May 19, 2012 11:52AM | Beta V2

BREAKING NEWS

1 - 20,000 join CPP election campaign in Takeo (7:40 pm) 3,000 CPP members being campaign in Anlong Veng (7:44 pm) Tribunal verdict is restitution for victims (7:39 pm) 49 Chinese arrested in Phnom Penh (7:22 pm) 40 Chinese arrested (6:44 pm) Two men arrested for damaging forest (6:09 pm) Three dead, one badly injured in traffic accident (6:08 pm) 257 join National Combat competition (5:23 pm), 2 - Two thieves arrested (4:47 pm) Girl threatened with murder after being raped HRP makes oath as electoral campaign begins (3:52 pm) Four injured as lumber truck overturns (3:33 pm) 21 injured as bus overturns (3:30 pm) Traffic police get training (3:11 pm), 3 - Oil prices slide to multi-month low levels at $91.60 a barrel., 4 - US condemns killing of girl in Kampong Domrey (11:00 pm) US invites Cambodian chairman to Washinton (10:24 pm) Motorbike thief arrested in Sisophon (9:51 pm) Leo Cup results (9:26 pm) Ieng Sary falls ill (8:42 pm) Four in court for pickpocketing (7:49 pm) Two in court for meat cleaver attacks (7:44 pm) 1,699 policemen deployed for campaign in Kandal (7:45 pm) Nine arrested for drugs and gambling (7:29 pm) CPP, SRP, HRP plan parades as campaign starts (7:16 pm), 5 - Borei Keila representatives make court appeal (4:01 pm) Three women workers to appear in court (3:50 pm) CPP lures another 1,500 members from four parties (3:19 pm) No cheating after losing election (2:44 pm) Man arrested for raping girl seven years ago (2:44 pm) Ex anti-drug officer gets three years for bribe (2:33 pm) Two drug users arrested in Khan Sen Sok (1:32 pm),

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Youth express various ideas on commune election

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) -
Young people, who account for the bulk of the Cambodian electorate, have various ideas about the commune elections on June 3.

Phanha, 22, said the two-week campaign that started Friday could remind youth of their rights to choose local leaders.

"I will vote for the party which has the capacity to develop the country," Phanha said.

In Dina, a third-year banking student at the National University of Management, said the campaign and election would make positive and negative assessments of local leaders. …

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Summit must focus on food security

Published: 19-May-12 08:22AM, By Shenggen Fan

WASHINGTON (ANN) - As the G8 leaders meet in the United States this week, agriculture and food security must be at the forefront of the discussions...

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Published: 19-May-12 08:20AM, By Jamie F. Metzl

NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)  – The compelling drama of former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai’s ouster amid allegations of corruptio...

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LOCAL NEWS

CSX index closes unchanged.

Published: 18-May-12 08:07AM

The CSX index closed at 774.19 points Thursday, unchanged from its previous close on Friday last week, the Cambodia Securities Exchange said.

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France names first South Korea-born minister

Published: 19-May-12 09:14AM

PARIS (AFP)- President Francois Hollande has named 38-year-old technocrat Fleur Pellerin as France's first South Korean-born minister, in charge of small and medium enterprises and the digital economy.


Pellerin, born in Seoul and adopted by French parents at the age of six months, is a classic product of France's elite education system as o...

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CSX index closes 2.1 pct higher

Published: 18-May-12 01:23PM

The CSX index closed at 790.32 points Thursday, up 2.1 percent from the previous close, the Cambo...

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Best Buy retracts 23rd of May HTC EVO 4G LTE release date

Published: 19-May-12 11:24AM

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Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G LTE was supposed to arrive on the 18th of May, and if you have been foll...

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Chewing on Ice

Published: 19-May-12 11:49AM

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It’s natural and sugar free, so you might think ice is harmless. But munching on hard, froze...

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Olympic flame arrives in Britain for 2012 London Games

Published: 19-May-12 09:26AM

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CULDROSE AIRBASE, United Kingdom(AFP)- The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Fri...

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Monitoring tides could predict major quakes

Published: 19-May-12 08:59AM

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THE rise and fall of the tides could help us to predict major earthquakes like the magnitude...

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Zombie Training Camps

Published: 19-May-12 11:34AM

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Zombies invaded our local woods this weekend and it was up to a small group of survivors to fend ...