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Cambodia anti-trafficking efforts criticised in US report

Phnom Penh - The US Department of State downgraded Cambodiain its annual report on human trafficking Wednesday, and said Phnom Penh's reported efforts to combat trafficking had slowed from the previous year. Corruption among law enforcement officials and a lack of adequate protection for women, men, and children who were trafficked for sex or forced labour contributed to a "climate of ...
Cambodia - Marked deterioration in human rights in Cambodia

Human rights defenders in Cambodia are less safe than they were a year ago according to a report published on 19 June 2013 by ARTICLE 19 and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). The risk assessment survey shows the security situation in the country deteriorated significantly in 2012 as the government crackdown on fundamental human rights intensified ahead of July's elections. The ...
Cambodia China celebrate 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties - Peoples Daily Online

PHNOM PENH, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and China on Wednesday jointly celebrated the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, vowing to further enhance the ties to a new high level.The event was highly attended by President of Cambodia's National Assembly Heng Samrin, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, members of the Cambodian government, ...
Cambodia Laos Slip in Anti-Trafficking Efforts - Radio Free Asia

Cambodia has suffered a severe drop in ranking in a U.S. annual report on human trafficking released Wednesday amid allegations of widespread corruption among enforcement officials and a decline in government efforts to help victims and prosecute traffickers. The U.S. State Department, which prepared the report, also noticed a "weakening trend" in Laos in bringing traffickers to book ...
Railway Hackers In Cambodia Build Bamboo Trains - Gadling

A decrepit railway line in Cambodia only sees about one scheduled train per week, but that doesn't mean it goes unused the rest of the time. According ...

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Canberra adds to Cambodia tribunal funding - NEWS.com.au

AUSTRALIA is to give $A3.25 million extra support to the UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ...
UNESCO Confident that Cambodia and Thailand will Protect Temple

Phnom Penh, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Local media outlets highlighted today the guarantees that Cambodia and Thailand gave to UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova that they will respect the decision that the International Court of Justice adopt about the territorial sovereignty of the temple Preah Vihear. The UNESCO Director-General, who is visiting this capital, was interested in the dispute ...
Cambodian Lost City Found With Lasers

A Cambodian Lost City has been found using airborne laser scanners. According to a report on Live Science, the city was only known from inscriptions and existed about 1,200 years ago. The city ...
Cambodia PM says garment firms may quit over wage rows - GlobalPost

(Globalpost/GlobalPost) Britain was set to enjoy its hottest day of the year so far on Wednesday but woke up to the gloomy news that it could be in the middle of a decade-long bad weather cycle. National weather and climate experts met on Tuesday to discuss Europe's run of unusually wet and cold conditions, and were told the cause could be Atlantic currents that move in cycles of 10 years ...
Cambodian lost city not so lost after all

In this photo taken in June 2012, Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex stands in Siem Reap province, some 230 kilometers (143 miles) northwest Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's Angkor Wat temples ...

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India delivers indelible ink for Cambodian polls

Some 40,000 bottles of indelible ink, donated by the Indian government, were delivered to Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC) Wednesday for use in general elections July 28.

The poll panel accepted the ink from Indian Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik.

NEC's chairman Im Suosdey said the ink cost $877,800, and each bottle contains 70 cc, reported Xinhua.

"The Indian government always pays close attention and support for electoral process in Cambodia," Im Suosdey said. "The donation shows more constant solidarity, friendship and cooperation between Cambodia and India."

The indelible ink will be used to mark voters' fingers and it cannot be washed off for 7 to 15 days.

Cambodia is scheduled to hold a general elections for the 123-seat parliament July 28, he said, adding that over 9 million Cambodians are eligible to cast their ballots.

Eight political parties will run in the elections. Three major parties among the registered parties are the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party led by self-exiled leader Sam Rainsy, and the royalist Funcinpec Party headed by Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey, the youngest daughter of the late king Norodom Sihanouk. ...