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Demining funds maintained despite world economic woes

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:55:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Efforts to get rid of landmines are making good progress in many countries and funding is being maintained despite government budget constraints, a key meeting in Cambodia that closed 2 December shows. But work remains, with 4,000 new victims of landmines each year: six people died in Pursat Province, Cambodia, which hosted [...]

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Myanmar comes in from the cold, joins landmine ban talks

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:24:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Myanmar’s cautious approach to joining the nations of the world in political arenas is being given a very public boost this week by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the country 30 November, the first by a US leader in more than 50 years. The former Burma (still called that [...]

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Swiss send four humanitarian aid experts to Thailand

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:31:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Four specialists from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) were dispatched to Thailand by the Swiss government, which is also supplying CHF100,000 to help Thailand and Cambodia organize their flood aid efforts. The team of four experts is made up of a water specialist, microbiologist, and two experts on flood containment and [...]

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Landmines attacked on two fronts to diminish their impact

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:30:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Landmine groups meeting in Cambodia this week are calling for more countries to sign the 1997 Landmine Ban Treaty. They are marking International Mine Awareness Day 4 April by drawing attention to the case of Cambodia, one of the world’s most heavily affected countries, with 44,000 survivors. States Parties the convention, [...]

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Cambodia-Thailand dispute over temple

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:14:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The remains of Preah Vihear, an ancient temple built nearly 1,000 years ago and a Unesco heritage site, are at the heart of a dispute between Cambodia and Thailand that has claimed several lives. More than 10,000 Cambodian villagers reportedly have been evacuated from areas along the Thai border and are waiting for relief from [...]

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Death toll rising rapidly in Phnom Penh stampede

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:11:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A stampede on a bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has killed at least 339 people, with as many wounded the country’s prime minister told the nation on state public television. Reuters, which is carrying regular updates, reports that “thousands panicked late on Monday when several people were electrocuted while celebrating the end of an annual [...]

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Khmer Rouge chief gets 35 years

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:52:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com (video) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (GenevaLunch.com, agencies) – Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, was sentenced Monday 26 July to 35 years in prison with five years off for time served. Duch, age 67, was the man who ran Cambodia’s notorious S-21 prison where some 15,000 people died under the Khmer Rouge regime that saw one-quarter of [...]

UNHCR condemns Cambodia’s return of Chinese Uighurs

Sean Ecker — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:20:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Corrections 14:05 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) has denounced Cambodia’s forced return to China of 20 ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers before their claims were heard. The Geneva-based organization said it was “deeply distressed” at the news and concerned that “a disturbing pattern of such cases is increasingly evident around the [...]

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Cambodia refuses to extradite Thaksin

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:42:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Tensions are rising sharply between Cambodia and Thailand, with Cambodia refusing Wednesday 11 Novmber a demand for extradition from Thailand for Thai former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thailand is now reviewing its cooperation agreements with Cambodia. Thaksin was to stand trial on corruption charges in Thailand when he fled the country in 2008, saying the [...]

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Thailand suspends cooperation with Cambodia over Thaksin job

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Thailand’s former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has arrived in Phnom Penh to take up a job as economic advisor to Cambodia. The wealthy businessman’s arrival Tuesday 10 November in the Cambodian capital prompted Thailand to suspend its cooperation agreement with Cambodia in protest. The latest move in worsening relations between the two as a result [...]

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