Posts Tagged ‘cambodia’

VIDEO: Skateboarding takes off in Cambodia

Monday, April 9th, 2012

In Cambodia, the country’s first skate park is helping street children gain confidence.

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VIDEO: Skateboarding takes off in Cambodia

Trial of Khmer Rouge trio begins

Monday, November 21st, 2011

The three top surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime go on trial, more than 30 years after atrocities that killed up to two million people.

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Cambodian Survivors Seek Truth at Khmer Rouge Trial

Monday, November 21st, 2011

At a trial scheduled to begin Monday in Cambodia, three senior members of the Khmer Rouge leadership are charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and other charges.

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Cambodia’s up-and-coming seaside towns

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

As the sun sank over the tree-lined Kampong Bay River, Kampot, a town on Cambodia’s southern coast, stirred to life. The locals, who’d spent much of the day hiding from the heat in their homes and shaded alleys, emerged into the atmospheric streets, where sun-stained, mustard-colored French colonial shop houses provide the backdrop to the rhythms of daily life. Old men with fedoras and graying sideburns gathered at a corner cafe to play chess, triumphantly thwacking hand-carved pieces against thick wooden boards. Small groups of boys fished on the banks of the river with homemade bamboo poles, while groups of teenagers with mussed and shaggy haircuts and wearing glittery T-shirts yelled “Hello!” and giggled at strolling tourists, who are a small but growing presence in this largely unexplored corner of Southeast Asia. Read full article > >

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Border row ahead of Asean summit

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

A border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is threatening to overshadow the opening of the annual Asean summit.

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Border row ahead of Asean summit

Thai-Cambodia crossing reopened

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

A border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia, closed during recent fighting, reopens amid signs that tensions may be easing.

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Thai-Cambodia crossing reopened

Cambodia seeks UN border ruling

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Another Thai soldier dies in border clashes with Cambodia, as Cambodia petitions the UN’s highest court to clarify a judgement at the heart of the dispute.

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Cambodia seeks UN border ruling

Thai-Cambodia border clashes ease

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Tens of thousands of civilians who fled border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia start returning home, as 10 days of clashes ease.

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Thai-Cambodia border clashes ease

Thailand ‘admits cluster bombing’

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Campaigners say Thailand admits using cluster bombs during four days of border fighting against Cambodia in February.

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Thailand ‘admits cluster bombing’

Monitors for Thai-Cambodia border

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Thailand and Cambodia agree to allow Indonesian observers to monitor disputed border territory that has been the scene of deadly fighting, an official says.

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Monitors for Thai-Cambodia border

Thais to reject UN Cambodia help

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Thailand says it will tell the UN Security Council that its border dispute with Cambodia can be solved without international intervention.

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Thais to reject UN Cambodia help

Thai and Cambodian Troops Clash Over Temple

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Violence continued between the two sides, over an 11th-century Hindu temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.

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Thai and Cambodian Troops Clash Over Temple

Khmer Rouge duo appear in court

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Two of the most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge appear in court in Cambodia to request release from pre-trial detention.

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Opinion: Act now to prevent genocide

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

In the past 75 years, the world has been witness to genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Darfur and the Holocaust.

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Opinion: Act now to prevent genocide

Swaying bridge ‘sparked stampede’

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

An initial investigation into the stampede that killed more than 450 people in Cambodia on Monday finds a swaying footbridge triggered the panic.

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Swaying bridge ‘sparked stampede’