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LDS Church continues to grow in Cambodia - Deseret News

LDS Church continues to grow in Cambodia
Deseret News
On that historic occasion, Eng Bun Houch was called to be president of the Cambodia Phnom Penh North Stake and Ouk Sophal was called as president of the Cambodia Phnom Penh South Stake. “It is wonderful to see the growth of the church in this land,” ...
An AFL umpire's journey…via CambodiaWorld Footy News
Cambodia's 3rd overpass opened to ease traffic jam in capitalGlobalPost
Best Western Opens Turkish Hammam in Phnom Penh, CambodiaASIATravelTips.com

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 31 Jul 2014 | 11:08 am

Thai bus firm to expand into Cambodia - Bangkok Post

Thai bus firm to expand into Cambodia
Bangkok Post
Bus operator Nakhonchai Air plans to open three new services linking Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Kruewan Wongrakmit, managing director of Nakhonchai Air Co, said she hoped to launch new services on routes between Bangkok and Siem Reap and ...

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 31 Jul 2014 | 10:50 am

Abuse of Cambodian Women in China Increases - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

The Phnom Penh Post

Abuse of Cambodian Women in China Increases
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
After eight months of confinement and rape—and two forced abortions—Ratha, then 17, says she escaped from the home of the Chinese man she had been sold to and found her way to the Cambodian Consulate in Guangzhou. “A Cambodian official there ...
The 'hell' of abuse in ChinaThe Phnom Penh Post

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 31 Jul 2014 | 2:08 am

As Cambodia's Financial Sector Grows, So Do Its Challenges - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

As Cambodia's Financial Sector Grows, So Do Its Challenges
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
The National Bank of Cambodia on Wednesday hosted its first annual macroeconomic conference, outlining the need to ensure Cambodia's rapidly growing financial sector supports sustainable and inclusive economic growth while managing greater risks.
Economic policy on the agendaThe Phnom Penh Post

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 31 Jul 2014 | 1:51 am

New York Times Op-Doc Shows Buddhist Monks Helping Cambodia's Imperiled ... - Patheos (blog)

New York Times Op-Doc Shows Buddhist Monks Helping Cambodia's Imperiled ...
Patheos (blog)
In southwest Cambodia, at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains, is a single dirt road that meanders through the heart of the pristine Areng valley. Ten miles down this road, villagers have set up an encampment to stop a hydroelectric dam project that ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 30 Jul 2014 | 10:54 pm

Khmer Rouge tribunal clears way for genocide trial

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A United Nations-assisted tribunal on Wednesday cleared the way to begin the genocide trial of two elderly former top leaders of Cambodia's 1970s Khmer Rouge regime.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 30 Jul 2014 | 10:50 am

Cambodia court begins genocide trial of Khmer Rouge leaders - The Guardian

The Guardian

Cambodia court begins genocide trial of Khmer Rouge leaders
The Guardian
Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge court has begun a second trial of two former regime leaders on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape. The complex case of the regime's two most senior ...
Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal clears the way for genocide trialFox News
Former Khmer Rouge top leaders face genocide trial in CambodiaAl Jazeera America
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge leaders begin genocide trialTVNZ
Deutsche Welle -New Zealand Herald -Bradenton Herald
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 30 Jul 2014 | 9:29 am

Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge leaders start genocide trial

Two former Khmer Rouge leaders began their second trial at a UN-backed court in Cambodia Wednesday on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape. The complex case of the regime's two most senior surviving leaders has been split into a series of smaller trials, initially focusing on the forced evacuation of people into rural labour camps and ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 30 Jul 2014 | 9:07 am

Cambodia Looks to Put Its Rice on the World's Plate - New York Times

New York Times

Cambodia Looks to Put Its Rice on the World's Plate
New York Times
KBAL GOH, Cambodia — For as long as Cambodian rice farmers can remember, their product has had an unsavory reputation. Tough, dirty and unmilled, it was impossible to cook evenly, and even farmers traded it as pig feed in exchange for cash or ...

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 30 Jul 2014 | 6:20 am

Khmer Rouge tribunal readies way for genocide case

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday began a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of the two senior surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, under whose rule an estimated 1.7 million people died in the late 1970s from starvation, exhaustion, disease and execution.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 30 Jul 2014 | 4:37 am

Khmer Rouge tribunal to tackle genocide charges

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The slow course of justice for the leaders of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime will inch forward again Wednesday, as a U.N.-backed tribunal holds an initial hearing against a pair of defendants in their 80s facing genocide and other charges.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 29 Jul 2014 | 6:15 am

Cambodian Parties Pick Rights Activist as Key NEC Member - Radio Free Asia

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Cambodian Parties Pick Rights Activist as Key NEC Member
Radio Free Asia
Cambodia's ruling and opposition parties agreed Monday to nominate a top local human rights campaigner as a key member of a national election body in a significant move following an agreement on electoral reforms that broke a one-year political ...
Licadho Head Selected for Neutral Seat on Electoral PanelThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Licadho's Kek accepts NEC seat, with conditionsThe Phnom Penh Post

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 29 Jul 2014 | 12:40 am

A Threat to Cambodia's Sacred Forests - New York Times

New York Times

A Threat to Cambodia's Sacred Forests
New York Times
In southwest Cambodia, at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains, is a single dirt road that meanders through the heart of the pristine Areng valley. Ten miles down this road, villagers have set up an encampment to stop a hydroelectric dam project that ...
Cambodia: indigenous protests repel dam builders - so farThe Ecologist

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 28 Jul 2014 | 10:29 pm

Cambodia: Wave of discontent - Financial Times

Cambodia: Wave of discontent
Financial Times
At 29 years and counting, Hun Sen's lengthy spell as leader of Cambodia ranks alongside only a handful of other fiercely tenacious world figures, including Cameroon's Paul Biya (32 years) and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe (34). Muammer Gaddafi, the ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 28 Jul 2014 | 6:07 pm

Cambodia's deadlock ends but questions linger

Part of the joint accord aimed at ending the political impasse establishes an independent National Election Commission.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 28 Jul 2014 | 10:46 am

Cambodia opposition leader Sam Rainsy endorsed by parliament, ends year-long stalemate

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament endorsed opposition leader Sam Rainsy as a lawmaker on Monday as part of a deal with long-term rival Prime Minister Hun Sen that both leaders hailed as an end to a year-long political crisis. Cambodia has been without an effective parliament since Sam Rainsy's opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), rejected a 2013 ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 28 Jul 2014 | 7:35 am

Cambodia opposition ends year-long boycott of parliament

Cambodia's main opposition party struck a deal on Tuesday with strongman premier Hun Sen to end its year-long boycott of parliament triggered by a disputed election. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it had agreed to break the deadlock and take up its seats in the National Assembly in return for a promise of electoral reforms. It had refused to join parliament since elections in ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 22 Jul 2014 | 1:29 pm

Cambodia opposition drops boycott after PM makes rare deal

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's opposition on Tuesday agreed to drop a parliamentary boycott following talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen, ending a year-long deadlock and easing political tension stemming from a disputed 2013 election. The decision came during a four-hour meeting between Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), after the ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 22 Jul 2014 | 10:34 am

Cambodia opposition chief urges end to deadlock

Cambodia's opposition leader on Saturday called for an end to a year-long political crisis, after a slew of arrests of rivals of strongman premier Hun Sen triggered international alarm. Thousands of people turned out to greet Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) head Sam Rainsy, who cut short an overseas trip in response to an escalating crackdown on the opposition. Rainsy demanded the release ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 19 Jul 2014 | 7:08 am

About 40 injured at Cambodia opposition protest

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Opposition demonstrators disarmed Cambodian security forces and beat them with batons and flag poles in a confrontation Tuesday that came two weeks before the anniversary of the disputed general election last year that led to a bitter political deadlock.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 15 Jul 2014 | 2:37 pm