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  • Laos official praises Sultan bin Shakhboot for development of continuing popularity of chess

    WAM ABU DHABI, May 23rd, 2013 -- Khamana Anthirat, Laotian Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, and President of that nation's Chess Federation, has praised the efforts of Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Shakhboot Al Nahyan, President of the Asian Chess Federation, in the deployment and development of the game in Asia in general, and Laos in particular. This came during a ...

  • ASEAN power chiefs meet in Cambodia to follow up blocs ambitious power grid ... - Shanghai Daily

    PHNOM PENH, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of ASEAN power utilities and authorities gathered here on Thursday to follow up the progress of the ambitious ASEAN power grid action plan, which was set to inter-connect power lines in the 10 ASEAN member states by 2020.Speaking to reporters after the opening of the 29th meeting of the Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities and Authorities Council, Keo Rottanak, ...

  • Energy officials in Laos look at best practice in hydropower sustainability

    Lao government energy officials yesterday met with hydropower experts from around the world to discuss ways to advance sustainable hydropower development. The talks between Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Viraphonh Viravong, his delegation and hydropower experts took place this week during a meeting of the International Hydropower Association (IHA) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. "We ...

  • ADB urges Laos to ensure better land management

    The Asian Development Bank has urged the Lao government to strengthen its capacity to manage land and natural resources in order to ensure the sustainable growth of the Lao economy in the longer term. According to the bank's recently released Asian Development Outlook report, the Lao government is experiencing difficulties managing land concessions after allowing private sector investors ...

  • ILO to name unsafe Cambodia garment factories - Radio Australia

    The International Labour Organisation says Cambodian garment factories refusing to comply with safety requirements have one last chance before they are named and ...


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Dinosaur

Contrary to claims of the obvious, "Dinosaur" is not a movie. Rather, it is an 82-minute demo reel that illustrates the wondrous possibilities of three-dimensional computer animation. It arrives, after many years in development, courtesy of Disney's new $70-million digital studio, which was constructed for the sole purpose of completing this movie. ...

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  • Cambodian Official Rejects UN Request for Update on Rights - Radio Free Asia

    Cambodia's top human rights official lashed out at a U.N. envoy Wednesday over requests for an update on the country's progress on rights, criticizing the envoy of "ignoring" earlier government responses to international concerns. Om Yentieng, president of the Cambodia Human Rights Committee, accused U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Surya Subedi at a press conference ...

  • SEASON OF CAMBODIA to Culminate with Visual Arts Open Studio Exhibition ... - Broadway World

    Organizers of Season of Cambodia announce the final week of events for its two-month long arts festival, which began in early April 2013, and now culminates with a visual arts 'Open Studio' exhibition of works by five artists-in-residence at Governors Island off the southern tip of Manhattan. This 'open studio' of work reflects two months of work by contemporary Cambodian and ...

  • A dam too far in Laos

    By Melinda Boh VIENTIANE - It was once referred to by US magazine Newsweek as a "kinder, gentler" type of dam. Since the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam commenced commercial operations in 2010, the World Bank and other proponents of the multi-billion dollar power project have trumpeted it as an economic and social development success story for host country Laos. But with the negative ...

  • HM Says Garments Made in Cambodian Factory Without Approval

    Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB) , Europe's second-biggest clothing retailer, said some H&M garments were produced without its knowledge or approval at a factory in Cambodia where workers were injured in a partial building collapse this week. A supplier of the Stockholm-based company placed two minor orders with an unapproved sub-supplier at the Hong Kong-owned Top World garment ...

  • Cambodias insurance revenues rise by 30 pct in Q1 - Shanghai Daily

    PHNOM PENH, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's insurance industry earned a total premium of 12 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2013, up 30 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the industry's report released Wednesday.The main sources of the premium were from fire insurance of 28 percent, motor insurance of 18 percent, personal accident insurance of ...

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