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Annie Linskey Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. In her eight years at the Sun, she's also covered Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore police and briefly wrote a column on sailing for the Anne Arundel section. ...
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Maybe they are just too well-drilled. But the chances are that South Korea’s political example will rub off, too. South Korean officials might be helped by the wild popularity of Korean pop and television dramas and soap operas in the rest of Asia,...
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A Cambodian Buddhist monk walks past wooden houses asking for alms along a railway in Phnom Penh on February 16, 2012. Written off as a failed state after the devastating 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime and several decades of civil war, Cambodia has used... View Photo »
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We are all aware of the DOC that was signed in Phnom Penh between ASEAN and China at that time Cambodia was ASEAN chairman in 2002
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The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the so-called war crimes tribunal, handed down its only verdict to date in respect of Duch (69), the former chief interrogator at Phnom Penh’s infamous Tuol Sleng detention centre. Duch, whose full...
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Praychhean, his wife and three children lived at the dump site. Now in Udong, a half hour drive from Phnom Penh, Praychhean says some in his community struggle to make a living. Habitat ensures villages it builds are close to schools and medical...
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Linskey Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. In her eight years at the Sun, she's also covered Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore police and briefly wrote a column on sailing for the Anne Arundel section. Originally from...
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Cambodian girls smile as they wear vietnamese hats in Phnom Penh on February 16, 2012. Written off as a failed state after the devastating 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime and several decades of civil war, Cambodia has used garment and footwear exports and... View Photo »
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Linskey Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. In her eight years at the Sun, she's also covered Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore police and briefly wrote a column on sailing for the Anne Arundel section. Originally from...
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The Killing Fields are where "I want to get a sense of how the country is recovering from those terrible years," Tsongas said. The Lowell delegation will be based in the city of Phnom Penh, but will also travel to Siem Reap for two days. Tsongas said...
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Phnom Penh (Khmer: ភ្ន៓ពេញ; official Romanization: Phnum Pénh; IPA: [pʰnum peːɲ]) is the largest, most populous and capital city of Cambodia. It is also the capital of the Phnom Penh municipality. Full Article
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A Cambodian woman (L) buys a flower along a street in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2012. Valentine's Day is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later deleted...
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A Cambodian man prepares flowers for sale along a street in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2012. Valentine's Day is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later...
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A Cambodian man sits in an unused concrete drain pipe along a railway in Phnom Penh on February 16, 2012. Written off as a failed state after the devastating 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime and several decades of civil war, Cambodia has used garment and footwear exports and tourism to help...
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A Cambodian Muslim woman and children walk past clothes hanging to dry from their family's wooden boat on which they live on Mekong River bank near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at dusk Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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A handout photo taken and released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on February 3, 2012 shows fomer Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav -better known as Duch (C) -- greeting judges in the courtroom at the ECCC in Phnom Penh. The former Khmer Rouge jailer...
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Tourists walk at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh on February 1, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 people at a notorious torture prison will learn his fate on February 3 when Cambodia's UN-backed court issues its final judgment in the landmark case....
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A Cambodian boy collects water from a pond as another prepares its transportation by an oxcart near Udong in Kandal province, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.
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People offer food to Buddhist monks during the Meak Bochea ceremony at the Oddong mountain in Kandal province, some 40 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on February 7, 2012. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrate 'Meak Bochea', the date that Buddha told followers that he would die in next three...
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Cambodian nuns march during the Meak Bochea ceremony at Oddong mountain in Kandal province, some 40 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on February 7, 2012. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrate 'Meak Bochea', the date that Buddha told followers that he would die in next three months. Meak Bochea...
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Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and minister of interior Sar Kheng (C) and supreme patriarchs of the country's religious leaders Tep Vong (L) and Bour Kry (R) attend a march during the Meak Bochea ceremony at Oddong mountain in Kandal province, some 40 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on...
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Cambodians and Buddhist monks march and pray during Meak Bochea at Udong in Kandal province, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Hundreds of Cambodian monks, nuns and government civil servants on Tuesday celebrated the Meak Bochea Day...
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A Cambodian dancer performs and leads a march during Meak Bochea at Udong in Kandal province, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Hundreds of Cambodian monks, nuns and government civil servants on Tuesday celebrated the Meak Bochea Day...
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A Cambodian-Chinese worshipper cuts his tongue as he takes part in a procession featuring Chinese deities in Phnom Penh February 6, 2012. The event is celebrated annually by the Cambodian-Chinese community in the region.
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Bou Meng, former S-21 prison survivor, gestures after the verdict was handed down to Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The Khmer Rouge tribunal's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the regime's chief jailer...
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Cambodian buddhist monks and relatives of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime sit praying during a ceremony held at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012 after Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch, former chief of the Khmer Rouge's...
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Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, left, former S-21 prison commander, is seen on a screen of court press center during the verdict was handed down to Duch, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
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A tourist places flowers at a memorial stupa of the Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 3, 2012. The U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia ruled on Friday that the Khmer Rouge's prison chief should serve the rest of...
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Cambodian buddhist monks and victims of the Khmer Rouge regime sit praying during a ceremony held at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people was given life in prison...
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Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, upper center, former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander, is seen on a screen at the court press center during a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed by Duch against his conviction Friday, Feb. 3,...
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Cambodian buddhist monks walk past a stupa where skulls of the Khmer Rouge genocide's victims are displayed after they attended a prayer for the Khmer Rouge vicitms at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer...
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Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, top, former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander, sits behind his lawyer Kar Savuth, as they are seen on a screen at the court press center during a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed by Duch...
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A tourist walks away from skulls displayed at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people will spend the rest of his life in jail, Cambodia's UN-backed court ruled in a final appeal...
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In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, sits in the courtroom for a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed...
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A Cambodian woman (L) buys a flower along a street in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2012. Valentine's Day is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later deleted...
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