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Another report addresses the complicated issues raised by the likelihood of oil in Cambodia's future.

It should be a time for happy anticipation by the international institutions and NGOs that have propped up the country for years. But instead there is trepidation that Cambodia's anticipated "black gold" bonanza from... more

Former King Norodom Sihanouk, in China for medical treatment, is making funeral plans public on his web site.

"When I pass away, my body will be cremated. My ashes, which will be blessed by Cambodian Buddhist monks, will be put in a marble urn," Sihanouk said in a handwritten statement in French posted on his website.

In the statement dated November... more

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Former US President Bill Clinton is visiting Cambodia as he travels to review the work of the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in the country.

The Clinton Foundation established its office in Cambodia... more

Continued from here ... Brad and Angelina were in the area and toured the Genocide Museum. 'Nuff said.

Holt International has included a report on a new partner agency, the Cambodian International Children Friends Organization... more

As predicted by many, the Khmer Rouge trials are not getting off to a good start. Actually, they're not getting off to any start yet, and it's looking more and more likely that the the powers that be in Cambodia are determined to place obstacle after obstacle in the road to justice in hopes that some will prove either insurmountable or so time consuming that there will no longer be a point.

The International Bar Association has canceled a training program for Cambodian attorneys preparing for the Khmer Rouge genocide... more

The Vatican has come out with a statement about human trafficking that got some press recently.

"It's worse than the slavery of those whose slaves who were taken from Africa and brought to other countries," said Cardinal Renato Martino, former longtime Vatican envoy to the United Nations and current head of the Holy See's office concerned with migrant and itinerant peoples.

At a news conference to present Pope Benedict XVI's annual... more

King Norodom Sihamoni was in France this week and attended a dinner in his honor hosted by Jacques Chirac. Chirac dedicated the dinner to the memory of victims of the Khmer Rouge, stressing the importance of the up-coming trials.

"Peace is rooted in the commitment of all parties to complete the national reconciliation," Chirac said at the dinner. "But we know that hearts and spirits will only be able to... more

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At the 7th Conference of the Asian Parliaments for Peace, the Iranian delegate "praised the restoration of peace and stability in Cambodia and hoped the country would achieve greater progress and development in the domestic and international arenas. " And while Iran is noticing Cambodia, Italy is ... more

The Japanese have offered more than US $1 million to help Cambodia manage a database for the National Authority of Land Dispute Resolution. A little more than half the money will go toward installing a system. The rest is for building an annex to the Ministry of Justice.

There are presently 1,577 land dispute cases in the works.

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And the Angolan National Intersectorial Commission for De-mining and Humanitarian Assistance... more

Gay is not fond of children. She is SO not fond of children that she made a very early and surgical decision not to ever have any. Since that time, she's been completely blissful about her child-free status. For the greatest part, none of her close friends have had children, as being around them quite gives her the willies so she's tended to avoid people who come equipped. For the first eight years of our friendship, Mark and I were virtually kidless, as well ... aside from the years we had T, but he was not a baby ... and she was most pleased that was the case. ... more