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Millions of Dollars Donated for Malaria Drugs Stolen
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A leading global health fund believes millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years - perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars worth - vastly exceeding levels of theft previously suspected, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press. The internal investigation by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria comes two months into a new anti-corruption program that the fund launched after an AP report detailing fraud in their grants attracted intense scrutiny from donors. In internal documents detailing ...
Cambodian-Thai Border Clashes Hurt Both Nations' Poor
By Mike Eckel - AOL NewsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- To call the fighting over the Preah Vihear temple on the Cambodian-Thai border a war is misleading. The fact remains, however, that it is a spasm of violence that no one really needs except for nationalist politicians who find it easier to sound the trumpets of war than tackle their own stubborn domestic problems. On one side is Cambodia, one of the world's poorest countries, where corruption is rife, poverty and disease are rampant, and a facade of democracy has been erected by a strongman prime minister. On the other side is Thailand, one of Southeast Asia's largest ...
Thai, Cambodian Clashes Resume at Disputed Border
By not in system - AOL NewsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Machine-gun and artillery fire echoed across the frontier between Thailand and Cambodia on Monday as their troops clashed near an 11th century temple in the fourth day of fighting that has killed at least five people. The crumbling stone temple, several hundred feet (meters) from Thailand's eastern border with Cambodia, has fueled nationalism on both sides of the disputed frontier for decades and conflict over it has sparked sporadic, brief battles in recent years. However, sustained fighting has been rare. Cambodian officials say Thai artillery collapsed part of a ...
Cambodia: Ancient Temple Damaged in Border Battle
By not in system - AOL NewsBANGKOK -- The Cambodian government said part of an 11th century temple was damaged Sunday by the Thai army as the two sides exchanged artillery and mortar fire across their disputed border, shattering a shaky cease-fire and escalating tensions. The extent of the damage to the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was not clear. There were no immediate reports of casualties as fighting continued across the darkened mountainous border for more than three hours. The fiercest border clashes in years erupted Friday and continued for a third straight day Sunday despite at least two ...
My Wish for 2011: More Progress for Women
By not in system - AOL NewsMy wish for the new year, the dawn of the second decade of the 21st century, is for women around the globe to progress significantly in both public and private arenas. On Dec. 10, the world observed Human Rights Day, commemorating the 1948 adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of the inalienable rights of mankind. The "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" included a commitment to end discrimination against women. Courtesy of Talia Carner Talia Carner's 2011 wish is for more progress for women. Sixty-two years later, rural women produce nearly 70 percent of the globe's food but ...
Cambodia Holds Day of Mourning for Stampede Dead
By not in system - AOL NewsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Nov. 25) -- Cambodia's prime minister cried as he lit candles and incense to mourn the hundreds of festival-goers who were trampled to death this week in a riverside stampede Flags flew at half staff across the country and bars, karaoke parlors and nightclubs shut on the official day of mourning for the tragedy, in which at least 347 people were killed and hundreds more injured. A government investigation has found that thousands of revelers cramming a suspension bridge over the Bassac river Monday night panicked as it began to sway under their weight. Some shouted that ...
Cambodian Stampede Blamed on Swaying Bridge
By not in system - AOL NewsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Nov. 24) -- A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital, according to a government investigation. Crowds celebrating a water festival had flocked to an island for a free concert Monday and spilled onto a bridge to the mainland before the panic took hold. Bayon TV, which serves as a mouthpiece for the government, reported Wednesday that a committee found many people on the span were from the countryside and unaware it was normal for a suspension bridge to sway. In ...
Clinton Urges Human Rights Progress in Cambodia
By not in system - AOL NewsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Oct. 31) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday urged Cambodia to improve its human rights record and ensure the Khmer Rouge are brought to justice for crimes against humanity in the 1970s. Clinton was in the capital, Phnom Penh, where she visited the main Khmer Rouge prison and torture center before appealing to Cambodian officials to overcome a legacy of impunity for abuses. The government has refused to allow a U.N.-backed court trying top Khmer Rouge leaders to prosecute lower-ranking members. Clinton toured the infamous S-21 prison where as many ...
Stir-Fried Tarantula: Food Photographer Snaps World's Nastiest Dishes
By Monica Garske - AOL News
(Oct. 12) -- Globe-trotting food photographer Neil Setchfield may get to travel the world for a living, but his seemingly glamorous gig can, at times, be very hard to swallow. For the past three years, the U.K.-based shutterbug has combed the globe in search of the nastiest, most bizarre foods that different countries have to offer for his new photography book, "YUCK! The Things People Eat" (Merrell). Setchfield told AOL News that the entire project began with a bag of stir-fried tarantulas he randomly picked up at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Courtesy of Merrell Publishers This ...
Embattled Court Indicts 4 Khmer Rouge Leaders
By Mike Eckel - AOL NewsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Sept. 16) -- A United Nations-backed tribunal today indicted four senior Khmer Rouge officials, setting up the most important legal reckoning yet with the radical communist movement whose utopian agricultural policies led to the deaths of as much as one-quarter of Cambodia's population in the late 1970s. The court, formally known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, accused Nuon Chea, the top deputy to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, of crimes against humanity, genocide and other charges. Also indicted were Khieu Samphan, who was head of state from 1976 ...
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