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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
The Cambodian ministry of health introduced cervical cancer screening using VIA two years ago, there was no systematic follow-up afterwards. However, the government-run pilot study will continue to screen and refer, as it has the advantage of being ...

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

In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade - TIME

In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
TIME
There was once significant progress to thwart Cambodia's illegal logging trade. The international community put pressure on the Cambodian government amid a crisis situation 10 years ago: nearly 3 million hectares — an area the size of Maryland— was ...

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

Vietnam Fueling Cambodian, Lao Land Disputes - Radio Free Asia

New Internationalist (blog)

Vietnam Fueling Cambodian, Lao Land Disputes
Radio Free Asia
“Both HAGL and VRG have very close connections with high-level government and business elites in Cambodia, so they are clearly very well-connected to the government,” MacInnes said. Global Witness said that government officials in both Cambodia and ...
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabsThe Guardian
Rubber barons are robbing Cambodia and LaosNew Internationalist (blog)
How the World Bank funds illegal logging in Cambodia and LaosGlobalPost
The Progress Report -VOA Khmer -Gulf Times
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Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 10:03 pm

Cambodian Leader Thanks New York Museum for Return of Statues - VOA - Voice of America

Voice of America

Cambodian Leader Thanks New York Museum for Return of Statues - VOA
Voice of America
The museum's decision comes as the Cambodian government seeks the return of another statue from the auction house Sotheby's, which is fighting the claim. The Met agreed to return the statues based on compelling evidence they had been smuggled out of ...
Asia-Pacific briefs - Vancouver SunVancouver Sun

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Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 5:33 pm

UN Did Not 'Warn' Government During Rights Review Meeting - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

UN Did Not 'Warn' Government During Rights Review Meeting
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
I refer to this weekend's article “UN Official Tells Government Not to Be Defensive on Rights Record.” The article reports on a meeting convened jointly between the Cambodian Human Rights Committee and the local U.N. Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on ...

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Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 11:26 am

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

Government, Opposition Debate Land Concessions, Evictions - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Government, Opposition Debate Land Concessions, Evictions
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun on Wednesday dismissed claims from 200 Koh Kong families suing U.K. sugar firm Tate & Lyle over land they say they were illegally evicted from, insisting that only 13 of them were still in dispute with the local plantations.

Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 9 May 2013 | 7:08 am

Private property, public greed in Cambodia - Politico

Private property, public greed in Cambodia
Politico
Similar problems exist in Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and other Asian states. Arguably, however, Cambodia has the biggest problem. Over time, The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported recently, the government has seized almost 5 million acres — 10 percent ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 7 May 2013 | 12:37 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 Government - Yahoo! News Search Results | 6 May 2013 | 11:46 am

Government Mulls Issuing Sovereign Bonds - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Government Mulls Issuing Sovereign Bonds
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Cambodia is considering offering sovereign bonds to raise more revenue for the national budget and move away from its dependence on overseas aid, a senior central bank official said Sunday. National Bank of Cambodia director-general Nguon Sokha said ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 6 May 2013 | 6:43 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 Government - Yahoo! News Search Results | 4 May 2013 | 5:58 am

Cambodia unveils statue of slain union boss

A statue of a Cambodian union boss gunned down on a Phnom Penh street in 2004 was unveiled in a rare public recognition of a champion of workers' rights in the impoverished kingdom.

Source: Cambodia Government - Yahoo! News Search Results | 3 May 2013 | 5:03 am

Government Spreads Audio Clip of Rainsy and Sokha Arguing - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Government Spreads Audio Clip of Rainsy and Sokha Arguing
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
In an attempt to paint the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) as a divisive body, the government on Wednesday released a 2008 audio clip from a Bayon TV program featuring Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha—now the party's president and vice ...

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Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 2 May 2013 | 11:19 am

At White House, Demonstrators Call for Cambodian Election Reform - Voa - VOA Khmer

Channel News Asia

At White House, Demonstrators Call for Cambodian Election Reform - Voa
VOA Khmer
More than 100 Cambodians from across the Eastern seaboard gathered in Washington, calling for election reforms and a cut to military spending to the Cambodian government. x. Loading. At White House, Demonstrators Call for Cambodian Election Reform ...
Cambodia's Election Panel to 'Consider' Opposition Demands - Radio Free AsiaRadio Free Asia
Cambodia's opposition party protests against election committee ahead of July ...Global Times
Cambodian opposition rally for leader's returnChannel News Asia

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Source: Cambodia Government - Google News | 25 Apr 2013 | 4:58 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 Government - 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 Government - Yahoo! News Search Results | 16 Apr 2013 | 4:50 am

Cambodia, Thailand clash over temple at top UN court

Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around a flashpoint ancient temple to the UN's highest court on Monday, in a case Phnom Penh warned could end friendly relations between the countries.

Source: Cambodia Government - Yahoo! News Search Results | 15 Apr 2013 | 10:56 am

Cambodia, Thailand take temple dispute to top UN court

Thailand and Cambodia are to face off at the UN's highest court Monday in a dispute over land surrounding a flashpoint temple that has seen deadly clashes along their joint border.

Source: Cambodia Government - Yahoo! News Search Results | 15 Apr 2013 | 2:06 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 Government - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 12:41 pm

Cambodia: Is Adidas exploiting workers? - GlobalPost

To stem the protests, the Cambodian government and factory owners on July 11 agreed that ... Maeve Galvin, a consultant with ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia program, says the Daily Mail article offered little understanding of workers’ true wage ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 9:57 am

Open letter to Cambodian PM and justice minister - Nation - Thailand

We strongly urge the Cambodian government to immediately release Mam Sonando ... which is evidenced by the fact that he willingly returned to Cambodia, fully aware of arrest threats made against him. The denial of his bail application is particularly ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 5:07 pm

New US judge to probe controversial KRouge cases - YAHOO!

Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Monday said it had appointed a US judge to probe two new Khmer Rouge cases strongly opposed by the government, after two predecessors resigned in protest. Cambodia has approved the UN decision to hire Mark Harmon ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 10:16 pm

FreeBalance Government Resource Planning (GRP) Software Enabling Substantial Public Financial Management (PFM) Reform - YAHOO!

The Government of Liberia, rated as having “intermediate” progress, went live with the FreeBalance Accountability Suite last July. There are no FreeBalance implemenations in Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Tajikistan. The rapid ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 4:47 pm

Thailand Group Uses Drama to Teach AIDS Prevention - Voice of America

Feingold says in Cambodia, the government played the dramas on loudspeaker trucks that travel to very remote areas. While production of the dramas, with an estimated cost of $20,000 each, has stopped for now and Feingold has retired, he says the dramas ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 1:12 pm

Cambodia Releases Video of French Architect in Bo Scandal - Wall Street Journal

Is it your wish — there is no pressure — to return to China? And what are your last words for the government of Cambodia? I reiterate that I’m leaving freely to this destination. For the Cambodian government, I’d like to thank them for ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 20 Jul 2012 | 7:40 am

Land Grabs in Cambodia - New York Times

These are recent examples of the all-too-familiar human rights abuses that result from the Cambodian government’s disastrous land policy. Investment in Cambodia’s agriculture sector is long overdue. But instead of passing reforms that would ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 19 Jul 2012 | 3:56 pm

Cambodia frees French citizen linked to China political scandal - The Vancouver Sun

Cambodia's government said Wednesday. Police released Patrick Devillers in Phnom Penh on Tuesday after China made a formal request for Cambodia to do so, Cambodian Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said. Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 18 Jul 2012 | 5:48 am

CAMBODIA: Immediately Release Independent Radio Owner Mam Sonando - Salem-News.Com

and the news that a Cambodia radio station owner is being subjected to government media interference and arrest should be unacceptable to all of us. At 70-years of age, radio station owner Mr. Mam Sonandois, is a French and Cambodian citizen who has dared ...

Source: Cambodia Government - Bing News | 18 Jul 2012 | 4:30 am