PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hosted one of Thailand’s deputy premiers at his home on Saturday in an attempt to diffuse a long-standing border row with friendly chat. Hun Sen’s wife cooked lunch for Suthep Thaugsuban and Thai Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon at his residence in southern Kandal province, Suthep said, [...]
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Cambodia, Bahrain to sign joint agreement of diplomatic establishment
June 30th, 2009 
admin PHNOM PENH, June 29 (Xinhua) — The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Bahrain will sign a joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations to expand the cooperation between a country in South East Asia and a country in the Middle East, a Cambodian official said on Monday. Hor Nam Hong, Cambodia’s deputy [...]
Learning to Teach About the Khmer Rouge
June 30th, 2009 admin Education officials this week are learning how to teach more history about the Khmer Rouge regime, as a course from the Documentation Center of Cambodia gets underway. In a one-week course that began this weekend, 24 officials from the Ministry of Education will hear from genocide experts and receive training from a new manual designed [...]
Aid Ownership Goes Beyond Government: Official
June 30th, 2009 admin Demands from the donor community for “ownership†of development assistance go beyond the government, in order to ensure the proper use of aid money, a leading health organizer said. “Country ownership means that citizens, civil society organizations, the private sector and the government must be the owners and work together to make sure that international [...]