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Duch: Symbol of Khmer Rouge horror BBC News | In early 1999, in a village in northwest Cambodia, an elderly man introduced himself to a journalist. | He was Hong Pen, he said, a former teacher from the capital, Phnom Penh. He spoke good English and was wearing the T-shirt of an American aid organisation. | But the journalist recognised his fa...
Why Yudhoyono needs FDI Asia Times | By Fabio Scarpello | JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is widely expected to use his strong electoral mandate to push reforms in his second term to attract foreign investment. But the re-elected leader's first 100-day plan is already raising concerns that much-needed liberali...
Cambodia's Duch trial nears end Al Jazeera | Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court has begun the final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago. | Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, has apologised for his...
SLIFF, day ten: Children's Film Symposium, plus Cinematic Titanic Live The Examiner | Day ten of the St. Louis International Film Festival is today, and today is special because there really is something for all ages. Besides the independent and foreign films for the adults, the free Children's Film Symposium at Washington Unive...
Duch: Symbol of Khmer Rouge horror BBC News | In early 1999, in a village in northwest Cambodia, an elderly man introduced himself to a journalist. | He was Hong Pen, he said, a former teacher from the capital, Phnom Penh. He spoke good English and was wearing the T-shirt of an American aid or...
Why Yudhoyono needs FDI Asia Times | By Fabio Scarpello | JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is widely expected to use his strong electoral mandate to push reforms in his second term to attract foreign investment. But the re-elected leader's first 100-day plan is ...
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Cambodia rattles Thailand's chain Asia Times | By Craig Guthrie | HUA HIN, Thailand - Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, with a thumping parliamentary majority and a war-traumatized electorate fearful of change, ...
Trade in rhino horn fuels massive poaching surge in South Africa The Guardian | An 'insatiable' demand for horn, with poaching at a 15-year high, is stretching South Africa's abilities to protect its white rhinos, above, and critically endangered black rhino...
Celebrities see stars when trying adoption Khaleej Times Elton John is following a long line of pop stars, Hollywood celebrities and politicians seeking to adopt a child ' and he is not the first to find his private life a problem. | Man...
Premier Seeks His Mandate in Malaysia Wall Street Journal By PATRICK BARTA | SINGAPORE -- The pace of social and economic reform in Malaysia is likely to slow over the coming months but the country remains committed to opening its heavily regulated economy to more competition in the long term, Prime Ministe...
Berlin Wall comes down but myths still stand The Examiner | Recently, the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Angela Merkel and Mikhail Gorbachev walked through a former border crossing on November 9th, 20 years to the day after the wall came down, thronged by adulant crowd...
Drug gardener to appeal sentence BBC News | A man involved in a £193,000 cannabis farm in the Scottish Borders is to appeal against his four-year jail term. | Tron Huy Le, 43, admitted producing the drug at a house in Gifford Place, West Linton, between 20 June and 12 July. | He was ja...
Premier Seeks His Mandate in Malaysia Wall Street Journal By PATRICK BARTA | SINGAPORE -- The pace of social and economic reform in Malaysia is likely to slow over the coming months but the country remains committed to opening its heavily regulated economy to more competition in the long term, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Friday. | In a rare private interview, Mr. Najib said that steps he has taken sin...
