Germany donates $300,000 for typhoon victims in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Federal Republic of German has donated another 200,000 Euro (about 300,000 U.S. dollars) for typhoon Ketsana relief in Cambodia, bringing a total aid so far to428,920 Euro (some 643380 dollars).
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Pardon for Thai man is good signal to improve Cambodian-Thai relations

BANGKOK, Cambodia’s royal pardon granted to the Thai man is a good signal to improve the Cambodian-Thai relations, Chavanon Intharakomalsut, the secretary to Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Friday. ...

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Thai national pardoned in Cambodia good news: PM

BANGKOK, It is good that Thai national Siwarak Chutipong has been pardoned in Cambodia, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday. ...

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ASEAN not to intervene into diplomatic tension between Thailand, Cambodia: Secretary-general Surin

BANGKOK, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not intervene into the diplomatic tension between Thailand and Cambodia as this is an internal matter, ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said Wednesday. ...

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EU donates 1.3 mln USD for human rights work in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, The European Union said Wednesday it will donate another new EC funding of around 900,000 euros (about 1.3 million U.S. dollars) for human rights projects in Cambodia. ...

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Varsity wary of revoking Hun Sen’s PhD

Varsity wary of revoking Hun Sen's PhD

Revoking the honorary degree awarded Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen by Ramkhamhaeng University would be a very serious matter, Ramkhamhaeng rector Kim Chaisansook said on Monday. Mr Hun Sen was awardedan Honorary Doctorate in Political Science in the field of Foreign Relations by Ramkhamhaeng University in 2001. ...

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Ending Thai-Cambodian MoU won’t affect Thai energy security

Ending Thai-Cambodian MoU won't affect Thai energy security

PATHUM THANI,– The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on overlapping Thai and Cambodian maritime claims if revoked will not affect Thailand’s energy security, according to PTT, Thailand’s largest energy conglomerate, and the energy ministry. ...

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Soldiers, locals at Thai-Cambodian border in high spirits

Soldiers, locals at Thai-Cambodian border in high spirits

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, – The Thai-Cambodian border situation in Thailand’s northeastern province of Si Sa Ket near Preah Vihear temple remains normal, while soldiers and local residents are in high spirits despite some heightened tensions from the diplomatic spat. ...

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Cambodia recalls ambassador to Thailand over Thaksin issue

PHNOM PENH, — The Cambodian government on Thursday evening announced to temporarily call back its Ambassador to Thailand, a move came shortly after Thai government’s recall of its ambassador to Cambodia. ...

World News

Bangkok can not predict how long diplomatic retaliation against Cambodia to end: Thai deputy PM

BANGKOK, The Thai government can not predict for how long the diplomatic retaliation against Cambodia will end since it will depend on Cambodia’s additional movement, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Friday. ...

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Thai Foreign Ministry to propose revocation of MOU with Cambodia on overlapping maritime area

BANGKOK, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday it will propose the cabinet meeting on Tuesday to revoke a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on overlapping maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001. ...

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Thai gov’t tightens security for Cambodian embassy amid bilateral tension

BANGKOK,- Security is tightened in front of the Cambodian embassy to Thailand in Bangkok Friday morning after Thailand recalled its ambassador from Cambodia over the latter’s appointment of Thai former premier as government advisor, Thai media reported. ...

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Thai-Cambodian border’s situation worrying: Thai senior official

BANGKOK, Vasin Teeravechyan, advisor to the Thai Foreign Ministry and co-chairman of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) Friday expressed his worries about the Thai-Cambodian border’s situation. ...

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Gov’t not to ask Cambodia to review decision of appointing Thaksin: Thai deputy PM

BANGKOK, — It is not essential for the Thai government to ask Cambodia’s government to reconsider its decision of appointing the ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an adviser of the Cambodian government, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Thursday. ...

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Cambodia celebrates Water Festival

PHNOM PENH, - Cambodia on Sunday started the celebrations of the annual Water Festival, the biggest festival in the capital city, in front of the Royal Palace here, which regularly draws over 1 million people from all over the country. ...

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Cambodia to warn people against A/H1N1, HIV/AIDS at water festival

PHNOM PENH, - Cambodian authorities have prepared two messages on prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS and A/H1N1 virus at the upcoming water festival, government and international organization officials said Friday. ...

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Cambodian PM to attend first Mekong-Japan summit in Japan

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to participate in the first Mekong-Japan Summit from Nov. 6 to 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, according to a statement released by the Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Friday. ...

World News

Obama says slash of executive compensation “important step forward”

WASHINGTON, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the government decision to slash executive compensation at companies receiving huge taxpayer bailout money was an “important step forward,” but stressed that “more work needs to be done.” ...

Business U S A News

New York Times’ loss narrows

NEW YORK, - The New York Times Co., the publisher of The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The International Herald-Tribune, reported a small loss on Thursday. ...

Business U S A News

U.S. orders slash of executive compensation at 7 bailout firms

WASHINGTON, The Obama administration on Thursday ordered seven firms that received the most federal aid to slash their compensation to 175 highest-paid employees. ...

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Oil slips on jobless data, rebounding dollar

NEW YORK, Crude prices slipped from a one-year high on Thursday as disappointing job-loss numbers and gains in the U.S. dollar weighed on commodities markets. ...

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