ASEM 8 - Brussels 2010

(LtR) EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Buphavanh hold a joint news conference after an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels October 5, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (L to R) EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso hold a joint news conference after an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels October 5, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) hold a joint news...

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News in Pics

U.S. national Alan Arthur Perry, 57, gets into a vehicle after his trial at the Provincial Court in Preah Sihanouk, some 230 km (143 miles) west of Phnom Penh, October 5, 2010. The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court tried Perry on Tuesday of sexually abusing four underaged boys and the verdict is to be announced on October 13, presiding judge Plang Samnang said. The judge said he was tried under two charges, purchasing child prostitutes and distributing child pornography of the alleged victims, aged between 16 and 17 and added that each charge carries a prison sentence of between 2 to 5 years. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaU.S. national...

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Teachers prevented from marching on World Teachers' Day

Teachers holding banners asking for better pay and better treatment. The cops prevented them from marching and from gathering in front of the old National Assembly building (All photos: Cambodia Express News)Rong Chhun (Front right) and Chea Mony (Front left, holding a microphone) led the celebration of the World Teachers' DayNumerous cops can be seen standing in the public park facing the old NA building to prevent the teachers to gather there.Roads were blocked to prevent the teachers from gathering in front of the old NA buildi...

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News in Pics

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L), Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) and Belgium's King Albert II (R) pose for an official photo at the start of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels October 4, 2010. European and Asian leaders will try to narrow differences over representation on the IMF at talks intended to break down barriers between countries representing more than half the world's population. REUTERS/Thierry Roge In this Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 photo, a local vendor cooks chickens for sale in Baseth village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) In this Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 photo,...

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Monks' Community Forest in Cambodia wins prestigious Equator Prize

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Cambodian islands for sale ... hurry up before the dictator-seller is out of power for good!

Last Chance to Secure Rare Piece of Tropical Paradise5 October 2010 (Phuket News) – Cambodia’s first luxury private island resort has released its last remaining over-water villas to potential buyers looking to secure a rare piece of paradise.Song Saa Private Island will be the first resort to be built in Cambodia’s pristine Koh Rong Archipelago, and sets a new standard for responsible high-end accommodation in this emerging tourism destination.Developers Rory and Melita Hunter are now offering the final six villas to like-minded investors following the success of their first phase of villa sales which was launched late last year...

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Small group of fed up women confront the regime's repression apparatus

Cambodian riot police disperse Boeung Kak Lake's villagers during a protest against local real estate developer Shukaku Inc. over unfair compensation, near Prime Minister Hun Sen's house in Phnom Penh October 1, 2010. Thousands of families living near the lake, which is currently half-filled with sand, are facing eviction after the government in 2007 awarded the land to a local real estate developer Shukaku Inc for private developments. Residents are demanding between $15,000 to $20,000 in compensation to move out but the government would only agree to around $8500 per family. The firm has been filling in the lake with sand causing...

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Thai soldiers killed a Cambodian mother and daughter at the border

The bodies of the mother and daughter covered with blood and riddled with bullets.Sunday, 3 October 2010By KhmerizationSource: DAP NewsTwo Cambodians, a mother and daughter, have been killed when Thai soldiers indiscriminately shot at a group of 20 Cambodians who tried to cross the border to find work in Thailand on Thursday 30th September.The two killed, 59 year-old Mourn Saroeuth and and 15 year-old Soeun Chatra, from O'Dombang village in Battambang province, were crossing the border at Robieng Checkpoint in a pick up truck heading to Aranyaprathet. About 10 kilometres into Thai territory, a group of Thai soldiers tried to stop...

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Additional Photos from Anti-Hun Xen Demonstration in New York

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"Sakava Pka Kanting'ring" a Poem in Khmer by Son Samrach

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Khmer Wedding

In Khmer wedding, it has a lot of ceremonies held in chronological orders. They show the historical roots related to the Buddha’s period which existed ages ago. According to a book “Khmer Wedding Rules” of Oknha Nov, it puts that in ancient Khmer wedding laws, people perform a song describing God Vesandor Borom Pothisat arranging the marriage between his children – Chealy and Kroesna. And some other songs are about the marriage arrangement of ...

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