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  • Chain of command under Ta Mok
    Via DC-Cam, this paper analyzes Ta Mok's Southwestern Zone under the Democratic Kampuchea regime and the success of the Khmer Rouge "butcher" in crafting a pliant patronage network. It …

  • No survivors
    Emergency personnel comb the wreckage at the site of a passenger plane disaster in the Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad yesterday.

  • Lake development blamed for fatality
    RELATIVES of a man who was electrocuted while standing in floodwater are blaming the death on flooding caused by the massive Boeung Kak lake real estate development.

  • SRP censures strike bust-up
    THE opposition Sam Rainsy Party yesterday condemned an armed crackdown on striking garment factory workers this week, saying that peaceful means should be used to resolve their dispute with factory ma …

  • Man gets prison for posing as late prince
    A 66-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to three years in jail at Kampot provincial court on Wednesday for extorting money and gifts from local residents on the pretence that he was the late Prince Norodom Na …

  • Brick attack investigation proceeding
    A CANADIAN man said yesterday that local police were investigating an attack in which he was hit in the head by a brick while walking near the riverside, and the municipal police chief said no complai …

  • Angkor Thom bus ban delayed
    THE Apsara Authority has decided to postpone implementation of a ban on buses containing more than 12 seats within Angkor Thom, and an official said yesterday that the body hoped to discuss the issue …

  • Juvenile Justice: Children’s court pilot planned
    The Ministry of Justice plans to spearhead a children’s court pilot programme – an early step in a bid to introduce a juvenile justice system in Cambodia.

  • Former KR cadres react to verdict
    FORMER Khmer Rouge cadres in the regime’s onetime stronghold of Northwestern Cambodia said yesterday that they were uninterested in Monday’s verdict against Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Guek Eav at t …

  • Ethnic Jarai villagers plan protest against inaction in land row
    ETHNIC Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri province will hold a press conference today in order to push provincial court officials to rule on a long-standing land dispute involving businesswoman Keat Kolne …

  • CITA head to file report on exam bribery
    THE head of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association plans to file a report to the Education Ministry on the issue of “corruption during Grade 12 national exams” in physics and mathematics.

  • Flooded-out families ask for help
    FAMILIES in Srah Chak commune’s Village 3 say their lives have not been the same ever since a developer began filling in Boeung Kak lake to make way for a controversial real estate project.

  • Kampot men summoned in land spat
    TWO villagers involved in a land dispute in Kampot province have been called to answer questions today about attempted murder and defamation allegations lodged against them by the chief of Dop Sralao …

  • Abhisit threatens to reconsider UNESCO ties over Preah Vihear
    THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that his government would cease cooperating with UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee if the body approves Cambodia’s management plan for Preah Vihear …

  • Infinity to help insure hydroelectric project
    INFINITY Insurance has signed on as an insurer for construction of the US$412 million China Huadian hydropower project in Koh Kong province, its chief executive, David Carter, said yesterday.

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