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Lunar New Year giveaway of cash and food leaves 4 dead in Cambodian capital as crowd surges
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Four people died and five others were injured Thursday as a crowd scrambled for a handout of food and cash from one of Cambodia 's richest people as a Chinese Lunar New Year gift, officials said. The victims were crushed as the crowd of hundreds surged...
Today in History: January 7, gunmen kill 12 at Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2025. There are 358 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 7, 2015, masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12...
Cambodian court gives an opposition leader 2-year prison term, keeping pressure on critics
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court on Thursday convicted an opposition party leader of inciting social disorder and sentenced him to two years in prison, the latest legal assault on opponents and critics of the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet. The Phnom Penh...
Court sentences Cambodian businessman to 31 years in prison for killing of young couple
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian real estate entrepreneur, whose high-profile killing of a young couple sparked public outrage, was sentenced Monday to 31 years in prison. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court said the sentence was the maximum for the crimes committed by Srey Sina,...
