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Kidnap Victim Released Unharmed, Father Says
So Ath No, the 49-year-old son of a senior government official, was released by kidnappers in the predawn hours Monday, nearly two weeks after his abduction. The kidnappers had originally asked for a $1 million ransom from his father, So Phon, who is an undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Interior. So Phon said Monday he had paid no ransom and did not know the reason his son was released. Continue reading
Vann Nath, Witness to Atrocities, Succumbs in Hospital
Vann Nath, a Khmer Rouge prisoner who survived by painting portraits of Pol Pot, died in Phnom Penh on Monday, following an 11-day coma brought on by a heart attack, family members and health officials said. Vann Nath, who was born in 1946 into a poor family in Battambang province, survived the Khmer Rouge’s notorious Tuol Sleng prison and had been an ardent supporter of victims’ justice at the UN-backed tribunal. Continue reading
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Parents Say Poor Education Aiding Illiteracy
Van La is a rice farmer in Kampong Speu province’s Udong district. Like many Cambodians, she is illiterate Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural, children, country, difficulties, human-resources, lives, news, Phnom Penh, santosh-khatri, studies, teachers
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City Moves To Begin Titling at Boeung Kak Lake
Phnom Penh officials met with representatives from the Beoung Kak lake area on Thursday, the first move toward dispensing land to some 800 families who had refused to make way for a massive development project. The city will provide around 12 hectares of land to the families to build houses, but they must build them to code and pay property taxes, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema said. The titling came at the order of Prime Minister Hun Sen, following a threat by the World Bank that it would suspend funding if the impasse between villagers, the city and the developer were not resolved Continue reading
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Tagged beoung, Cambodia, children, construction, developer, from-the-area, from-the-beoung, governor, land-titles, news, Phnom Penh, prime-minister, the-authorities
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City Begins Construction on Memorial Stupa
Phnom Penh authorities broke ground on a memorial stupa on Thursday to honor victims of a deadly bridge stampede at last year’s Water Festival. The Diamond Bridge stampede was the worst disaster in Cambodia’s modern history, leaving 354 dead and 393 seriously injured after a crowd panicked during festival revelries in November 2010. Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema said at a ceremony Thursday the city was erecting the stupa in remembrance of the dead and to help their souls find peace Continue reading
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Tagged bridge, chuktema, daughter, deadly-accident, diamond, festivals, governor, human rights and law, onto-the-bridge, Phnom Penh, stupa, tragedy, water
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City Denies Permission for Union March Sunday
Phnom Penh authorities say they will not allow a union demonstration against rising prices of food, fuel and other living expenses. The newly established Cambodian National Confederation for Laborers Protection, had requested permission from the city to hold its march Sunday, but were told instead that only a maximum 200 people would be allowed to gather at the city’s Freedom Park Continue reading
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