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Malaria Drugs Lose Punch in Key Region

John Johnson — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:16:49 CDT

Malaria researchers are watching with alarm as once-effective drugs lose their punch in a flashpoint region, reports the Guardian . New studies show that drugs based on the plant extract artemisinin are losing potency on the Burma-Thailand border. The problem started in Cambodia and is apparently spreading as counterfeit versions spring...

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Is Too Broke to Pay Staff

Mark Russell — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:00:00 CST

Money problems are threatening the UN's Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia, reports the AP . The tribunal employs 480 people, and while the international staff is getting paid, the 300 Cambodians who work there have not been paid this month. The tribunal's judges and prosecutors have not been paid since October....

Pocket of Asia Yields 208 New Species—in 1 Year

Mark Russell — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:18:24 CST

It's a region that produces a new species every other day: Carnivorous plants that can eat mice, birds, and lizards. An all-female species of lizard that reproduces by self-cloning. Brightly colored geckos bathed in orange, yellow, blue, and green markings. A noseless monkey that looks like it's wearing an Elvis...

UN Orders Thai, Cambodian Troops Out of Temple Area

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:20:29 CDT

The UN's highest court created a demilitarized zone around a 1,000-year-old temple today on the disputed border between Cambodia and Thailand, and ordered the armed forces from both countries to withdraw. Both countries claimed they were satisfied with the ruling by the International Court of Justice, meant to end...

Wild Angelina Does Vuitton

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:07:51 CDT

A smoldering shot of a barefoot, wild-haired Angelina Jolie in a wooden boat in Cambodia is the latest come-hither ad for Louis Vuitton. "People are not used to seeing Angelina in this situation," far from the red carpet, a Vuitton spokeswoman tells Women's Wear Daily . Jolie wears a Louis Vuitton...

6 Shot Dead in Thai, Cambodia Border Clash

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:00:00 CDT

At least six soldiers were killed today when artillery and gunfire were exchanged in the latest border clash between Cambodia and Thailand. Some 5,000 civilians are being evacuated from the area near the ancient temples of Ta Krbey and Ta Moan. Ten people were killed two months ago in...

Want a Cambodian Wife? Tough Luck if You're Over 50

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:16:05 CDT

If you're an American looking for a wife and happen to be, well, broke and old, there's no point in looking in Cambodia. Under Cambodian law, it's now illegal for the country's women to marry foreigners who are age 50 and up, or who make less than $30,960 a...

Thailand-Cambodia Border Clash Hits 4th Day

Matt Cantor — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:44:27 CST

Thai and Cambodian troops faced off for the fourth consecutive day today, trading shells and gunfire in a border dispute. At least two Thais and three Cambodians have died in the clashes, as “yellow shirt” nationalist protesters in Bangkok call for the government’s resignation. The 2-square-mile area in question surrounds...

US Teacher Gets 9 Years for Sex With Cambodian, 14

Rob Quinn — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:41:33 CST

"This is one of the most disgusting cases that has ever come before this court," a federal judge said before sentencing a 61-year-old American teacher to 9 years in jail for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in Cambodia. Michael James Dodd abused the teen over an 8-month period, paying...