Cambodian king pardons convicted Thai spy
AFP - 49 minutes agoCambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni Friday pardoned a Thai man jailed for seven years for spying on fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, a Cambodian government spokesman said.
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Four premiers to attend opening of Southeast AsianGames
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 1:47 am ETVientiane - The prime ministers of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the 25th Southeast Asian Games being hosted by Laos this month, state media reported Tuesday. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen,...
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Alleged Thai spy in Cambodian court
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 1:33 am ETA Thai man went on trial Tuesday for allegedly spying on Thailand's former prime minister while he was in Cambodia as a guest of the government, a case that threatens to worsen a diplomatic feud between the two nations.
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A Race Changes Lives in Cambodia
New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 1:06 am ETThe annual Angkor Wat event is part of a campaign to help the disabled gain acceptance in the country, which has a high concentration of people with disabilities, many of them land mine survivors.
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Swimming to Spalding
Backstage.com - Mon Dec 7, 10:25 pm ETRiffing on the late monologuist Spalding Gray's seminal "Swimming to Cambodia" is an ambitious—and some might say foolhardy—undertaking.
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Galatea introduces 'Mercy Pearls'
National Jeweler - Mon Dec 7, 4:35 pm ETSan Dimas, Calif.--Chi Huynh, founder and chief executive officer of Galatea: Jewelry by Artist, is donating the first white South Sea and red coral Galatea Mercy Pearl from his company's new pearl-farming venture in Vietnam for an auction to benefit Friends Without A Border, a charitable organization that supports the Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia.
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World Vision Continues Around-the-World Tour to Find the 'True Spirit of Christmas'
Christian News Wire - Mon Dec 7, 9:11 am ETLUSAKA, Zambia, Dec. 7 / Christian Newswire / -- Since November 19, World Vision and thousands of people around the world have been traveling the globe in search of the Christmas spirit as part of the Christian humanitarian agency's "Spirit of Christmas" tour . The month-long tour features interviews and stories with children and families in the United States, Ecuador, Cambodia, Zambia and ...
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'I pray every day they're caught'
The Stockton Record - Sun Dec 6, 10:01 pm ETSTOCKTON - They had hung a purple drape across two walls of their front room for the ceremony. A monk sat on a cushion at the front of the room, and beside him an elderly man sang a Khmer song of mourning.
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Cambodia's first war crimes trial marred by flaws
Los Angeles Times - Sun Dec 6, 3:11 am ETThe 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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Uighurs flee China, seek asylum in Cambodia: exile group
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 9:57 pm ETA 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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Cambodian military visits Gowen Field
KTVB Boise - Sat Dec 5, 8:13 pm ETBOISE -- 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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Angelina Jolie Narrates Story Of Cambodian Sex Slave
The Huffington Post - Sat Dec 5, 1:43 pm ETAngelina 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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Uighurs who fled China in Cambodia seeking asylum
FOX 12 Idaho - Fri Dec 4, 2:18 am ETA 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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Cambodian pepper farmers set to gain from 'champagne' status - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 9:31 pm ETKampong 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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Cambodian moms’ chew habit decried
Everett Herald - Thu Dec 3, 6:48 pm ETHANOI, 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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Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea
FOX 6 News Birmingham - Thu Dec 3, 4:48 pm ETHANOI, 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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