Cambodia News Headline

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• U.N. chief calls for justice inCambodia
  On the tenth anniversary of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's death, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed Tuesday for the senior leaders of the regime to be brought to justice.
• Long Beach Man Convicted Of Cambodia Conspiracy
  Yasith Chhun, the 52-year-old president of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, faces life in prison without parole when sentenced on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
• Bayon TV, The Latest Edition to Join SuncasTV
  Bayon TV, Cambodia's largest television, radio and broadcasting channel, will be featured on SuncasTV
• Indonesia's Rajawali Group, Cambodia agree to set up airline
  Indonesia's Rajawali Group has signed off with the Cambodian government to develop a new Cambodian national airline, but details were still being worked out, a Cambodian aviation official said Friday. The secretary-general of Cambodia's Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Chea Oun, said the announcement was only a first step and many more details needed to be worked out, including the new airline's name.
• Thousands homeless after Cambodian slum fire: police
  The blaze broke out in an area crowded with poorly-built wooden shacks, police said, adding that the cause of the fire was still under investigation
• Foreign Ministry protests against Cambodia
  The Foreign Ministry Thursday lodged an official protest with Cambodia over sovereignty violation in the overlapping area near Preah Vihear temple.
• Danish woman arrested in Cambodia for headache tablet smuggling
  A Danish woman faces drug smuggling charges in Cambodia after she was arrested at the post office allegedly trying to post thousands of tablets containing codeine, a police official said Friday. The secretary-general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs, Lou Ramin, said Axelexen Johanne Vinther, 45, attracted the suspicion of postal workers at the capital's main post office earlier this week.
• http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-foreignadopt.artapr11,0,7233556.story?track=rss
  Dorothy and Douglas Hennessey decided to adopt a second child from China in 2004, when their first daughter, Maya, was 2 years old.
• Hundreds of houses burned in fire in Cambodia
  Hundreds of houses were burned to ashes Friday during a fire accident in northwest Phnom Penh, Cambodia officials said.
• Vietnam donates rice seeds to Cambodia
  The Committee for Southwestern region of Vietnam has donated 300 tonnes of rice seeds to Cambodia to help local farmers with the crop cultivation.