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  • - IFEX General Meeting and Strategy Conference - Phnom Penh Cambodia 17 to 20 June 2013

    IFEX Strategy Conferences take place every two years and are the largest global gatherings of free expression advocates. Local stakeholders, donors and other special guests are invited to join IFEX members in a broad dialogue -- to network, exchange skills, forge new alliances and take part in a dynamic and experiential programme of structured sessions, small group work, and a marketplace of ...

  • Factorys walkway collapses 23 injured - UPI.com

    A connecting walkway at a garment factory in Cambodia collapsed into a pond sending 23 employees to hospitals, officials said. The 30-feet-long walkway collapsed Monday while workers were eating lunch on the structure, The Phnom Penh Post reported. A pregnant woman, Khem Rany, was among the injured. "We don't know what happened," she said. "The construction collapsed into ...

  • Seven Feared Trapped in Cambodian Gold Mine Collapse

    PHNOM PENH -- A gold mine shaft has collapsed in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia, trapping at least seven miners, officials said Monday. Police said late Monday they are trying to rescue the trapped miners, near Romtum village, Rovieng district, but the shaft is very deep and old, making rescue efforts difficult. "We don’t have the identities or the exact number of people, ...

  • Cambodia launches cassava development project under China UNDP support - Peoples Daily Online

    PHNOM PENH, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia launched Tuesday the second phase of cassava development project under the support of China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).Speaking at the launching ceremony, Teng Lao, secretary of state of Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, said the second phase of the project, which will last until September 2014, was made possible with the funding of ...

  • Cambodia factory accident injures 23 police - Channel News Asia

    A shelter collapsed injuring 23 workers on Monday at aCambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial ...


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Incendiary: The Willingham Case

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

The case referenced in the title of Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mimss activist documentary Incendiary: The Willingham Case involved a man named Cameron Todd Willingham who was charged with purposefully setting a house fire in Corsicana, Texas, in 1991 that killed h ... ...

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  • Sciaroni Associates Ruling Endorses Investment in Cambodia

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Sciaroni & Associates: A recent decision by an independent international arbitration authority is an indication that Cambodia is an increasingly attractive candidate for expanded foreign investment, regional advisory and business leaders said today. The decision, announced in April by the International Centre for the Settlement of ...

  • Sam Rainsy confident of returning to Cambodia to contest elections - Radio Australia

    The demonstrators submitted a petition at the EU delegation asking for an intervention and marched to the United Nations rights office where leaders briefly met with visiting UN envoy Surya Subedi.The march was organised by the Cambodian National Rescue Party, which is a merger of the former Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party. It's the main opposition force against the powerful and ...

  • Rubber factories in Laos encounter export problem with China

    Rubber processing factories in Lao province of Oudomxay are facing unexpected problems because China is not allowing the import of rubber from Laos at the moment, causing large amounts of the material to remain in stock.Sino-Lao Rubber Company Director Oun told the media recently that, after the company had invested in the building of a rubber processing factory, they encountered an export ...

  • Laos Thailand agree on future cooperation

    Laos and Thailand have agreed to boost their cooperation in various sectors with several agreements signed during their second Joint Cabinet Retreat (JCR) in Chiang Mai on Sunday.The three memorandums of understanding signed during the meeting were on unofficial results of the 2nd JCR, agricultural cooperation, and on ownership, management and maintenance of the 4th Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge ...

  • At least 23 workers injured in relaxing shelter collapse at Cambodian factory

    A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about industrial safety in ...

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