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Land disputes flare in Kampong Speu
VIOLENCE erupted Thursday morning in two separate land disputes in Kampong Speu province – one in Oudong district and the other in Thpong district – resulting in the injury of more than 20 villagers and police, as well as the torching of a company’s offices.
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FORTY years after the coup d’etat that overthrew then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk and established a republican government, Prime Minister Hun Sen has blamed the regime for unleashing decades of civil war and the 1975 victory of the Khmer Rouge.
THE families of two villagers jailed in Svay Rieng province for tampering with demarcation posts on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border say they are suffering from a lack of food and severe health problems, and urged NGOs and charities to come to the prisoners’ aid.
Tuol Sleng set for renovations
THE Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is working with UNESCO to renovate the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, officials said Thursday, amid questions over whether the project could overly sanitise the site.
A DELEGATION from the European Union met with officials from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) at the party’s Phnom Penh headquarters Thursday, offering to help secure the return of SRP president Sam Rainsy in time for the 2013 election, the party’s spokesman said.
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu signed three memorandums of understanding with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Thursday as he began a three-day visit to the Kingdom.
DIPLOMATS and rights workers struck strikingly different tones in assessing the Cambodia’s progress as the Kingdom came up before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday as part of its first Universal Periodic Review on human rights.
GOVERNMENT authorities have stated following an investigation that the death of 54 tonnes of farmed fish last week in Kandal province was not caused by leaks from a nearby bio-ethanol factory, despite protests from residents in Ponhea Leu district.
FAMILIES who lost their homes when a fire tore through their Tuol Kork district community last week say they are still considering offers to move to new land or to stay and rebuild on lots that are too small for their needs.
A FAMILY in Svay Rieng province has blamed workers at a provincial health centre for the death of an almost two-month-old baby who died shortly after receiving a standard vaccination earlier this month.
POLICE have arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of throwing a grenade into a house in Kampong Cham province’s Chamkar Loeu district on Wednesday, killing two young boys and injuring 10 adults, police officials said.
Hun Sen asks Vietnam to supply more power
Officials estimate electricty demand will rise 50 percent by 2010. PRIME Minister Hun Sen has requested Vietnam fulfill its agreement with the Kingdom and double its electricity output to the capital.
THE Malaysian firm set to be Nissan’s sole distributor in Cambodia is willing to work with Phnom Penh’s original and sole dealer, Narita Motorcare Cambodia, a spokeswoman for the company said Thursday.
OZ Minerals Ltd has identified 605,000 ounces of gold resources at a Mondulkiri province drill site, the company reported Thursday.
Stop for pop
It’s virtually obligatory when launching a new art exhibition in Siem Reap to throw a party, which is probably why Martin Dishman, managing director of the One Hotel Collection, didn’t.
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