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January 08, 2015
Lawmakers Asked To Leave Courtroom in Trial Against Activists

A group of opposition lawmakers were kicked out of a hearing at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday. The case involved several opposition activists, who are being tried for their involvement in violent demonstrations in July. But the judge asked several lawmakers to leave the courtroom, claiming they were not involved in the case and could therefore not be present. Critics say the move was a violation of their rights to be present at a public hearing.
October 01, 2014
Phnom Penh's White Building: The Surroundings (Part 3)

A general view of the fast-changing surroundings of Phnom Penh's White Building on Friday, September 5, 2014. (Nov Povleakhena/VOA Khmer)
September 18, 2014
Phnom Penh's White Building: The People (Part 2)

A general view of daily activities of residents at Phnom Penh's White Building on Friday, September 5, 2014. (Nov Povleakhena/VOA Khmer)
September 16, 2014
Phnom Penh's White Building: The “Building” (Part 1)

A general view of Phnom Penh's White Building, known locally as the "Building" and its residents on Friday, September 5, 2014. (Nov Povleakhena/VOA Khmer)
June 25, 2014
The 2014 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners

The 5th annual Earth and Sky Photo Contest is a collaborative effort by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and Global Astronomy Month, a program of Astronomers Without Borders. This year’s winners – representing 800 submissions – follow the theme Dark Skies Importance in preserving the night sky as part of our natural heritage. Other entries can be seen at www.twanight.org/contest
April 14, 2012
US Cambodians Welcome the Year of the Dragon

US-Cambodians in the Washington metro area celebrated the Khmer New Year last weekend with dances, music, and lots of fun, held at a Cambodian pagoda in Maryland. (Photos by Im Sothearith)
January 09, 2012
Borei Keila Evictees Face Crowded Relocation Site

Families forced to leave the Phnom Penh neighborhood of Borei Keila say they are now facing a second threat as more and more people move into their Kandal province relocation site. The site, at Phnom Bath mountain, is 50 kilometers outside the capital and lacks clean water, electricity, health care facilities and school. Residents at the site now say it is becoming overcrowded. (Photos by Heng Reaksmey)
January 03, 2012
Heavy Clashes as Police Clear Phnom Penh Neighborhood

Some 300 families are set to lose their homes in the development deal, on land in the Borei Keila commune of Prampi Makara district, which was supposed to be set aside for some of the city’s poorest residents. Around 200 police and military police were dispatched to the area. (Photos by Heng Reaksmey)
April 28, 2011
Cambodians Displaced from Border Skirmishes, Fall Ill in Remote District

Several dozen Cambodians displaced by border violence fell ill late Wednesday in the district of Chongkol in Oddar Meanchey province. Medical officials in the district's Pongro commune on Thursday night could not confirm the cause, though dirty drinking water was one possibility, they said. (Photos by Heng Reaksmey)
February 08, 2011
Major Clashes Between Cambodian, Thai Troops Near Preah Vihear

Cambodian and Thai troops were engaged in intense, sporadic fighting near Preah Vihear temple for nearly three hours on Friday February 4th, 2011. Fighting included the firing of multiple rockets from vehicle platforms and from tanks, Cambodian military officials said. The temple, which straddles the Thai-Cambodian border, belongs to Cambodia under a 1962 World Court ruling disputed by many Thais. (Courtesy of AP & Reuters)
November 29, 2010
Cambodian Stampede Featured in North American Press

One day after the tragic stampede at the Water Festival in Cambodia that killed at least 351 people, a number of major newspapers across the United States and Canada featured the Cambodian story on their front pages. The collection of front pages at Washington's Newseum, an interactive museum of news and journalism just a few blocks from the US Capitol, shows the prominence of the stampede news in nation-wide and state-wide newspapers in the United States and Canada. The news attracted passers-by well into the late evening. (By Soeung Sophat, VOA Khmer)

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