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Cambodian PM to expel NGO over TV program on sex workers

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

London-based Global Witness charged that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's success at the polls is a result of "electoral fraud and the brutal suppression of political opposition, including through murder, torture and arbitrary imprisonment." (Associated Press)

Hun Sen, Cambodian prime minister, amassed huge secret fortune, report finds

By Luke Hunt - Special to The Washington Times

President Obama returns a greeting to Bun Rany, wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, (center) before a gala dinner in Phnom Penh on Monday. Mr. Obama was in Cambodia on the final leg of his three-country tour of Southeast Asia. Below: Hun Sen, here in 1996, examines a grenade launcher reportedly surrendered by Khmer Rouge rebels. Hun Sen’s reputation for violence owes much to the fact that he staged a 1997 coup against his own coalition government. (Associated Press)

Hun Sen shows knack for staying in power

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

President Obama (fourth from left) waves as he stands with ASEAN leaders for a group photo during the ASEAN-U.S. leaders' meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. They are (from left) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Obama, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. (Associated Press)

Obama presses Cambodian rights

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after speaking to the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama who touched down Monday morning, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma, said his historic visit to Myanmar marks the next step in a new chapter between the two countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama in Cambodia after rousing Myanmar welcome

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Julie Pace - Associated Press

A phoenixlike float with the casket carrying the body of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as mourners lining the streets pay their respects on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Cambodians line streets to see ex-King Norodom Sihanouk’s coffin

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

** FILE ** Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk (left) introduces his son and successor, King Norodom Sihamoni, upon their arrival at Phnom Penh airport in Cambodia in 2004. (AP Photo/Andy Eames)

Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) talks with Thein Sein, Myanmar's president, in Phnom Penh on Monday before the welcome dinner ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit slated for Tuesday and Wednesday in Cambodia. (Associated Press)

Southeast Asian nations seek EU-like bloc

By Sopheng Cheang ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Clashes resume along disputed Thai-Cambodian border

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Cambodia mourns as stampede toll rises to 378

By Mike Eckel and Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

339 killed in stampede at Cambodian festival

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

World Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Textbook opens young eyes to Cambodian past