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Call to end evictions | National news | The Phnom Penh Post - Cambodia's Newspaper of Record

Local residents delivered a petition with more than 1,200 signatures to Phnom Penh city hall yesterday, urging governor Kep Chuktema to make Phnom Penh an “eviction free” zone.

Sumner Redstone Donates $720,000 to the Cambodian Children's Fund

Sumner Redstone today announced a grant of $720,000 to the Cambodian Children's Fund , a non-profit program that provides a wide range of critical health and educational services to impoverished and abused children in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh. Â This most recent gift brings Mr.

Confucius Institute opens Chinese-language class in Cambodia (People's Daily)

&$ &$Students listen during a Chinese lesson at the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Jan. 21, 2010.

Phnom Penh rejects human rights report as 'insulting' - Summary (EARTHtimes.org)

Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government Friday rejected the annual report of a prominent human rights organization that warned respect for rights in the country had dramatically deteriorated last year. In its assessment, also released Friday, Human R...

Cambodia's largest labour union demands 'real killers' be arrested in leader's 2004 murder (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's largest labour union warned Friday that it would launch a nationwide strike unless authorities arrest those responsible for the killing of their prominent leader six-years ago.

Cambodian garment workers threaten week-long strike (The Malaysian Insider)

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 – Two of Cambodia’s biggest workers’ unions on Friday threatened to hold a nationwide garment industry strike to protest over low pay and the unsolved murder of the country’s most respected union leader.

Cambodia largest labour union demands "real killers" be arrested in leader's slaying (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's largest labour union warned Friday that it would launch a nationwide strike unless authorities arrests those responsible for the slaying of their prominent leader six years ago.

UN Agency To Prioritise Development Areas In Cambodia (Bernama)

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- The Cambodian government has said that its development partner, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is planning to prioritise five areas for development projects in the country from 2011 to 2015, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Norwegian arrested in Cambodia on underage sex charges (MalaysiaNews.net)

Phnom Penh, Jan 22 (DPA) A 64-year-old Norwegian man was arrested in the Cambodian tourist town of Siem Reap on suspicion of sexually abusing four boys, aged 11 to 14, media reported Friday.

By Paul Vrieze (Thailand Outlook Channel)

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen recently marked his 25th anniversary as the Southeast Asian nation's leader. First appointed by the Cambodian National Assembly on January 14, 1985, he became at 33 years old the youngest prime minister in the world.