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RPT-Cambodian garment workers charged over strike violence - Reuters
PHNOM PENH, June 18 (Reuters) - Sixteen Cambodian garment workers and union representatives have been charged with inciting violence and damaging property during a strike for higher pay at a factory making clothes for U.S. sportswear company Nike, a lawyer said on ...
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Laser technology uncovers secret Cambodian city
Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple ...
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Airborne lasers reveal Cambodias lost city
Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples ...
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Cambodia - Post a photo to free Yorm Bopha jailed in Cambodia
Yorm Bopha is serving a two-year sentence for protesting forced evictions related to a land conflict in the Boeng Kak community. Upload a photo calling for her release, and we'll make a collage of all the images and send it to Yorm Bopha in prison, and to Cambodian authorities calling for her ...
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Cambodia Lost Ancient City Found In Jungle
An ancient city lost for 1,200 years has been discovered in the Cambodian jungle by archaeologists using laser scanning technology. The city, which was linked to Cambodia’s famous Angkor temples complex, was uncovered using airborne lasers which penetrated through thick vegetation to provide evidence of roads, canals and buildings. The discovery was announced in a peer-reviewed paper ...
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Roland Emmerich Raises Nearly $1 Million for Cambodian Childrens Fund - Hollywood Reporter
-- whose cinematic evocations of apocalyptic disaster have sold more than $3 billion worth of tickets around the world -- opened the gardens of his Moorish-style Hollywood Hills house Saturday night to assist the victims of a real-world apocalypse -- the children of ...
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Laser technology maps Cambodias lost city
Laser-scanning technology reveals that the Cambodian lost city of Mahendraparvata, dating back to a time before Angkor Wat, was much more extensive than previously thought. The latest word about the high-tech hunt for hidden ruins came over the weekend in ...
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Cambodia Trains Social Workers to Curb Reliance on Foreign Aid - New York Times
"People in Cambodia in the 1970s and '80s lived in darkness," said Mr. Soeurng, 22. "For my generation, we have a chance to push our country ...
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Cambodia reliant on China for a range of infastructure projects
Cambodia is in need of foreign investment for a number of major infrastructure projects and China is becoming the country’s biggest investor on several key ventures. This is part of a broader expansion in China’s influence in Asia as the country continues to develop into the world’s second superpower.
Cambodia suffered through the economic downturn that came about following the financial crash toward the end of 2008. In 2009, the economy contracted 1%, which wrought significant hardship for many hundreds of thousands of people, most notably those employed in the garment sector as the export of clothing fell by around 20% in value. Read more
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