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US Federal Workers in Annual Charity Drive
US federal employees have begun a fundraising campaign for 2011, in a drive to collect money for local and international organizations. The Combined Federal Campaign is undertaken each year and allows US government employees to deduct money from their incomes to go toward thousands of different organizations, including charities and NGOs. “I donate to a lot of humane societies: Crime Solvers organization, the Red Cross,” said Brandon Garner, an administrative assistant at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a US agency that oversees VOA. Continue reading
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Cambodian Embassy in US Collecting for Flood Relief
The Cambodian Embassy in Washington is helping to raise funds for floods victims in Cambodia, following weeks of inundation that has left thousands of families stranded. At a gathering in Washington Sunday, the embassy collected around $6,500 from some 200 Cambodian-Americans, the ambassador, Hem Heng, told VOA Khmer. At least 250 people have died in the floods, which began in August and continued through September. Continue reading
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National Assembly Passes Law to Regulate Prisons
The National Assembly passed a law to reform prisons on Monday, but critics say its wording remains unclear and that one section that allows prisoners to work for private companies should not have been included. Cambodia has around 15,000 prisoners in 28 prisons across the country, creating severe overcrowding and unrest. Other problems within the system include corruption within the judiciary and the prison system, and arbitrary detention and releases Continue reading
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Passage of Acid Attack Law Welcomed, With Caveats
The National Assembly on Friday passed a law to against acid attacks, providing long-term recovery costs for victims and a sentence of up to 30 years for assailants. However, critics of the law as passed said it contained loopholes that could be exploited by unscrupulous court officials. Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, said Article 20, which provides only three to five years of jail for offenders in certain cases, was too lenient Continue reading
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‘Enemies’ Gathers Audience at Maryland Temple
“Enemies of the People,” an award-winning documentary that follows one journalist’s search for answers about the Khmer Rouge, screened at a pagoda in Maryland this weekend, prompting many questions from the audience, some of them yet unanswered. Continue reading
More Reporting Needed on Khmer Rouge: Journalist
Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath, whose work reporting on the Khmer Rouge over a decade was made into an award-winning documentary, was presented the Knight International Journalism award in Washington Tuesday. But he said more work needs to be done before the secrets of the Khmer Rouge perish with the aging members of the regime Continue reading
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