EU EOM chief observer Martin Callanan presents the key findings and recommendations of the mission’s final report, released Tuesday.

EU election monitors highlight voter registration, neutrality and the local media environment as key concerns in their final post-election report

THE European Union Election Observation Mission (EOM) has released its final assessment of the July 27 national election, calling on the government to address a number of irregularities it claims marred an otherwise peaceful poll.

Khmer Rouge rebel Khem Ngun (right) covers his face as a policeman escorts him at Phnom Penh court on Tuesday.

Relatives rejoice as four are sentenced for the murders of British deminer Howes and interpreter Houn Hourth
THE families of British deminer Christopher Howes and his Cambodian interpreter Houn Hourth welcomed the guilty verdict against four Khmer Rouge cadres charged with their abduction and murder, saying that the ruling ends years of uncertainty.

Cambodian soldiers Tuesday patrol around Preah Vihear temple, at Veal Antri, after Thai soldiers reportedly moved out of the area.

Even as Thai troops reportedly pull out of flash points on the front line, the war of words between the two sides heats up, dashing hopes for a quick resolution
WHILE Cambodian officials insist that Thai troops have pulled back from the front lines of disputed border areas, confusion remains as to whether the move amounts to a definitive withdrawal from frontier flash points where they have faced off with Cambodian soldiers.

JB, one of the members of the Korsang medical crisis team, attends to the wound of a heroin user in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.

A new government drug-reduction strategy will rely on the efforts of local harm-reduction NGO Korsang to reach the Kingdom’s growing number of intravenous drug users

IN a dark corner of one of Phnom Penh’s poorest communities, JB, a member of Korsang’s medical crisis team, cleans and disinfects scratches on a young girl. When he’s done, the girl runs off to play in the boggy trash heaps adjacent to her room.
Despite appearances, JB’s efforts form part of the front line  in Cambodia’s battle against the spread of HIV.

An Emirati investor reacts to the movement of stock prices at the Dubai Financial Market on Sunday.

PARIS -  World powers vowed to keep a united front to solve the financial crisis as the IMF warned that the global system was on the brink of meltdown ahead of new European crisis talks in Paris on Sunday.

Leaders of the 15 eurozone countries plus Britain gathered in the French capital to announce a new package of measures to protect their banks from the global financial crisis.

Fisherman Tep Tong says his lake is being polluted by a Korean alcohol factory.

More than 1,000 villagers threaten to protest if authorities ignore their latest complaint against a Korean ethanol factory they say is polluting their lake

MORE than 1,000 villagers in Kandal province’s Prek Pnov commune have threatened to protest if authorities fail to act on their repeated allegations that a Korean ethanol factory is releasing toxins into Samrong Lake, from which many make their living as fishermen.

Alexander Trofimov covers his face as he leaves Sihanoukville court in this file photo.

Sihanoukville Municipal Court Judge Taing Sunlay says court has no lawyer to represent Trofimov, while the Cambodian Bar Association says its lawyers are reserved for the poor
THE second trial of convicted sex offender Alexander Trofimov, set to begin today, has been postponed for a second time, Sihanoukville Municipal Court judge Taing Sunlay told the Post Sunday.

An animator at Cambodia’s first animation studio works on a commercial project – a public awareness short for a local NGO.

With the country’s first independent animated film now in production, a local studio is blazing a new trail for a domestic film industry crippled by illegal DVD sales

ANIMATORS in Battambang have begun work on Cambodia’s first independently-funded animated film, scheduled for completion next year.

Officials in Stung Treng province warn that overfishing is threating Cambodia’s dolphin population.

Officials in Stung Treng say illegal exports of fish to Laos are depleting the food stocks of the Irrawaddy dolphins, which are a popular tourist attraction

OVERFISHING on the Mekong River in Stung Treng province is depleting the food stocks of freshwater dolphins living there and could force the rare animals to leave the area in what officials say would be a catastrophe for the local tourism industry.

The American warship USS Mustin in Sihanoukville on Saturday.

The guided-missile frigate USS Mustin is to participate in joint training exercises, as well as social and humanitarian projects
THE American warship USS Mustin docked near Sihanoukville on Saturday as part of ongoing efforts to forge stronger bilateral ties between Cambodia and the United States, Cambodian and US embassy officials told reporters over the weekend.