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Also known as Duch, Kaing Guek Eav is charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and torture,
(photo: AP / Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)
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...
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono adjusts his traditional 'peci' headcap as he prepares for the taping of his televised speech one day ahead of the presidential election at the State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 7, 2009.
(photo: AP / Dita Alangkara)
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 ...
7th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) first plenary session with, from left to right: Wen Jiabao, Chinese Prime Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, Jos Manuel Barroso, Belgian Prime Minister and Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister
EC / European Community 2008
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, ...
A supposedly rhinoceros' horn with a plate used to grind to powder.
Creative Commons / Thang Nguyen
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...
 AG2 Elton John at the UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida Saturday November 10, 2007
WN / Aruna Gilbert
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...
Business Law
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks to media during a press conference as he unveiled a new Cabinet in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, April 9, 2009.
(photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
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...



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