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Los Angeles Times - Sun Dec 6, 3:11 am ET
The trial of Khmer Rouge prison commander Comrade Duch underscores the difficulties of such an endeavor in a country with a reputation for corruption and a compromised judiciary. The scene at the untidy conclusion of Cambodia's first war crimes trial was telling: a French defense lawyer with his face buried in his hands.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 9:57 pm ET
A group of Uighurs who have fled China are seeking asylum through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an overseas activist group said, adding that other would-be refugees had been captured while fleeing China after ethnic riots in their homeland in July.
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KTVB Boise - Sat Dec 5, 8:13 pm ET
BOISE -- A foreign military from the Kingdom of Cambodia is in Boise Saturday. Their military mission is to learn about the Army and Air National Guards. Four months ago, the Idaho National Guard formally entered a partnership with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. There are similar programs around the country that are forming military partnerships and civil cooperation. Dressed in their ...
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The Huffington Post - Sat Dec 5, 1:43 pm ET
Angelina Jolie has joined Ben Affleck and Demi Moore in an effort to highlight the plight of desperate women in Third World countries by narrating a video about a teenage Cambodian sex slave.
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FOX 12 Idaho - Fri Dec 4, 2:18 am ET
A group of 22 Uighurs who fled after ethnic rioting in western China are seeking asylum in Cambodia after using an underground network of missionaries in China that has helped North Korean refugees in the past.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 9:31 pm ET
Kampong Trach, Cambodia - On a small plot of earth 10 kilometres outside a dusty provincial town in southern Cambodia, farmer Nuon Yan tends his crop. Like most farmers in Cambodia, Nuon Yan grows rice. But today he is tending his other crop: Kampot ...
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Everett Herald - Thu Dec 3, 6:48 pm ET
HANOI, Vietnam — When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Many become hooked, and the World Health Organization warned today it is a tradition putting the health of both mothers and babies at risk.
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FOX 6 News Birmingham - Thu Dec 3, 4:48 pm ET
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.
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The Brown and White - Thu Dec 3, 1:52 pm ET
A group of Lehigh students and professors traveled to Cambodia, from Oct. 30 to Nov.8, as part of an effort to forge a partnership between Lehigh and nonprofit organization Caring for Cambodia.
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CBS News - Thu Dec 3, 1:30 pm ET
Pregnant Women who Suffer Morning Sickness Often Use Chewing Tobacco for Nausea; Many Become Hooked
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New York Daily News - Thu Dec 3, 11:47 am ET
Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said Thursday.
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The Collegian - Thu Dec 3, 11:30 am ET
Abdul Sheikh arrived in the United States at 16, alone and afraid on an early morning in December 2000. Related posts: A&S grad school merging with Continuing Studies Core replaced with seminars Student sells Caring Chains to help Cambodian children
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 7:23 am ET
HANOI, Vietnam - When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Many become hooked, and the World Health Organization warned Thursday it is a tradition putting the health of both mothers and babies at risk.
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Denver Post - Thu Dec 3, 3:33 am ET
Twenty-two members of a Chinese ethnic group who participated in violent demonstrations against China last summer have surfaced in Cambodia, sparking concerns that Cambodia will ignore their requests for asylum and return them to China.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:57 am ET
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday denied interfering with the UN-backed Khmer Rouge court, but repeated warnings that pursuing more suspects from the 1970s regime could spark civil war.