Cambodian Times
CambodianTimes.com Friday 22nd August 2008 Edition 235/2008
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China, Laos to Strengthen Natural Resource Management Cooperation


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Posted on: Thursday, 21 August 2008, 09:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Laos, China To Strengthen Natural Resource...


Medical emergency teams thwarted by dense Bangkok traffic
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Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai police said disgraced rocker Gary Glitter agreed Thursday to leave Thailand for London, possibly ending a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a ...


Latest border talks make
Cambodian, Thai foreign ministers agree to meet again over Preah Vihear standoff as negotiations over territorial dispute once again grind to a...


Ericsson deploys rural, solar-powered site with satellite transmission in Cambodia for Star-Cell
ERIC ) has combined a GSM base station and satellite transmission in a solar-powered site, enabling Cambodian mobile operator Star-Cell to expand its network coverage in remote areas. The solution...


Sam Rainsy Party to move offices
T HE Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is seeking a new location for its headquarters because the owner of the current Sothearos Boulevard site, who is also a senior SRP official, wants to reclaim his land. ...


Govt touts organics to up rice export
S HIFTING to chemical-free fertilisers could triple farmers' rice yields and produce more profitable crops at a time when Cambodian rice exports are on the rise, say agriculture officials. ...


Glitter in Bkk causes alarm in Cambodia
AFP Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter sits on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok after his release from a Vietnamese prison on...


Thailand Seeks To Seize $2.2 Billion In Assets From Thaksin
(AFP)--Thai prosecutors Thursday accused ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of being "unusually rich" and said they would ask the courts to ...


Heavy rains damage roads, fields in Oddar Meanchey province
Approximately one metre of water is now covering Oddar Meanchey’s Samraong, Trapang Prasath and Banteay Ampil districts. Officials are on alert for flash floods after unseasonably heavy rains...


Political will is key to Khmer Rouge trial
T HE United Nations draft proposal for a trial, with international involvement, for the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge has achieved a unity rarely seen in Cambodia: everybody hates it. Prime...


Rain halts preah vihear road fix
R epair of the 4km road leading uphill to the Preah Vihear temple has been suspended for five days due to rain, said Uch Vantha, a military engineer. "I got an order to repair the road to help...


Govt seeks loan from kuwait
A Kuwaiti delegation met with officials from the ministries of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and water resources and meteorology this week to discuss a development loan for improvements to...


Siem reap tour group honoured
J ourneys Within, a Siem Reap tour operator, won the Condé Nast Traveller magazine 2008 World Savers award for work in the health sector. The internationally recognised publication praised...


Laos, China to strengthen natural resource management co-op
Technical staff from Laos and China have recently reached in-principle consensus on establishing a center for cooperation on land and natural resource management in Laos to exchange technical...


Glitter back in Thailand after HK rejection
FORMER glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter arrived back in Thailand today after being refused entry to Hong Kong, a Thai Airways official said. Glitter was deported from Vietnam on...


Thailand threatens to expel Gary Glitter to Britain
Glitter, 64, was released from a Vietnamese prison on Tuesday after serving nearly three years for committing obscene acts with two girls aged 11 and 12. He had been booked to fly that night...


Thailand May Forcibly Send Sex Offender Glitter Home
(AFP)--Thai immigration authorities threatened Thursday to expel former glam rocker and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter to his native Britain ...


Protesters Urge Thailand To Strip Thaksin, Wife Of Passports
(AFP)--About 1,000 anti-government protesters rallied Thursday in front of the foreign ministry to demand that authorities strip ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife of their...


Flood-plagued Laos to build wall along Mekong River
Bangkok - Laos plans to build a 12-kilometre wall along the Mekong River to prevent future flooding in the capital, Vientiane, which has been hard hit this month by the worst inundation in 100 years,...


Autonomy is imperative for Bank of Thailand
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Travel Mid-Week on THAI to Thailand and save $$$
Thai Airways International’s Special Mid-Week Promotional Fares to Bangkok are now on sale until 30 September 2008, travel until 18 Sep 2008 and 10 October 2008 to 20 November 2008. Depart...


Pan Pacific to Manage Serviced Suites in Bangkok, Thailand
SINGAPORE, August 13, 2008. Luxury serviced accommodation brand Pan Pacific Serviced Suites announces today the establishment of its first property in Bangkok and the second in the Asia Pacific...


Chinese legislator calls for further cooperation with Southeast Asia
Visiting Senior Chinese legislator Zha Peixin on Wednesday called for further cooperation between China's top legislature and parliaments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)....


Japanese national charged for allegedly making kiddie porn
A JAPANESE man has been charged for allegedly producing child pornography after he was arrested over the weekend in Sihanoukville taking pictures of naked boys, a police official said Tuesday. ...


Journeys within recognised for social conscience
J ourneys Within, a Siem Reap tour operator, has won the Condé Nast Traveller magazine 2008 World Savers award for its work in the area of health. The internationally recognised publication...


SEZ operators form group, gaining bargaining power
Cambodia Chamber of Commerce outraged as operators of the Kingdom's Special Economic Zones strive for more independence, leverage with...


Overfishing risks food security
Widespread illegal fishing and rapid population growth are putting the Kingdom's fisheries, which provide the bulk of most citizens’ protein intake, under increasing threat, experts...


Temple tension eases at talks
H UA HIN, Thailand - Tensions over Preah Vihear temple have eased, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday, as foreign ministers from the two countries met for a second round of talks aimed at...


Opposition journalists fear secret police are watching
HENG CHIVOAN Dam Sith is seen in a car’s rearview mirror as he leaves Prey Sar prison in June. He has since left the...


Christians detained in Laos
(christiansunite.com) - At least 90 Christians were arrested throughout Laos in recent weeks, according to an August 8 report from Compass...


Man extradited from Thailand over 2004 murder
Scott Storey absconded after stabbing mother-of-four Bridget Cameron, 35, in the neck on April 24 2004 at the house they shared in Edinburgh.The 43-year-old was initially remanded in custody, but he...


Eng Chhay Eang to give up position as SRP secretary general
The opposition stalwart will step aside for the second time in three years but only after the party’s election complaints have been...


DHL and tabitha build homes
A t least 70 employees of DHL, a freight company, and Tabitha, a local NGO, built six houses in Krang Yow Village in Daang commune, Sanng district in Kandal province on August 10. The event was part...


Thumbprints of 20,000 voters back fraud claim
Sam Rainsy Party submits vast body of evidence to Constitutional Council in effort to substantiate allegations of electoral fraud by the ruling...


Singapore welcomes moves by Thailand, Cambodia to resolve temple dispute
Singapore Wednesday welcomed the efforts of Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks on the Preah Vihear Temple issue. A spokesman for the Singapore Foreign Ministry said in a statement that resolving the...


Glitter faces detention after refusing to board flight from Thailand
British rocker Gary Glitter walks towards an airline gate at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport where he refused to board a plane back to the UK. Photographer: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters Disgraced former...


Kuwait rents rice farms in Cambodia
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KRT opens anti-graft drive
Cambodian court officials vow to stamp out corruption, but new 'ethics monitors' will not address graft allegations under review by the...


Cambodia, Thailand to discuss 2nd phase of troop redeployment at disputed border area
Cambodian and Thailand have agreed to arrange a second-phase troop redeployment at the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous province of Cambodia, foreign minister Hor...


Strongman tightens grip on Cambodia
By Geoffrey Cain PHNOM PENH - With surging double-digit economic growth and a territorial dispute with Thailand whipping up Khmer nationalism, Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodia's...


Thailand, Cambodia agree to step up border marking
FOREIGN ministers from Cambodia and Thailand said yesterday they have agreed to step up efforts to mark the border around a disputed temple that has been the scene of a military standoff.At the...


Buddhist monk attacks Cambodian man
A Cambodian man caught "loitering suspiciously" at a Buddhist pagoda was attacked by a monk with a machete, local media said.Soy Narith, 22, was recovering from severe chop wounds to his leg and left...


Cambodia says temple border with Thailand to be closed indefinitely
Phnom Penh - Although talks with Thailand over disputed border territory achieved modest progress, the border crossing at the ancient Preah Vihear temple would remain closed indefinitely, Cambodian...


Thailand denies entry to jail-house rocker Glitter
Bangkok - Thailand on Wednesday denied entry to Gary Glitter after the former British glam rock star refused to board a plane to London after finishing a jail term in Vietnam for sexually abusing two...


Rice Production Makes a Comeback in War-ravaged Cambodia
Amid rising food prices and supply shortages, Cambodia has managed to increase its food production by turning the war-ravaged country's former "killing fields" into rice fields. Fred de Sam Lazaro...


Second Thai-Cambodian foreign ministers
No substantial agreement has been reached after a one-day verbal tug-of-war between Thai and Cambodian delegations led by respective foreign ministers over the disputed border around the Preah Vihear...


Japanese man detained in Cambodia for taking nude photos of children
PHNOM PENH — A Japanese man has been arrested and charged in Cambodia’s coastal town of Sihanoukville for having taken nude photos of children there, local officials said Tuesday. ...


Government plan to boost domestic rice production
BANGKOK, 19 August 2008 (IRIN) - Thailand's Finance Ministry has announced it will lease some 160,000 hectares (ha) of unused state-owned land to poor farmers and agri-businesses to boost domestic...


Amanta Receives Licences for Laos Copper Project
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 19, 2008) - Amanta Resources Ltd. (Amanta) (TSX VENTURE:AMH) is pleased to report that it has now received the necessary permits and licences to enable...