Cambodia News Headline

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• Cambodian prince sentenced to 18 months in jail for fraud
  PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's ousted royalist leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh was Tuesday sentenced in absentia to 18 months in jail for fraud, over the illegal sale of his former political party's headquarters.
• Nobel Peace Prize-nominated monk dies
  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Maha Ghosananda, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated monk who rebuilt Buddhism in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge has died.
• US Congress warms to Cambodia
  PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - When the USS Gary arrived at the touristy port city of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, last month, it became the first US military vessel to dock in this Southeast Asian nation in over 30 years. US and Cambodian military personnel played soccer, and military doctors fixed the teeth of poor Cambodian villagers.
• A couple commit suicide
  In Khmer language - The girl commit suicide because she got angry with her dad, 3 days later her boy friend commit suicide follow her.
• Landmines hinder Cambodia's development, PM tells Ottawa conference
  PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Landmines remain one of the biggest obstacles to Cambodia's development, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday at the start of a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the international mine ban treaty.
• UN rights envoy cancels Cambodia visit after scathing report
  The United Nations rights envoy to Cambodia has cancelled a visit to the country, officials said Monday, just days after the release of his scathing report on the government's rights record.