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  • Cambodia factory collapse How did inspectors miss it

    Some thought Cambodia was a 'model' in the garment industry. But after a ceiling collapse at an Asics shoe factory, critics say they're dead ...

  • Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia - Truthdig

    Footage of rescue workers picking through the rubble after a cave-in at a factory in Kampong Speu province in Cambodia. Two people are dead after part of the concrete roof of a factory that manufactures Asics shoes in Cambodia collapsed on workers, officials say. Police say at least six people were injured. Occurring weeks after the collapse of an eight-story garment factory in Bangladesh ...

  • ROTA volunteers reflect on Cambodia experience - AME Info

    Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) celebrated the success of its recent volunteer trip to Cambodia by hosting a Reflection Event for volunteers, parents and school officials involved in the ...

  • Will this Thai-Cambodian marriage end conflict

    The Nation/Asia News Network Friday, May 17, 2013 With former PM Somchai Wongsawat's youngest daughter, who is also ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's niece, set to marry the son of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's right-hand man, ties between the two countries might get stronger. Chayapa Wongsawat and Lynal Nam, an official attached to the Office of the Cambodian Cabinet, will be tying the ...

  • Thailand Cambodia agree to strengthen bilateral ties - The Nation

    Thailand and Cambodia yesterday agreed to strengthen cooperation and solve any border conflicts with mutual trust. Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat met his Cambodian counterpart General Tea Banh at a General Border Committee (GBC) meeting at a golf resort in Rayong province. After the meeting, Sukampol told the press that both countries had agreed to boost cooperation in suppressing ...


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Sweet Smell of Success [Blu-Ray]

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A critical and box office failure during its initial theatrical release in 1957, Alexander Mackendricks acerbic backroom drama Sweet Smell of Success has gone on to become one of the most esteemed films of its era, a daring expos of the sordid underpinnings of c ... ...

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  • Cambodia Thailand to enhance cooperation in fighting cross border crimes - Xinhua

    PHNOM PENH, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Thailand agreed Friday to enhance cooperation to fight against all forms of illegal cross-border activities, a joint statement said. The agreement was made between Cambodian defense minister Tea Banh and his Thai counterpart Gen. Sukumpol Suwanatat at the 9th General Border Committee, which was held in Rayong province, Thailand on Friday. "Both ...

  • Cambodia factory operator admits neglect after deaths

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The operator of a Cambodian shoe factory where two workers were killed this week when a ceiling collapsed admitted on Friday, May 17, to neglecting staff safety and vowed to take full responsibility. Eleven other people were injured in Thursday's, May 16, incident at the Taiwanese-owned Wing Star facility, which makes shoes for Japanese sports brand Asics. "For ...

  • 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 ...

  • Thailand Cambodia strengthen cooperation

    Thailand and Cambodia Friday agreed to strengthen cooperation and solve any border conflicts with mutual trust. Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat met his Cambodian counterpart General Tea Banh at a General Border Committee (GBC) meeting at a golf resort in Rayong province. After the meeting, Sukampol told the press that both countries had agreed to boost cooperation in suppressing drug ...

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