Archive for February 3rd, 2012

Khmer Rouge Tribunal – Finally, Duch will spend the rest of his life in jail.

A former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people will spend the rest of his life in jail, Cambodia‘s UN-backed court ruled in a final appeal verdict. Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court has rejected an appeal by Khmer Rouge jailer Duch and increased his sentence to life imprisonment. Kaing Guek Eav, better [...]

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Just another quote for today.

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean politics will not take an interest in you!” ~ Pericles, 430 B.C.

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Cambodia’s Debt by Year, Country and Organization.

Cambodia‘s overall debt from 1993 till end of 2011 amounts to 4,405,853,139 USD. These are the main creditors of Cambodia since 1993: Worldbank (WB):       704 million   US $ ADB (Asian Development Bank):      1,162 billion US $ OPEC:  60 million US $ IFAD:   46 million US $ China:  1,59 billion US $ Malaysia:  18 million US [...]

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