Dancing in the New Year

Dancers toss flower petals toward the crowd during last year’s Cambodian New Year Celebration at Clark College. (Photo by Steven Lane)The Cambodian New Year Celebration at Clark College this weekend will feature elaborate costumes. (By Troy Wayrynen, The Columbian)Jennifer Kourn, then 6, from Vancouver, peeked through the stage curtain to check the crowd before dancing at last year’s Cambodian New Year Celebration. This year Jennifer, now 7, will dance again. (By Steven Lane, The Columbian)If you goWhat: Cambodian New Year Celebration, feting the year of the tiger with traditional dance and music.When: 6:30-11:30 p.m. April 10. 6:30-7:30 p.m....

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Cameroonian detained for smuggling Khmer gold to Thailand

http://www.mcot.net/via CAAI News MediaSA KAEO, April 9 (TNA) – A Cameroon man was abruptly detained with smuggled gold by Thai officials at the Aranyaprathet district immigration checkpoint after having crossed the border from Poi Pet in Cambodia to Thai territory.Arrested while carrying wheeled baggage, the man was asked to be searched, as said by officials, for he was deemed suspicious.Grains of gold weighing some 1,250 grammes were found packed in a plastic bag hidden in the suitcase without legal documentation permitting the importing of gold.Milol Francis, 35, confessed to the Thai authorities he had travelled to Cambodia and bought the...

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Park near disputed temple to be opened

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/via CAAI News MediaBy The NationPublished on April 9, 2010The Khao Phra Viharn National Park will be temporarily opened for tourists from April 10 to 18, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department directorgeneral Jatuporn Burutpath said yesterday.The department agreed to open the park's Mor E Daeng cliff and Noen Nub Dao areas for tourists during the Songkran holidays after Si Sa Ket governor Raphi Phongbupakit filed a request for the park to be opened. The park has been closed for six months over security concerns after conflicts erupted between Thailand and Cambodia over the Preah Vihear temple...

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