Unionists' jailing compared with Bandith
Since her husband was arrested in June and thrown in provincial prison to await trial, Soam Chantha, 32, has given birth to a baby boy. at the same time the men have been locked up, police have failed to arrest former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/unionists-jailing-compared-with-bandith/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionists-jailing-compared-bandith
CNRP Touts Success on Second Day of Demonstrations
As leAders from the CPP And CNRP sAt down for A round of top-level negotiAtions Aimed At breAking the country’s prolonged politicAl impAsse on MondAy, opposition supporters once AgAin poured into Phnom Penh’s Freedom PArk for the second dAy of demonstrAtions AgAinst Alleged frAud in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cnrp-touts-success-on-second-dAy-of-demonstrAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-touts-success-on-second-day-of-demonstrations-42529/
Cambodian PM Claims Opposition Acknowledged Ruling Party Victory
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened to release an audio recording in which opposition leader Sam Rainsy purportedly acknowledged a ruling party election victory during a meeting between the two leaders aimed at ending a political deadlock. Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-pm-claims-opposition-acknowledged-ruling-party-victory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/recording-09262013165941.html
(English) Increasingly, Cambodians Say They are ‘Suffering’: Poll
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Vannarin Neou
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/increasingly-cambodians-say-they-are-suffering/1819008.html
(English) Cambodia’s eight-month political deadlock shows hints of ending
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Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodias-eight-month-political-deadlock-shows-hints-of-ending/1884765.html
(English) Sar Kheng Accuses CNRP of Launching ‘Constitutional Coup’
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-accuses-cnrp-of-launching-constitutional-coup-51186/
(English) Protest ban firmly in place on Women’s Day
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protest-ban-firmly-in-place-on-womens-day-53745/
Land deals? Leave the Red Cross out of it: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly castigated the Kampong Thom provincial governor in a speech on Saturday for allegedly claiming a large portion of land and saying it was needed for the local office of the Cambodian Red Cross, an agency lead by Hun Sen’s wife, Bun <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/land-deals-leave-the-red-cross-out-of-it-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Boeung Kak women kept away from NGO, reporters
Imprisoned Boeung Kak lake villagers, some crying, motioned to human rights representatives and Post reporters through a chain-link fence at Prey Sar prison on Tuesday. Their efforts to talk to the visitors were futile, however, as two guards stopped anyone from approaching the 13 women sentenced <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/boeung-kak-women-kept-away-from-ngo-reporters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053056483/National-news/silent-treatment-at-prey-sar.html
NGO Forum Breaks Silence on 'Warning'
NGO Forum confirmed yesterday it had received a “warning letter” from the Ministry of Foreign affairs over its advocacy on behalf of communities affected by a railway rehabilitation project funded by the asian Development Bank (aDB) and ausaID. The warning to the umbrella group of 88 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ngo-forum-breaks-silence-on-warning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Largest-ever Cambodian solar project launched
Cambodia’s biggest solar power initiative to date – expected to provide electricity to 12,000 households in off-grid areas – will be completed on January 31, according to officials involved with the project. Yiang Tal, chief of administration at the Rural Electrification Fund, said more than 10,000 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/largest-ever-cambodian-solar-project-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodia's Developers Again Aim at Stars
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s low-rise capital city is reaching for the sky—again. Long known as one of the last major asian cities without a skyline, Phnom Penh embarked on a high-rise building boom in the middle of the last decade, only to see it derailed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-developers-again-aim-at-stars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203315804577207352952177994.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
More than 40 faint as firm denies exit
More than 40 workers had fainted at a garment factory yesterday after officials prevented them leaving the building when four of their co-workers collapsed, a labour department official said. The mass fainting occurred at the Nanguo Garment Co Ltd factory in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nub <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/more-than-40-faint-as-firm-denies-exit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kingdom awaits US trade law
The US House of Representatives has renewed a trade law experts said could have a substantial effect on Cambodia’s exports to the United States, as well as the future of the Kingdom’s manufacturing sector. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program waived tariffs on about US$13 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/kingdom-awaits-us-trade-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011091251593/Business/kingdom-awaits-us-trade-law.html
Another power deal for senator
The opposition has raised conflict-of-interest concerns over another agreement headed to the National assembly today guaranteeing the government will buy electricity from a power plant to be constructed by a company owned by ruling party Senator Lao Meng Khin. However, it was unclear yesterday whether the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/another-power-deal-for-senator/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
World Bank Still Searching for Country Manager
The World Bank said yesterday that it is continuing to search for a new country manager following the departure of Quimiao Fann last month for a new role in the former Soviet Union. a Chinese national and economist by training, Mr. Fan has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/world-bank-still-searching-for-country-manager/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Building’s owner unknown
Amid sAfety feArs in the construction industry, Authorities yesterdAy refused to reveAl the owner of A brAnd-new industriAl building thAt crAshed to the ground in Phnom Penh on SundAy, just dAys before hundreds were to hAve set foot in it. Sen Sok district governor Khoun Sreng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/buildings-owner-unknown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030754899/National-news/buildings-owner-unknown.html
Future Telecommunications Regulator Will Face Challenges
A lAck of proper regulAtions, unreAlistic mArket dAtA And A constAnt streAm of disputes between CAmbodiA’s mobile operAtors will likely hinder the country’s future telecommunicAtions regulAtor from effectively governing the sector, According to A leAding reseArch firm. Without the enActment of telecommunicAtions lAw, which is currently <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/future-telecommunicAtions-regulAtor-will-fAce-chAllenges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Four Charged in Infantry General's Drug Case
A high-rAnking Army officiAl, his driver And two others were chArged with drug trAfficking yesterdAy following A series of Arrests over the weekend And A rAid thAt yielded neArly 5kg of methAmphetAmine. Questioning of the four by prosecutors At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court finished yesterdAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/four-chArged-in-infAntry-generAls-drug-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Police Officer Charged Over Bavet shooting
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has charged a local police official with causing “unintentional injuries” during a shooting in February that left three garment factory workers injured in Bavet City, court officials said yesterday. Former Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith was charged with the same crime <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/police-officer-charged-over-bavet-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>