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See-and-treat approach can rein in Cambodia's cervical cancer death toll - The Guardian

See-and-treat approach can rein in Cambodia's cervical cancer death toll
The Guardian
Every year worldwide there are an estimated 530,000 new cases of cervical cancer. The disease kills 250,000 women a year, 85% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries, like Cambodia, where it is the country's most common cancer and killing ...
QIAGEN joins Cambodia's cervical cancer awareness campaign and ...EIN News (press release)

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 10:25 am

Cambodia-Japan trade volume up 14% in 3 months - Shanghai Daily (subscription)

Cambodia-Japan trade volume up 14% in 3 months
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
PHNOM PENH, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and Japan had amounted to 180 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of this year, up 14 percent compared with the 158 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 5:38 am

In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade - TIME

In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
TIME
On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country's arcane Cardamom Mountains. A year on, his family is no closer to learning the truth of what happened that fateful day and why.

Source: cambodia - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 4:01 am

Rota volunteers learn from Cambodia trip - The Peninsula - Peninsula On-line

Gulf Times

Rota volunteers learn from Cambodia trip - The Peninsula
Peninsula On-line
DOHA: It was a life changing experience for the female volunteers who recently returned from a trip to Cambodia organised by Reach Out To Asia (Rota). “Visiting Cambodia has changed me. I have come back to Doha knowing I need to do something.
Rota holds reflection event to celebrate successful volunteer trip to CambodiaGulf Times

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 12:39 am

Cambodia Opposition Party Awaits Election Registration Approval - Radio Free Asia

Voice of America

Cambodia Opposition Party Awaits Election Registration Approval
Radio Free Asia
Cambodia's electoral body is scrutinizing a bid by the main opposition National Rescue Party's to contest in the July general election, saying approval has been given to five of eight parties to field candidates in the polls. The Cambodia National ...
Cambodia PM will retire - in 2028 - Vancouver SunVancouver Sun
8 political parties register to run in Cambodia's July pollsGlobal Times
Hun Sen Says Infighting Is Rife Inside Opposition CNRPThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Voice of America
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 11:26 pm

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts brings 1927 Cambodia to life - WNN - Women News Network

WNN - Women News Network

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts brings 1927 Cambodia to life
WNN - Women News Network
A new exhibit in the U.S. based New York Public Library for the Performing Arts called Season of Cambodia shows the show 'Memory Preserved: Glass Plates Photographs of the Royal Cambodian Dancers' that outlines the cultural history that was active in ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 9:56 pm

Cambodia charges Taiwanese woman with trafficking fishermen - UPI.com

Cambodia charges Taiwanese woman with trafficking fishermen
UPI.com
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, May 13 (UPI) -- A Taiwanese woman has been arrested on charges she sold Cambodians into slavery to work on fishing boats around the world, officials say. A Cambodian judge questioned the woman, Lin Yu Shin, 53, for nearly ...
Court Charges Woman With Trafficking Cambodians to AfricaThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Cambodian court charges woman from China's Taiwan with trafficking fishermenPeople's Daily Online

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 3:03 pm

Vietnam rubber firms illegally take land in Cambodia, Laos, group says - New Straits Times

New Internationalist (blog)

Vietnam rubber firms illegally take land in Cambodia, Laos, group says
New Straits Times
Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), two of Vietnam's largest companies, used thuggish tactics to evict people in Cambodia and Laos from forest land they depended on for their livelihoods, the group said in a report ...
Rubber barons are robbing Cambodia and LaosNew Internationalist (blog)
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabsThe Guardian
How the World Bank funds illegal logging in Cambodia and LaosGlobalPost
Blue & Green Tomorrow -Radio Free Asia -BBC News
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 7:14 am

Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi - The Nation

Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
The Nation
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia - providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity.

Source: cambodia - Google News | 12 May 2013 | 5:30 pm

As vote nears, Cambodia opposition urges sanction threat

Cambodia's opposition leader is calling on the United States to impose sanctions against strongman Hun Sen if upcoming elections are unfair, saying that Myanmar showed how foreign pressure can work.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 10 May 2013 | 4:51 pm

India to provide Cambodia indelible ink for polls

Phnom Penh, May 10 (IANS) India will provide 40,000 bottles of indelible ink to Cambodia to be used in the country's general election in July, the National Election Committee(NEC) said Friday.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 10 May 2013 | 1:14 pm

WHO says Cambodia can end HIV infections by 2020

Cambodia is on track to become one of the few countries in the world to successfully reverse its HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 10 May 2013 | 11:17 am

SMC, partner to invest $1.5B for Cambodia air stake buy-in

Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation, through Philippine Airlines (PAL), and its Cambodian partner is planning to invest $1.5 billion for the acquisition of about 20 aircraft for Cambodia Airlines.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 9 May 2013 | 6:16 pm

Cambodia statue highlights murder mystery

Nearly 10 years after he was shot dead in Phnom Penh, many believe union leader Chea Vichea's killer is still at large.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 6 May 2013 | 11:46 am

Cambodia unveils statue of slain union leader

Rights groups say murder of Chea Vichea, founder of the Free Trade Union, is symbol of country's culture of impunity.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 4 May 2013 | 5:58 am

The Met Will Return a Pair of Statues to Cambodia - New York Times

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The Met Will Return a Pair of Statues to Cambodia
New York Times
Six weeks ago the Metropolitan Museum of Art sent two of its top executives to Cambodia to resolve a thorny dispute: whether two pieces of ancient Khmer art that the museum has long prominently exhibited were the product of looting. Enlarge This Image ...
NYC's Met to return 10th-century stone statues to CambodiaFox News
Met to Return Ancient Statues to CambodiaLiveScience.com
New York Museum to Return 10th Century Statues to Cambodia - VOAVoice of America
Cinema Blend -TheCelebrityCafe.com
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 4 May 2013 | 12:41 am

Cambodia detains Canadian tourist on child-prostitution charges

TORONTO - A Canadian tourist is awaiting trial in Cambodia after being arrested on child-prostitution charges.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 3 May 2013 | 8:00 am

Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria

Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease, scientists said on Sunday.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 28 Apr 2013 | 4:10 pm

Cambodia 'altering maps': Thai legal team

The Hague (The Nation/ANN) - Testifying at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday, Thailand's legal team rejected Cambodia's allegation that Bangkok had made a "unilateral delimitation" of the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple, and accused Cambodia of doctoring maps submitted to the court.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 18 Apr 2013 | 5:50 am

Cambodia's ICJ stance 'expected': Thailand

The Hague (The Nation/ANN) - The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, began hearings on the Thailand-Cambodia territorial dispute over the land surrounding the Preah Vihear Temple yesterday.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 16 Apr 2013 | 4:50 am

Attorney silenced at Khmer Rouge tribunal - United Press International

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- An attorney for a former Khmer Rouge leader was repeatedly cut off at a Cambodian tribunal for questioning the government's complicity in thousands of deaths. The microphone of Andrew Ianuzzi, representing ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 12:41 pm

Cambodia's ruling party "no concern" over merger plan of two main opposition parties - Xinhua News Agency

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has "no fear or concern" over the merger plan of the two main opposition parties ahead of a general election in July next year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday. It was the ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 8:23 am

Swiss-Cambodian ties increasing - Phnom Penh Post

Trade between Cambodia and Switzerland amounted to about US$60 million during 2011, with a 37 per cent increase in Cambodian exports to Switzerland, compared to 2010, according to Switzerland’s honourary consul general Pierre Tami. Tami and about 150 ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 4:56 am

Analysis: ASEAN path to economic union muddied by South China Sea - NBCNews.com

"It's not going to hold progress (on integration) hostage," ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told diplomats in Jakarta, referring to a recent meeting in Cambodia, where rifts over the South China Sea prevented the group's foreign ministers from ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 9:03 pm

Philippines hits out at Cambodia in China row - YAHOO!

The Philippines said Tuesday it had summoned Cambodia's ambassador to explain comments he made accusing it and Vietnam of playing "dirty politics" in trying to solve a maritime row with China. The move appeared to further deepen divisions within the 10 ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 4:46 pm

Philippines and Cambodia in South China Sea row - BBC News

The Philippines has summoned Cambodia's ambassador over comments linked to Manila's territorial row with Beijing. Hos Sereythonh was asked to explain remarks accusing the Philippines and Vietnam of playing "dirty politics" over the issue of ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 11:56 pm

Clearing up some points regarding Cambodia - Bangkok Post

I wish to clear up some points of misperception written by Thitinan Pongsudhirak in the opinion section of the Bangkok Post on July 27 entitled ''Asean rifts widen as China, US rivalry grows''. First, those who said the Peace Palace was ''funded and ...

Source: Cambodia - Bing News | 29 Jul 2012 | 8:16 pm