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THAILAND
Cambodia rejects Bangkok's request to extradite Thaksin
Cambodian officials have formally refused to extradite fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) to Thailand. Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as economic adviser to the government has stoked tension between the two countries.
CAMBODIA
Ousted Thai PM Thaksin arrives in Phnom Penh
Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Cambodia to take up his new job as the government's economic adviser. His appointment has sparked fury in Thailand, where he has been sentenced in absentia to two years in jail ofor graft.
DIPLOMACY
Thailand to scrap oil deal with Cambodia over Thaksin appointment
Thailand has threatened to scrap a deal on developing energy reserves with Cambodia a day after both nations recalled their ambassadors in a row over Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) as economics adviser.
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Cambodia - Khmer Rouge - trial
The long road to Khmer Rouge justice
Some 30 years after the hardline communist regime fell, Duch, a notorious camp commandant, is the first high-ranking Khmer Rouge official to be tried in the UN-backed war crimes court.
TYPHOON KETSANA
Death toll mounts in storm-struck Vietnam, Philippines
Typhoon Ketsana has killed 86 people in Vietnam and at least 277 people in Philippines, according to government officials, as the Southeast Asian region struggled to cope with the havoc wrought by landslides and rising flood waters.
TYPHOON
Storm kills nearly 50 across Vietnam, Cambodia
Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 49 people and caused widespread floods in Vietnam and Cambodia, adding to the 246 deaths in the Philippines. The storm is now making its way towards Laos.
CAMBODIA
Government uneasy over plans to widen Khmer Rouge probe
More former Khmer Rouge leaders could face charges before a UN-backed tribunal after the court agreed to extend investigations to additional suspects, a decision that could put it on a collision course with the government.
CAMBODIA
Khmer Rouge tribunal hears first survivor testimony
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal heard its first survivor testimony Monday. Van Nath, one of a handful of prisoners to survive the regime's notorious Tuol Sleng prison, gave evidence at the trial of his jailor Duch (pictured).
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Cambodia - Japan - North Korea - Pakistan - Taliban
Tokyo gets tough on North Korea
In this edition: Tokyo steps up sanctions against North Korea following last week's missile launch; in Pakistan, people are up in arms over a video of a woman being whipped in public; and Cambodia's textile workers hit hard by the crisis.
CAMBODIA
Former Khmer Rouge head of state appeals for bail
Khieu Samphan, who was head of state under Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge, has appealed for bail ahead of his trial at the UN-backed war crimes court. Samphan is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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