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  • Asian Queer Film Festival to feature works from South Korea Cambodia - The Japan Times

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  • Wildlife group busts illegal loggers in Cambodia - ABC Online

    Cambodia An illegal logger in Cambodia has dropped an address book during a bust, leaving behind details of corrupt government officials and spying rangers. The man fled after being intercepted by police over an illegal haul of rare rosewood in Koh Kong province earlier this month.Beth Eisenstaedt from Wildlife Alliance helped coordinate the bust and has told Radio ...

  • When You Build a Small Roof for the Dog - New York Times

    Morning shift workers arrive at a factory in Phnom Penh. After an overloaded mezzanine collapsed at the Wing Star Shoes Factory on the southern outskirts of Phnom Penh last week, killing two workers and injuring 11 others, the Cambodian government sprang into action. One of the prime minister's sons was dispatched to ...

  • 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, ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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