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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Cambodia News.Net http://www.thecambodianews.net/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:58:08 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:58:08 -0500 30 BANGKOK - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by a Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity http://www.thecambodianews.net/story/203208605 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:29:58 -0500 The Cambodia News.Net http://www.thecambodianews.net/story/203208605 ` Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea Daily/ANN) - The Khmer Rouge tribunal issued a statement Friday explaining why the Supreme Court Chamber dismissed an appeal and sentenced former prison chief to ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203229040&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:45 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203229040&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b extended the jail time of Khmer Rouge chief jailer Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, from 19 years to a life sentence on Friday. In 2010, a lower court sentenced Duch to 35 years in prison -- ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223393&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:26 -0500 PBS http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223393&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b economy is set to see higher growth this year, driven mainly by domestic demand after last year's floods, but downside risks remain in the growth of trading countries, the Bank ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223135&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:10:38 -0500 Asia News Network http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223135&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Two people were killed Friday in attacks by separatist militants in southern Thailand, officials said. A woman was shot dead while driving with her husband and son in Pattani, the Bangkok Post ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223143&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:53 -0500 UPI http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223143&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b LIFE SENTENCE: Former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, attends his appeal hearing at the Court Room of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223394&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:47:40 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223394&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The Phnom Penh Municipal Court ordered the former Cambodian Ambassador to Brunei to pay almost US$470,000 in compensation and damages to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223142&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:26:06 -0500 Bru Direct http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203223142&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Japanese automaker Honda will resume production at its Ayutthaya assembly plant, north of Bangkok, in March, a top company executive said Wednesday. Pitak Pruittisarikorn, executive vice ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203213082&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:19:10 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203213082&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b The closure of this first case represents an important step towards achieving accountability for the mass crimes of the Khmer Rouge, and helping the Cambodian people draw a line under this tragic ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215153&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:55:16 -0500 Amnesty International http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215153&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b A life sentence for the prison leader for the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia is an excellent outcome, London said. The U.N.-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia sentenced Kaing ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215449&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:32:16 -0500 UPI http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215449&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b "Duch" ran a notorious torture prison in Cambodia in the 1970s He was sentenced in 2010 to 35 years in prison At least 1.7 million people died under the Khmer ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215447&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:27:49 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215447&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Solomon Kahn, who grew up in San Rafael and went on to become a high-profile disc jockey for the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants, was killed Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand, when a taxi ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215149&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:47 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215149&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b "I know that some of the people working for Twitter were activists If we look at countries like Egypt, like Syria, like Yemen, of course all our tweets are breaking the law. And ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215180&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:56 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215180&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b "Good afternoon," said the bored immigration officer after my flight from Bangkok. She glanced at my passport while tourists and business people waited behind me in the gleaming arrivals ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203213853&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:04 -0500 The Independent http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203213853&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Napa Valley wine producers will go a long way to protect their good name - all the way to Thailand if necessary. That's the latest country which has given Geographic Indication status to Napa wine. ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215161&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:09 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203215161&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b February 3, 2012 A U.N.-backed tribunal's Supreme Court lengthened the sentence for the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to life imprisonment on Friday because of his "shocking and ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203207358&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:36:10 -0500 NPR http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203207358&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Eight farmers have died after their tractor ran over an anti-tank mine left over from Cambodia's 1980s civil war.The head of the Cambodian Mines Action Center, Heng ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203207096&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:31:58 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203207096&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Hong Sarath pictured outside Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, which judges in the on-going Khmer Rouge tribunal referred to as a "factory of death" PHNOM PENH, 3 February 2012 (IRIN) - On ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203206370&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:26:24 -0500 IRIN http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203206370&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b BANGKOK, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Thailand is calling on some countries including the United States which previously issued terrorism warning for Bangkok to withdraw their advisory against traveling to ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203206061&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:52 -0500 SINA http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203206061&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b A UN-backed war crimes tribunal upholds its conviction of Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, and increases his jail sentence to a life ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200718&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:56 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200718&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b A Khmer Rouge jailer known as Duch who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life in Cambodia today in a historic ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200748&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:30 -0500 The Telegraph http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200748&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b The former chief of Senate president Chea Sim's bodyguard unit appeared in Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged with four offences including possessing weapons without permission and ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200736&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:27 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200736&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b More than 100 conservation activists from across four provinces are "worried" about a recent government sub-decree aimed at protecting Prey Lang forest, claiming the measure lacks broad ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200737&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:25 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200737&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b A ruling party member caught vote-buying on tape told a court hearing yesterday he should be compensated by the man he attempted to bribe because he recorded their conversation. On January 23, the ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200738&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:22 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200738&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Authorities yesterday released the six Borei Keila and Boeung Kak women who were arrested in a violent protest outside Phnom Penh city hall on ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200739&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:19 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200739&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Kampot provincial police on Wednesday arrested the manager of a private school that had allegedly defrauded more than 100 people out of their money after secretly closing on Tuesday.Kheng Yat, ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200740&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:17 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200740&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b About 500 students and lecturers from Phnom Penh International University gathered at the Appeals Court yesterday afternoon in a show of support for their former rector and her husband, who were ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200741&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:14 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200741&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Nearly 200 residents of eight villages in Banteay Meanchey province's Thma Puok district and Oddar Meanchey province's Banteay Ampil district protested yesterday against a private ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200743&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:09 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200743&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday once again warned his one-time rivals and present party officials not to refer to the bloody factional clashes that took place in Phnom Penh over July 5-6, 1997, and ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200744&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:06 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200744&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Defence lawyers yesterday attacked the methodology of the Khmer Rouge tribunal's biggest source of archival documents, quizzing Document Centre of Cambodia director Youk Chhang, who they have ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200745&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:03 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200745&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b A French man and two women--a Cambodian and a Thai--were sent to court yesterday by Preah Sihanouk provincial military police for alleged involvement in drug trafficking. Preah Sihanouk provincial ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200746&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:00 -0500 Phnom Penh Post http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200746&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b TEHRAN, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The Cambodian government plans to import and refine oil from Iran despite the recent US sanctions on Iranian oil imports, Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported. ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200731&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:43:41 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200731&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post One of the 12 maids who returned home from Malaysia yesterday, where they claimed they were physically abused and raped. The sobbing, visibly traumatised women arrived at ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200733&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:43:27 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203200733&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Thailand 's Education Ministry set the tablet price at 2,400 baht (US$77) on Wednesday, the ministry's permanent secretary said yesterday that publishers would be invited to come in on ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194497&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:12:48 -0500 Asia News Network http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194497&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b security policy framework to fight online crime and fraud, expecting to submit it to the Cabinet by the end of the year. ICT Minister Anudith Nakornthap said the framework would comprise four ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194498&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:12:28 -0500 Asia News Network http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194498&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b One date looms large over Asean member states: 2015. That year will see the creation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), which will create a single market and production base among all 10 Asean ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194499&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:12:03 -0500 Asia News Network http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194499&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Cambodia The former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 people will spend the rest of his life in jail after losing an appeal against his original 30-year sentence.Kaing Guek Eav, ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194753&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:12 -0500 ABC Australia http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194753&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, who is also a minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, will lead a delegation to visit China on Feb. 5-7 in order to strengthen ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194765&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:26 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194765&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Cambodian Neth Pheaktra (R), a press officer of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), offers passes to Buddhist monks to enter the appeal trial verdic announcement of former ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194764&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:23 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194764&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b "If the information in possession of the police turns out to be correct, the murder of Wisut Tangwittayaporn is a direct attack on freedom of information," the press freedom organization ... http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194492&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:48 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://feeds.thecambodianews.net/?rid=203194492&cat=c7e1014a94f7e43b