Cambodia trip reaffirms career choice
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
ELWOOD — When Britney Zeller was a student in Elwood, she told her teachers, “I want to be a missionary.”
Archive for August, 2011
Cambodia: Sand for sale; environment ravaged
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
KOH KONG, Cambodia (AP) — Round a bend in Cambodia’s Tatai River and the virtual silence of a tropical idyll turns suddenly into an industrial nightmare. Lush jungle hills give way to a flotilla of dredgers operating 24 hours a day, scooping up sand and piling it onto ocean-bound barges. The churned-up waters and fuel
Cambodia shrugs off aid curb
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Cambodian leaders have shrugged off a World Bank move this month to suspend new lending due to state-sponsored, large-scale evictions to clear land for development projects.
Cambodia not compromise on observers issue : Defence
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Cambodia's Defence Ministry on Saturday issued a statement, denying news report that Cambodia now took compromising stance that the Indonesian observers to be deployed on disputed border near Preah Vihear Temple may not be needed.
Thaksin’s Cambodia visit complicates task for Thai govt
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
A plan to visit Cambodia by former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for private business threatens to undermine attempts by the new government to restore relations with Phnom Penh, as his trip m .....
Cambodia pledges land to thousands made homeless by developer
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Cambodia has set aside prime land in the capital Phnom Penh for thousands of people forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for a Chinese development project, the Phnom
Cambodia agrees land deal after World Bank halts loans
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
PHNOM PENH, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Cambodia, under pressure by the World Bank, said on Tuesday it had set aside prime land in the capital Phnom Penh for thousands of people forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for a Chinese development project.
Cambodia agrees to talks on troops
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Icy relations between Thailand and Cambodia are showing signs of thawing after the countries agreed to hold talks to discuss troop withdrawals from the area around Preah Vihear temple.
Facing history in Cambodia
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Cambodia is beginning to deal with the legacy of decades of civil war: soldiers and civilians maimed by landmines....