Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2007
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Brought to you by... Microsoft?
Yes, it's true.
http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_8423-Microsoft-Becomes
-First-Private-Donor-For-Khmer-Rouge-Trials.html
It's a well intentioned move. However...
If there are numerous lag times, frequent error messages or the whole trial needs to reboot, this explains a fair bit.
More info? There's a multitude of sites covering the trial:
http://www.dccam.org/
http://www.yale.edu/cgp
http://www.krtrial.info/(Khmer/English)
http://www.cambodia.gov.kh/krt/
http://www.eccc.gov.kh
http://trialsanddenials.blogspot.com
Tags: cambodia,khmer+rouge
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2007
Books on TV
The Federation for the Development of the Book Sector in Cambodia (say that three times fast) has a TV advert about reading coming soon to a television near you! Looks like CTN will be the first to broadcast the spot.
And the first issue of the Book Federation's newsletter ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2007
Instrumental
Note the labels on this roneat - they're Western music notes. Him Sophy, working with Cambodian Living Arts, has created some hybrid instruments for their Cambodian-American Opera project. Below is a slightly revised gong vong thom.
Cambodian music has no notation system, and is taught orally. There has some academic writing ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2007
OPEN NOW !
In the tradition of 400 year-old European coffee-house culture,
management and staff wish to extend this concept
to provide a centre for social dialogue.
Our minimalist interior provides a perfect frame for
performances and exhibitions by Cambodian & international artists.
ART CAFÉ offers authentic specialties of Alsace-Palatinate ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 8th, 2007
Local Color
Finally got around to seeing the much-touted Rodin exhibit at Phnom Penh's National Museum this last weekend. It's going to continue through the end of February so you've got some time to check it out.
For three bucks, it lived up to the hype.
One hundred years ago, the sculptor became ...
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