Voters said Tuesday they were looking for security and good governance from their local commune councils.
The FAO predicts world rice production will exceed 730 million metric tons for 2012 - up almost two percent from 2011.
More than 40 pieces of artworks from 34 artists were shown at the French Institute and the German cultural centre in Phnom Penh.
As Cambodians prepare for local elections Sunday, voters say petty corruption in their villages is very much on their mind.
Protesters, many of whom were the children of the arrested women, sang songs or shaved their heads in a sign of desperation.
Loun Savath has become a common figure at land protests, vexing Cambodia’s Buddhist leadership.
The 13 women were found guilty of illegally taking land and resisting public officers.
City officials could not be reached for comment, but rights workers said they expect the 13 detainees will appear in court Wednesday.
Two demonstrations—one of factory workers and one of displaced city residents—were held on Monday.
Security forces have left a village in Kratie that was the site of the shooting death of a teenage girl by government forces last week.
The ultimate goal is to have libraries in all of Cambodia’s 26 prisons by 2014, serving more than 15,000 prisoners nationwide.
The delegation also met with UN officials in New York last week and were scheduled to talk with the US State Department Friday.
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