Thai troops 'occupy second temple'

Amid border confrontation on the Preah Vihear temple, Cambodia now claims Thai soldiers have taken a further step towards confrontatio. Since Thursday, they have occupied a sencond temple called Moan Thom...

Polls open in Cambodian election

Millions of Cambodians are voting in a general election today, which is expected to see Prime Minister Hun Sen return to office with an even firmer grip on power."His Cambodian People's Party holds 73 assembly seats...

Soldiers face off on Thai-Cambodian border

Thai troops have allegedly mounted an incursion into Cambodian territory over a border dispute involving a 900-year-old temple."The incident was sparked when three Thai protesters crossed barbed wire to enter the disputed site and were arrested by Cambodian border guards. A...

Dith Pran of the "The Killing Fields" Dies

I distinctly remember watching the movie of The Killing Fields many years ago and being horrified that it was actually the truth.I remember it so well, because even though it was almost 30 years ago, the evening had...

Norodom Ranaridh visits ailing Soeharto

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Former Cambodian prime minister Norodom Ranaridh and Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venicia Jr Friday visited former president Soeharto who was being treated at Pertamina Hospital in South...

Cambodia: Mia Farrow's Darfur Genocide Protest Ends

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCelebrities complete with their entourages on a Worldwide Mission Protesting injustices, sticking their  Celebrity Noses into Diplomatic affairs in which they have no...

President arrives in Singapore to attend 13th ASEAN summit

"The president`s entourage also included Trade Minister Marie Pangestu, Coordinating Minister for Economy Boediono, Minister/State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, and National Investment Coordinating Agency (BKPM) Chief...

Cambodian artist convicted of kissing painting

"Rindy Sam, a 30-year-old artist of Cambodian origin who lives in France,who left a lipstick kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly was convicted Friday of “voluntarily damaging a work of art” and ordered to do 100 hours of community service by a...

Update: Abbotsford Courtroom: Mader Thailand's Child Rapist Wants Bail .

Update: November 07, 2007. OpinionBarry artiste, Now Public ContributorThis is a followup of the story on Orville Mader wanted on a Worldwide Manhunt for Kidnapping and Sex with an 8 year old Thai Boy. ...

HANOI ATTACKS BUSH'S HISTORY LESSON ON VIETNAM

President Bush recently suggested that the US withdrawal fom South East Asia led to the genocide and bloodbath in the region and used this to justify the continued deployment of US troops in...

A Scene from 'S-21'

From 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime jailed between 17,000 and 20,000 Cambodians at "S-21," a high school-turned-prison in the country's capitol, Phnom Penh.The prisoners—many of them educated or politically affiliated members of Cambodian society—were deemed enemies...

Tell us again, Jane

"I finally found a link to Jihad Jane Fonda’s over the top remarks regarding the US withdrawal from Vietnam, and the ensuing massacre of South Vietnamese and Cambodians: ( BOR Talking points memo ) "What do you...

Jihad Jane

"I’m not a frequent viewer of Bill O’Reilly, but his lead-in promo got my attention. A reporter was asking Jihad Jane Fonda about the millions of South Vietnamese and Cambodian deaths at the hands of the Communists after the US withdrawal. True to form, J.J. responded...

Cambodian Group: Jolie Reneged on Aid

" The director of a conservation project in Cambodia funded by actress Angelina Jolie on Monday rejected a claim by a Cambodian non-profit group that she had stopped funding the program, explaining that she had only...

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