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7 hrs ago | Asia News Network

BANGKOK: Neighbours' spat reveals some true colours

We know what you must be thinking. The grass was always greener on the other side, and for a man like you, whose personal comfort was getting more and more scarce, even someone named Hun Sen was worth grabbing and clinging onto.

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15 hrs ago | Montreal Gazette

Giller Prize preview

First there were 96, then there were five. And on Tuesday, just one will remain: The winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the annual award recognizing excellence in Canadian fiction, will be announced at a 9 p.m. ET gala presentation in Toronto to be broadcast live on Bravp and BookTelevision .

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23 hrs ago | The Straits Times

Thaksin could spark war

THAKSIN Shinawatra's visit to Phnom Penh benefits both the ousted Thai leader and his Cambodian host, but could drag the two countries back into a simmering border conflict, analysts said.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

KHWB-TV Houston

Remarks about royals in interview lands Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin in hot water again

Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at the center of a political fight between his supporters and those of the current government, has ignited fresh controversy by speaking candidly about the nation's constitutional monarchy.

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Webbed feet, web log

Human Sciences Happy Hour in Phnom Penh

My test drive for an upcoming academic paper, this Wednesday November 11th. This presentation provides a simple overview of the history of Khmer comics in three distinct phases, noting prominent creators from each time, as well as their asetheic influences.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Channelnewsasia.com

Thailand says protecting "dignity" in Cambodia spat

BANGKOK: Thailand's prime minister Sunday defended his actions in an ongoing spat with Cambodia over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier, saying he had to protect the country's dignity.

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Kyodo News

Thaksin to give economics lecture in Phnom Penh: Hun Sen

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Sunday that ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Cambodia to give a lecture on economic matters in Phnom Penh on Thursday.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Straits Times

'Maximum restraint' urged

THE head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday to show 'maximum restraint' amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Big Isle man pleads guilty to federal sex charge

A Big Island man accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in Cambodia pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal sex tourism charge.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

CNN

Cambodia Water Festival 2009

Cambodia held its annual Water Festival during the first three days of November in the nation's capital, Phnom Penh.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Buffalo News

Tropical storm kills 23 in Vietnam

Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on rooftops, disaster officials said Tuesday.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Al-Ahram Weekly Online

After the killing fields

Cambodians today are looking for explanations for the disasters that have befallen their country, not least through the trials of former leaders of the communist Khmers rouges, writes David Tresilian from the capital Phnom Penh Photographs of prisoners from the hundreds on display at the Tuol Sleng Museum in Phnom Penh.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Buffalo News

Doc: Cambodia's 'jungle woman' sick, mentally ill

In this file photo taken on Jan. 19, 2007, a woman believed to be Rochom P'ngieng, dubbed the "jungle woman," sits in her home in Oyadao, Rattanak Kiri province about 660 kilometers, north east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Malaysian National News Agency

Cambodia Becomes Permanent Member Of World Heritage Committee

Cambodian Prime Minister on Tuesday expressed his warmly welcome as Cambodia becomes the permanent member of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in 17th general assembly in France, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

The National

Thaksin deneis he plan to celebrate Loy Krathong in Phnom Penh

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra Friday denied that he will fly to Phnom Penh to celebrate the Loy Krathong Festival with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Age

Cambodia's 'jungle woman' in hospital

Cambodia's "jungle woman", who apparently spent 18 years living in a forest, has been hospitalised after refusing food, her father and a doctor say.

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Global Voices Online

Cambodia: Flooding woes

Sophonrith posts pictures of flooding scenes in Khan Russey Keo district, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Politics

Ties with Phnom Penh tangled in political morass

The Democrats have proven that relations between Thailand and Cambodia depend very much on local politics.

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Pnompenh Post

Cambodia elected to heritage body

A soldier rests at the World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear temple as the Cambodian and UNESCO flags fly together behind him.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Mirror.co.uk

Cambodia's killing fields 30 years on: 'They will kill our parents tonight... we must escape'

It is 30 years since John Pilger revealed the existence of the Cambodian Killing Fields in the Daily Mirror.

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