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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Roof collapse at Cambodian shoe plant kills three - minister

    PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a government minister said on Thursday, adding to concern about safety standards at Asian factories producing clothes cheaply for Western consumers.
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    PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a government minister said on Thursday, adding to concern about safety standards at Asian factories producing clothes cheaply for...

    Tags: Standards, Cambodia, Work Rules Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Bangladesh

    2. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  2. West Hartford Clinic Helps Cambodian Refugees Deal With Trauma

    As a young woman in Cambodia, Theanvy Kuoch spent her days doing back-breaking labor, watching helplessly as 19 members of her family succumbed to abuse, disease and starvation.
    The Hartford Courant
    As a young woman in Cambodia, Theanvy Kuoch spent her days doing back-breaking labor, watching helplessly as 19 members of her family succumbed to abuse, disease and starvation. As she recounts the genocide of the Cambodian people by the Khmer Rouge,...

    Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health and Safety at Work, Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Issues

    3. May 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Cambodia after the killing fields

    A muddy, weed-choked field in the hills of northern Cambodia is the last resting place of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, chief instigator of a communist regime that enslaved a nation, dismantled its social and cultural institutions and took the lives of 2 million or more people. In life, he was a cipher, known only to a handful of confederates. He died of a reported heart attack in 1998, with his revolution collapsed around him.
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    A muddy, weed-choked field in the hills of northern Cambodia is the last resting place of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, chief instigator of a communist regime that enslaved a nation, dismantled its social and cultural institutions and took the lives of 2...

    Tags: Massacres, Punishment, Richard Nixon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Trips and Vacations

    4. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Khmer Rouge leader dies, eluding war crimes verdict

    NEW DELHI -- The death Thursday of one of the last senior leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime before his trial concluded underscores flaws in the war-crimes tribunal process that threaten to undermine the pursuit of global justice, according to lawyers, human rights activists and victims.
    NEW DELHI -- The death Thursday of one of the last senior leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime before his trial concluded underscores flaws in the war-crimes tribunal process that threaten to undermine the pursuit of global justice,...

    Tags: High Blood Pressure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, International Law, Justice and Rights

    5. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary dies during Cambodia trial

    Ieng Sary, who co-founded Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people, died Thursday morning. He was 87.
    Ieng Sary, who co-founded Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people, died Thursday morning. He was 87....

    Tags: High Blood Pressure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Punishment, Police Arrests, Revolutions

    6. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Cambodians mourn King Norodom Sihanouk in lavish style

    NEW DELHI -- Thousands of people lined the streets of Cambodia's capital Friday for the funeral of King Norodom Sihanouk, a controversial monarch who helped build the young nation after French rule before cozying up to the homicidal Khmer Rouge regime.
    NEW DELHI -- Thousands of people lined the streets of Cambodia's capital Friday for the funeral of King Norodom Sihanouk, a controversial monarch who helped build the young nation after French rule before cozying up to the homicidal Khmer Rouge regime....

    Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan, Ceremonies, Colon Cancer

    7. Oct 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Cambodia radio broadcaster jailed 20 years for inciting rebellion

    World Now
    A Cambodian radio broadcaster was sentenced Monday to 20 years behind bars for stirring up an insurrection against the state, charges that human rights groups say are a fig leaf for the government squelching dissent. Mam Sonando, the 71-year-old founder...
    8. Oct 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Cambodians mourn Sihanouk, their King Father

    World Now
    As word spread Monday that former King Norodom Sihanouk had died of a heart attack in Beijing at the age of 89, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians gathering in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh to mourn. The impoverished nation, still emerging from...
    9. Oct 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89; former king of Cambodia

    Former King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, an unpredictable and crafty political survivor whose fortunes were entwined with U.S. military involvement in Indochina, died Monday of natural causes in Beijing, where he had undergone medical treatment,...

    Tags: FBI, China, Richard Nixon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics

    10. Jul 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Mystery disease under investigation in Cambodia

    World Now
    Scores of Cambodian children have died from a mysterious disease that begins as a severe fever and moves on to menace the respiratory and neurological systems, leading to "rapid deterioration of respiratory functions," the World Health Organization said...
    11. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Phnom Penh's beer scene is chugging away

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia might not rank among the world's brewery or beer garden capitals, but change is coming.
    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia might not rank among the world's brewery or beer garden capitals, but change is coming. Kingdom Breweries, Phnom Penh's newest boutique producer, is gearing up on the banks of the Tonle Sap river to give local brands...

    Tags: Bars and Clubs, Cambodia, Dining and Drinking, Munich (Germany), Recipes

    12. Sep 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Vann Nath dies at 66; Cambodian painter survived torture in prison

    Vann Nath, whose talent as an artist helped him survive Cambodia's most notorious prison during the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror in the 1970s and whose later paintings bore witness to the prison's many horrors, has died. He was 66.
    Vann Nath, whose talent as an artist helped him survive Cambodia's most notorious prison during the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror in the 1970s and whose later paintings bore witness to the prison's many horrors, has died. He was 66. Vann Nath, who...

    Tags: Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Punishment, Diseases and Illnesses, Arts

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