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Cambodian Love ‘Doctor’ Charged With Rape

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia ? A Cambodian man who claimed to have a magic cure for women worried about the fidelity of their partners was charged Tuesday with rape and child sexual abuse.

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Thailand announces 50 percent spike in swine flu

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Thailand announced yesterday a 50 percent increase in swine flu cases and ordered a dozen schools to close for a week as confirmed infections mounted across the Asia-Pacific.New Zealand reported 28 ne...

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ASEAN officials meet in Cambodia for disaster management

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
At least 30 officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday for disaster management and cooperation of mutual benefits with the suppor...

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New UN rights envoy in Cambodia

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
The new UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, is making his first visit to the country.Professor Subedi has said he wants to establish fruitful and constructive dialogue wi...

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Suspected separatists kill female teacher in Thailand

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Pattani, Thailand - Suspected separatists Tuesday shot dead a 55-year-old female teacher in southern Thailand, bringing the death toll among teachers in the area to 115 in the past five years, the aut...

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Forced recruitment into border guard drives Karens into Thailand

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Bangkok - Forced recruitment by the Myanmar military has driven 3,000 Karen refugees into Thailand, and is likely lead to a bigger exodus soon, the Karen Human Rights Group said Tuesday. The group, wh...

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Vietnam To Build $438 Million Railway To Cambodia

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
and other international donors to build the railway, it said. A feasibility study on the project is being prepared by a Chinese consulting consortium and should be submitted to the Vietnam Railway D...

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2 Thais killed by suspected insurgents in S Thailand

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Two Thais were killed in two separate attacks by suspected insurgents in Thailand's southernmost provinces on Tuesday morning. A female teacher of Poh-meng School in Raman district of Yala province wa...

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Alleged Khmer Rouge torturer cries in court

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
A man accused of running an infamous Khmer Rouge torture center broke down in tears at his trial Monday as he spoke of the imprisonment and execution of former comrades in the facility he commanded.Ka...

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