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Cambodia's dengue fever death toll sharply falls this year - Xinhua


Cambodia's dengue fever death toll sharply falls this year
Xinhua
Ngan Chantha, director of dengue control at the Health Ministry, was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying that there were 11625 cases of dengue fever and ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 30 Dec 2009 | 8:34 pm

Preah Vihear resolution overturned - Bangkok Post

Thailand pledged in the memo to support Cambodia in nominating the Preah Vihear temple to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) as a World Heritage site. Attached to the document was a map of the overlapping ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 30 Dec 2009 | 7:00 pm

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border - The Guardian

Associated Press Writers= PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) â O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 30 Dec 2009 | 5:05 pm

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border - The Guardian

Associated Press Writers= PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) â O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 30 Dec 2009 | 5:05 pm

Genocide Charge Could Delay Trial: Observers

New charges of genocide for four jailed Khmer Rouge leaders could create a delay in bringing them to trial, court observers say. (30 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:55 pm

Many Forced Evictions on Horizon: Groups

Dozens of urban poor communities in the capital are facing the prospect of evictions with little compensation, a broad coalition of rights groups and housing advocates said Wednesday. (30 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:50 pm

Kasit defends record in office - Bangkok Post

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has defended his performance over the past 12 months - particularly in dealing with the Thai-Cambodia dispute - insisting he will not resign from his post. Mr Kasit yesterday responded to public criticism and polls that ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 30 Dec 2009 | 2:49 pm

Kasit defends record in office - Bangkok Post


Thai News Agency MCOT

Kasit defends record in office
Bangkok Post
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has defended his performance over the past 12 months - particularly in dealing with the Thai-Cambodia dispute - insisting he ...
FM Kasit urges PM Hun Sen to consider Thai-Cambodian relations as priorityThai News Agency MCOT
'Thai spy' Sivarak to return to Phnom PenhThe Nation
Sivarak to return to work in P.PenhBangkok Post

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 30 Dec 2009 | 12:54 pm

Judge Orders Reinvestigation in Bomb Plot Case

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday ordered a reinvestigation of five bombing suspects, citing incomplete evidence by investigating judges. (30 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 30 Dec 2009 | 10:56 am

Groups Continue Opposition of Seizure Law

Rights and housing advocates on Wednesday continued to rail against a new law on imminent domain that they say will make it easier for people to lose their land. (30 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 30 Dec 2009 | 10:44 am

H5N1 found in Cambodia - Stockhouse

Average quality rating by the Stockhouse community. The duck farm in Chung Chong-Namdo (Gobuk-myeon, Seo-san city) holds 26,800 duck of which 40 birds were found to be positive for H5N2. The source of the infection could not be established. As part ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 30 Dec 2009 | 4:26 am

Sivarak to return to work in Cambodia (The Nation - Thailand's English news)

A Thai engineer pardoned from jail term in Cambodia for stealing flight plan of fugitive Thai PM will return to work in Cambodia, his mother said Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 29 Dec 2009 | 9:50 pm

Cambodia's lightning deaths up 50 pct this year over 2008 - Investors Business Daily

PHNOM PENH, Dec 29, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Lightning has killed 140 people this year in Cambodia, a more than 50 percent increase over the number of people killed by lightning in 2008, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the figures from ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 29 Dec 2009 | 8:20 pm

Australian man found dead in Cambodia (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has confirmed that an Australian man died in Cambodia two days ago.

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 29 Dec 2009 | 2:15 pm

South Korea Suspends Immigration Permits

South Korea has temporarily suspended labor contracts for Cambodian workers, claiming they will have to wait until April 2010 before they can renew work there. (29 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 29 Dec 2009 | 1:35 pm

At Monk Congress, Chea Sim Urges Peace

Chea Sim, the president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, appealed to all Cambodians on Tuesday to embrace Buddhism and let go of jealousy and violence in favor of peace, political stability, social order and development. (29 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 29 Dec 2009 | 1:29 pm

Aussie 'clubbed to death' in Cambodia - Sydney Morning Herald


Aussie 'clubbed to death' in Cambodia
Sydney Morning Herald
Officers identified the victim as John Edward Thompson, 47, who was killed early on Monday morning in the southern town of Sihanoukville, according to the ...

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:26 pm

Cambodia: Real Estate Sector - Roubini.com (subscription)


Cambodia: Real Estate Sector
Roubini.com (subscription)
Cambodia's real estate sector was poised for rapid growth before the global economic downturn took hold. Recent oil and gas finds off the southern coast ...
Cambodia: Commodity SectorRoubini.com (subscription)

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 11:15 am

Cambodia Draws Asian Investors: Analyst

Cambodia has so far been unable to court long-term investors from the West and is instead looking toward Asia and neighboring countries, a leading economist said Monday. (29 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 29 Dec 2009 | 10:57 am

Tribunal Throws Out Civil Party Appeal

The Supreme Court Chamber of the Khmer Rouge tribunal has announced it will take no action in a motion by civil parties who wanted a greater role in the closing sessions of the trial of prison chief Kaing Kek Iev. (29 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 29 Dec 2009 | 10:52 am

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border - 24 Medica


New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
24 Medica
Yet this spot on the Thai-Cambodian border is home to a form of malaria that keeps rendering one powerful drug after another useless. ...
Drug Resistant Malaria is Getting WorseUN Dispatch

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 29 Dec 2009 | 9:57 am

Le Meridien Angkor voted World Travel Awards as Cambodia’s Leading Hotel and Cambodia’s Leading Spa. (Thaipr.net)

For the third year in a row, Le Meridien Angkor has been recognised at the World Travel Awards as Cambodia’s Leading Hotel and Cambodia’s Leading Spa. The biggest of its kind, The World Travel Awards

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 29 Dec 2009 | 12:14 am

Viet Nam to promote $6b investment in Cambodia (Asia News Network)

Viet Nam and Cambodia signed deals worth US$6 billion at a conference held in HCM City last Saturday to promote Vietnamese investment in Cambodia.

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 9:01 pm

Thailand Eager To Improve Ties With Cambodia (Bernama)

BANGKOK, Dec 29 (Bernama) -- The Government of Thailand wants to improve diplomatic relations with Cambodia but needs to protect its prestige and sovereignty, according to the Vietnam news agency's (VNA) report on Monday.

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 6:04 pm

Thailand Eager To Improve Ties With Cambodia - Bernama


Baltimore News Net

Thailand Eager To Improve Ties With Cambodia
Bernama
BANGKOK, Dec 29 (Bernama) -- The Government of Thailand wants to improve diplomatic relations with Cambodia but needs to protect its prestige and ...
Thai premier denies coup allegationsPhnom Penh Post
Ministers ridiculed by govt reportersBangkok Post
Testing times aheadThe Nation, Pakistan
The Nation -Thai News Agency MCOT -Kazakhstan News
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 28 Dec 2009 | 5:54 pm

New Form of Malaria Threatens Thai-Cambodia Border (InteliHealth)

PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) - O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among a tangle of cornfields once littered with deadly land mines.

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 3:41 pm

Cambodia at Fault in Uighur Expulsion: Expert

A leading rights investigator squarely blamed the government for the forced deportation of 20 Uighurs to China last week, as officials failed to examine their asylum status in time. (28 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 28 Dec 2009 | 11:36 am

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (Thailandnews.net)

(AP Photo/David Longstreath)This Aug. 27, 2009 photo shows stacks of expired malaria medication in an NGO's village office near Pailin, Cambodia. Malaria parasites in the Thai-Cambodia area of Pailin,...

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 10:17 am

National Assembly Begins Expropriation Debate

Parliamentarians on Monday began reviewing a controversial draft law that will allow the government to seize private land for development purposes, while opponents say the law will legitimize land-grabs. (28 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 28 Dec 2009 | 8:34 am

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (Thailandnews.net)

PAILIN, Cambodia O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on...

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 8:32 am

King Promotes CPP Leaders to Generals

The three top leaders of the Cambodian People’s Party were awarded military ranks as five-star generals last week, by order of the king. (28 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 28 Dec 2009 | 8:28 am

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (Idaho State Journal)

This Aug. 27, 2009 photo shows Cambodian Seng Srev, 19, at her home in Krachaleur village near Pailin, Cambodia. Srev has contracted malaria several times during her life in rural Cambodia. Malaria parasites in the Thai-Cambodia area of Pailin, Cambodia have become resistant to artemisinin-based therapies according to Non Governmental Agencies working in the region. If this drug stops working ...

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 7:22 am

Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Sam Rainsy

Svay Rieng provincial court issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday, after he failed to appear at an arraignment in the provincial capital. (28 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 28 Dec 2009 | 6:40 am

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (Thailandnews.net)

This Aug. 27, 2009 photo shows stacks of expired malaria medication in an NGO's village office near Pailin, Cambodia. Malaria parasites in the Thai-Cambodia area of Pailin, Cambodia have become resist...

Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for cambodia | 28 Dec 2009 | 5:17 am

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border - Washington Post


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New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
Washington Post
Yet this spot on the Thai-Cambodian border is home to a form of malaria that keeps rendering one powerful drug after another useless. ...
New Form of Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Thai-Cambodia Border2point6billion
Working for a cureColumbia Missourian
New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia borderCTV.ca

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 28 Dec 2009 | 1:51 am

Where Gods and Soldiers Tend the Border in Cambodia - New York Times


New York Times

Where Gods and Soldiers Tend the Border in Cambodia
New York Times
Visitors, including Buddhist monks, make their way along a stone-paved pathway at Preah Vihear Temple on a mountaintop in northern Cambodia. ...

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 25 Dec 2009 | 10:30 pm

China sentences five more to death - Investors Business Daily

... sentenced five more people to death ... were Han Chinese. Tensions between the two groups have been simmering for a long time as the Uighurs resent being ruled by the Hans. In other recent developments, 20 Uighurs who fled to Cambodia to seek ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 25 Dec 2009 | 5:30 am

Vietnamese Fertilizer Plant Opens in Kandal

Cambodia’s largest fertilizer plant began operation in Kandal province on Thursday, a $65 million project funded by Vietnam. (24 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 24 Dec 2009 | 5:23 am

Commission Head Faces Lawmakers on Border Issue

The head of the Cambodian Border Commission faced the National Assembly on Thursday and sharp criticism from an opposition lawmaker, as he sought to clarify Cambodia’s border policy. (24 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 24 Dec 2009 | 4:42 am

Tribunal To Investigate Forced Marriages

Judges for the Khmer Rouge tribunal will begin investigating the practice of forced marriage and intercourse as part of their upcoming case against four senior leaders of the regime, officials announced this week. (24 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 24 Dec 2009 | 4:32 am

Cambodia Bowed to Pressure on Uighurs: Rights Watch

Cambodia received nearly a billion dollars from Beijing the day after it deported Uighur asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch said, claiming China had pressured the country to violate its international agreements. (23 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 23 Dec 2009 | 4:09 am

Locals Want More Say in Resource Development

Local communities, civic groups, media and even law enforcement often have the least opportunities, if any at all, to get involved in the management of timber, oil, minerals and other resources, experts warn. (23 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:48 am

Cham Muslim Women Seek More Rights

Mann Fitas is a 43-year-old Cambodian Muslim living in the capital’s Russey Keo district. She has a husband and five children, and, like many Cham women, she is not satisfied with the role her gender plays in her religion. (23 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 23 Dec 2009 | 3:32 am

China says no strings to aid for Cambodia - Boston Globe

... refugee agency stationed people at the Phnom Penh ... rioting - China’s worst ethnic violence in decades - and that they feared lengthy imprisonment or even the death penalty if they were returned to China. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping,

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 23 Dec 2009 | 12:39 am

China says handling with citizens deported from Cambodia its own affair - Xinhua


Reuters

China says handling with citizens deported from Cambodia its own affair
Xinhua
22 (Xinhua) -- China said on Tuesday that it was the country's internal affair to deal with the citizens deported from Cambodia, who were suspected of ...
Cambodia: Uighurs to Be DeportedNew York Times
China thanks Cambodia for expulsionsThe Associated Press
Cambodia tightens economic links with ChinaReuters
BBC News -AFP -Aljazeera.net
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:52 am

Police Seeking Two Escaped Uighurs

The UN’s refugee agency and the European Union both condemned the forced deportation of Uighurs to China on Saturday, as police began looking for two who escaped custody. (22 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:37 am

Thaksin leaves Cambodia - Straits Times

PHNOM PENH - THAILAND'S fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has left Cambodia after spending more than a week stepping up his advisory role and meeting Thai supporters, an official said on Tuesday. Thaksin, who arrived in Phnom Penh on Dec 13 ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:23 am

Tribunal a Symbol of Justice: Expert

Defense teams for senior Khmer Rouge leaders still have the right motion for a cancellation of genocide charges brought last week, a tribunal expert said Monday. (22 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:20 am

Telecom War Prompts Ministry Price Floor

A telecom price war that saw rates for callers plummet amid steep competition will cease, thanks to a government-directed floor that analysts say runs counter to the ideas of a free market. (22 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 22 Dec 2009 | 6:18 am

First Female Moto-Taxi Driver Shines in Male-Dominated Field

The world of moto-taxi driving in Cambodia has traditionally been dominated by males. But one woman is bucking the trend, in a society where most women stay at home while their husbands go out to work to support the family. (22 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 22 Dec 2009 | 5:20 am

China says $1.2B in aid to Cambodia not linked to SE Asian nation's ... - Newser

A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the aid package to Cambodia has "no strings attached." China has accused the Uighurs of being involved in ethnic rioting in July that pitted the minority group against the majority Han Chinese. Cambodia deported ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 22 Dec 2009 | 2:34 am

Tribunal Seeks More Than $90 Million for Two Years

Administrators for the Khmer Rouge tribunal are looking for an additional $93.3 million, to cover operations for the next two years, but donors have not immediately made pledges. (21 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 21 Dec 2009 | 9:36 am

Khmer Krom Group Urges More Government Support

An overseas group of advocates has requested the government improve its support for the Khmer Kampuchea Krom in both Cambodia and Vietnam. (21 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 21 Dec 2009 | 8:15 am

Deportation of Uighur Asylum Seekers Condemned

The US joined rights groups on Monday in condemning the forced return to China of 20 Uighur asylum seekers over the weekend. (21 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 21 Dec 2009 | 7:55 am

Cambodia to expel 20 Uighur asylum seekers

Cambodia decided on Friday to deport Uighur asylum seekers out of its country despite of concerns from human rights groups for their safety if they are sent back to China. (18 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 18 Dec 2009 | 12:48 pm

Sam Rainsy Summoned by Svay Rieng Court

Svay Rieng provincial court has issued a summons to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is facing charges for allegedly leading a group of villagers to pull up demarcation posts near the Vietnam border in October. (18 Deccember 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 18 Dec 2009 | 9:27 am

Khmer Rouge Tribunal - Feature : For Two Groups, a Chance for Reconciliation

Members of Cambodia’s Cham and Vietnamese groups in Phnom Penh welcomed word from the Khmer Rouge tribunal this week that regime leaders in custody will be charged with genocide, as well as other atrocity crimes. (18 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 18 Dec 2009 | 9:10 am

Cataracts a Leading Cause of Blindness: Doctor

Approximately 19,000 Cambodians are blinded each year from cataracts, a clouding of the lens common in the elderly, a US-Cambodian doctor said Thursday. (18 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 18 Dec 2009 | 8:46 am

Battered Border Road Looks for a Revamp

Locals, government officials and economists say the ill repair of Kampot’s Road 33 does more than slow motorcycles: it slows trade and economic growth. (17 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 17 Dec 2009 | 11:24 am

Review of Uighur Asylum Seekers Underway

Cambodia is cooperating with the UN’s refugee agency in Phnom Penh to determine the status of 22 Uighur asylum seekers who fled China, officials said Wednesday. (17 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 17 Dec 2009 | 10:02 am

High-Level Vietnamese Delegation Arrives

A senior Vietnamese official arrived in Cambodia Thursday to sign a number of agreements on energy, industry and mineral resources, officials said. (17 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 17 Dec 2009 | 6:30 am

ADB Provides Further Funds for Rail Link

The Asian Development Bank will provide $42 million in loans to the Cambodian government to help it revitalize its railway and boost a Southeast Asian trade network, officials said Wednesday. (17 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 17 Dec 2009 | 6:07 am

Photos Show Chams in Another Light

In Cambodia, the group numbers nearly half a million, and most—but not all—are Muslim. And though the group has been here a long time, it is little understood. (16 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 16 Dec 2009 | 11:13 am

Pardon Exposes Inconsistent System: Opposition

The surprising pardon last week of a Thai man convicted on espionage charges demonstrates the ongoing politicization of the judicial system, observers say. (16 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 16 Dec 2009 | 10:55 am

Local Muslims See Little Benefit in Afghanistan ‘Surge’

Members of Cambodia’s Muslim community say an increase of US troops in Afghanistan will not end the war but could instead worsen the conflict and even spread terrorist acts. (15 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 15 Dec 2009 | 6:10 am

Trial Wraps Up for Bomb Plot Suspects

Five men accused of planting bombs outside key government buildings earlier this year were back in court Tuesday, with defense arguing all charges should be dropped against them. (15 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 15 Dec 2009 | 6:04 am

Fight Is About Corruption, Not Government: Advocate

The fight against corruption should not be viewed as antagonistic towards the entire government, a leading anti-graft advocate said Monday. Instead, laws, regulations and policies should be aimed at anyone involved in corruption. (15 December 2009)

Source: VOA News: Top Stories | 15 Dec 2009 | 5:14 am

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