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2 hrs ago | International Herald Tribune

Coal Plant Stirs Passions in Cambodia

Last week, executives from Leader Universal Holdings , a Malaysian company angling to build Cambodia's largest coal-fired power plant, met with Cambodian government officials and environmentalists to discuss the company's impact analysis for the proposed 100-megawatt facility.

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10 hrs ago | Pnompenh Post

Tracks going nowhere

Plans to revitalise Cambodia's railway network have been put at risk by the ongoing political spat between Thailand and Cambodia, sources say.

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15 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Death toll of A/H1N1 flu in Cambodia increases to 5

The death toll of A/H1N1 flu in Cambodia has increased to five and the virus infected rate topped 28 cases for one week, official of the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Globe and Mail

Khmer Rouge murderer claims remorse

By Mark MacKinnon Phnom Penh - The Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 8:05PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

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Bangkok Post

Mother to see Sivarak Friday

Foreign Ministry officials and family of Sivarak Chutipong are allowed to visit the Thai engineer being detained on spy charges at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh on Friday, Information Department director-general Vimon Kidchob said on Wednesday.

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NationMultimedia.com - Politics

Thai govt check report that Cambodia closed waters

Thai government on Monday assigns authorities concerned to check Pheu Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's claim that Cambodia closed territorial waters for Thai fishing boats.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Pnompenh Post

Community struggling to cope in aftermath of devastating blaze

A family picks through the remains of their home, destroyed by fire along with those of around 2,000 others in Russei Keo district last week.

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CBS News

Lawyer: Khmer Rouge Chief "Enjoyed" Murder

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as Tuol Sleng genocide museum, reads document in the court room of the U.N.-backed tribunal, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov.

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NationMultimedia.com - Politics

Abhisit government lacks political maturity - Cambodia

Cambodia yesterday lashed out at the Thai government over an allegation of taking control of the Thai-owned air-traffic-control company.

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World News from Times Online

Long prison sentence called for Khmer Rouge jailer Duch

Cambodian prosecutors have called for the former prison chief in charge of the Khmer Rouge's main torture centre to receive a long jail term for his role in the torture and murder of thousands of Cambodians during Pol Pot's genocidal regime.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Cellular News

Cambodia Wants More Sharing of Network Towers

Cambodia's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, So Khun has called on the country's nine mobile phone networks to share share their network infrastructure to reduce the number of towers being deployed in the country.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Age

Cambodia begins final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial

But civil lawyers representing victims argued Monday that Duch had failed to acknowledge the full extent of his guilt.

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Gulf Times

Cambodian is killed by Thai man over politics

Sinchai had fled the scene by the time police arrived. "We are still investigating whether there were others involved in the attack," Praphan said.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Bangkok Post

Thai-Cambodia JBC meeting next week

The Thai-Cambodia Joint Border Committee will meet on Nov 27 at 28 at the Dusit Thani hotel in Pattaya, defence ministry spokesman Col Thanathip Saengsawang said on Friday.

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NationMultimedia.com - Opinion

Meet the go-to guy on Cambodia

The Thai news media's go-to guy for information about the current row with Cambodia isn't a career diplomat but one of those rare politicos who most people feel they can trust.

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The National

VN investment in Cambodia reached US$1.5 bn

Phnom Penh : Vietnamese investors consider Cambodia as a big potential investment destination in the future.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Manawatu Evening Standard

Resilient Cambodia battles history

Part of Cambodia's sprawling Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap, built in the first half of the Twelfth Century, at the height of the Angkor Empire.

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Pnompenh Post

Policeman, infamous thief killed in gunfight

NOTORIOUS gold thief was killed during a bungled car robbery early Wednesday morning that also left one police officer dead, say city authorities.

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NationMultimedia.com - Politics

Thaksin must resign to end all problems : Suthep

The only way convicted ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra can help solve the Thai-Cambodia row is that he resigns from being an economic adviser for Cambodia.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Bangkok Post

Poll: Hold talks with Cambodia

A clear majority of people agree that Thailand and Cambodia should open talks to settle their latest conflict and oppose any closure of the border checkpoints, Bangkok Poll at Bangkok University reported on Friday.

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