A student's view of Cambodia - Chicago Tribune
The road that led me to Cambodia crosses just about every ocean. It's called Rustic Pathways, one of dozens of programs for teens that organize service-project trips around the world — from Fiji to Thailand to Tanzania. The Rustic Pathways trip ...
Cambodia Travel: Cambodia Festive Flotilla - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 20, 2010 – For fun, excitement, action and spectacle surely none of many boat racing events in the region match this four-day river gala in Phnom Penh. It is colorful competition that engages the large portion of ...
Help Cambodia protect its folks from land mines - Desert Sun
Cambodia is simultaneously magical and savage — a country populated by generous, warm people who live on land that can literally kill them. Bill Morse knows this well. The Palm Springs man, who moved to Cambodia last year, heads up Cambodian Self ...
Cambodia to build memorial for journalists killed during Cambodian war - The Gaea Times
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia will erect a memorial to nearly 40 foreign and Cambodian journalists who died covering a savage five-year war that ended with the triumph of the Khmer Rouge 35 years ago, a government official said Saturday. The ...
Cambodia bans citizens from marrying South Koreans - AsiaOne
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has temporarily banned marriages between local women and South Korean men over concerns about human trafficking , officials said on Saturday. The ban was enforced after Cambodian police arrested a woman who had lured 25 girls ...
Cambodia to Develop Preah Vihear as Heritage Tourism ... - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 21, 2010 – In recent years, the Royal government of Cambodia has given priority to development of tourism industry, focusing on cultural and eco-tourism in order to promote the advancement of national economy and ...
'Beautiful' poems by Cambodian monk who led Mass ... - Washington Examiner
Next month, friends and followers will release a book of poetry by Ly Van, who survived the brutal communist Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and later led the Glory Buddhist Temple in Lowell from 1988 until his death in January 2008. The book ...
Cambodia bans women from marrying South Koreans - YAHOO!
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia has temporarily barred its citizens from marrying South Korean men after two dozen women were sold into marriage by matchmakers — the second time the government has imposed such a ban. Koy Kuong, a Cambodian ...
Cambodia to build memorial for killed journalists - Global Nation
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia announced plans Sunday to build a monument to dozens of foreign and local journalists killed covering the country's 1970-75 war won by the communist Khmer Rouge regime. A ceremony ahead of its construction will be held next ...
Next Stop: By Ancient Ruins, a Gay Haven in Cambodia - New York Times
At the Cockatoo Resort, one of several gay-friendly bars, restaurants and hotels that have recently opened. A statuesque Khmer performer who went by the name Beyoncé took to the stage draped in a black, body-skimming floor-length gown and wearing a ...
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Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
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U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said, in West Bank violence that placed further strain on U.S. efforts to get indirect peace talks under way.
Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
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Explosives found aboard India plane
Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Moderate earthquake, aftershock shake eastern Cuba
A moderate earthquake and smaller aftershock rattled houses and nerves in eastern Cuba on Saturday near the U.S. holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. No damages or injuries were reported.
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche
Rescue crews end their search in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry after accounting for everyone in an area where an avalanche cascaded down a mountain, killing one snowmobiler.
Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
 Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
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