVOAN American Jason Todd Baumbach is escorted ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Sep-2008 17:28