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Expert Touts Rise of Citizen Journalists

Ngeth Moses, ICT coordinator for the Community Legal Education Center, told “Hello VOA” Monday that new tools are making it easier for so-called citizen journalists to emerge.
Group Finds Irregularities as Post-Election Deadlock Deepens

The 62-page report found that Identity Certificates for Elections, which are temporary documents for voters, were issued to up to 20 percent of eligible voters by election authorities.
N. Korean Leader's Uncle Executed

Declaration comes just days after Jang Song Thaek was publicly ousted from power for alleged disloyalty and corruption.

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela's coffin arrives at the family gravesite for burial at his ancestral village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape province, 900 km (559 miles) south of Johannesburg.
A woman wipes away a tear while watching the funeral of former president Nelson Mandela on a big screen at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
Three helicopters fly over the gravesite during the burial of Nelson Mandela in his hometown Qunu.
Military personnel line the route as former South African President Nelson Mandela's casket is taken to its burial place in Qunu.
General view of the tent where the funeral service for former South African president Nelson Mandela is taking place in Qunu, South Africa, Dec. 15, 2013.
South African President Jacob Zuma sits between Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela's former wife, and Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel, right, attend the funeral service for former president in Qunu.
People stand outside the dome where the funeral of former South African president Nelson Mandela is taking place in Qunu.
Chief Mantanzima speaks during the funeral service for former South African president Nelson Mandela in Qunu.
The casket bearing the remains of former South African President Nelson Mandela is brought into a tent for his funeral service for in Qunu.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is hugged as he arrives for the funeral service for Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa.
Members of the Mdakane family watch a television in their home showing the funeral service of former South Africa President Nelson Mandela in the Soweto township, Johannesburg.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left, Nelson Mandela's former wife, left and Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel stand over the former South African president's casket during his funeral service in Qunu.
British entrepreneur Richard Branson, right and television host Oprah Winfrey attend the funeral service for former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu.
Two people follow the proceedings of Nelson Mandela's funeral on a big screen in Nelson Mandela square in Sandton, Johannesburg.

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Thousands Attend Nelson Mandela's Funeral

World leaders and celebrities are among the thousands who gathered to honor Nelson Mandela

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Group Finds Irregularities as Post-Election Deadlock Deepens

The 62-page report found that Identity Certificates for Elections, which are temporary documents for voters, were issued to up to 20 percent of eligible voters by election authorities.

A Cambodian Buddhist monk, center top, helps an injured worker, center bottom, beaten by riot police inside a Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Cambodian police have fired live ammunition at protesting garment workers outside the capital, injuring at least six protesters and killing a bystander. The human rights group Licadho says hundreds of workers from the SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd. Factory clashed Tuesday with about 1,000 riot police sent to block a march from the factory to the Phnom Penh residence of Prime Minister Hun Sen. (AP Photo)

Hun Sen’s Human Rights Speech Finds Little Purchase

Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, called Hun Sen’s promises of improved rights in the country “the same old song.”

Mourners line up after waiting for hours to get into a bus to go to the Union Buildings where the casket of Nelson Mandela lies in state for three days in Pretoria, Dec. 11, 2013.

In Mandela, Lessons for Khmer Rouge Survivors, Former Ambassador Says

The people of the 21st Century are very fortunate to have had the influence of Nelson Mandela, a former ambassador says.

Kem Sokha, vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.

Police Ordered To Investigate Facebook Threats, Official Says

Authorities say they are looking into an alleged threat made to an opposition official over Facebook.

U.S. navy officer Michael "Vannak Khem" Misiewicz becomes emotional as he embraces his aunt Samrith Sokha, 72, at Cambodian coastal international sea port of Sihanoukville, file photo.

Corruption Case for Cambodian-Born US Navy Commander To Open in February

Misiewicz is accused of providing sensitive government information to regional defense contractor, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, which then allegedly bilked the Navy out of millions of dollars.

In Graft Case, Another Cambodian-Born Servicemen Faces US Courts

Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz is facing federal charges in a San Diego court, making him the second Cambodian-born serviceman to face courts over military misconduct in recent years.

RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON: Cambodia-Americans with the Khmer People Network for Cambodia (KPNC) hold a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to discuss "critical human rights violations, the dwindling state of democracy in Cambodia and related subjects, and their impacts since the signing of the Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) 22 years ago." Stay tuned to VOA Khmer's news coverage of this event.

Cambodian-Americans Warn of Dangers of Political Deadlock

Some panelists suggested cutting aid to Cambodia to pressure the government to change.

A woman walks past a television showing a report on Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leaders' uncle, at a railway station in Seoul, Dec. 3, 2013.

N. Korean Leader's Uncle Executed

Declaration comes just days after Jang Song Thaek was publicly ousted from power for alleged disloyalty and corruption.

FILE - Jang Song Thaek, August 17, 2012.

North Korea Executes Kim Uncle Jang Song Thaek

Official Korean Central News Agency says Jang was put to death Thursday after facing a special military tribunal, found guilty of treason.

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces the media during a news conference at The Army Club in Bangkok, Dec. 10, 2013.

Thai PM Calls for Talks as Protesters Keep Up Pressure

Yingluck Shinawatra says government-backed forum will be held Sunday in Bangkok.

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks during an interview with foreign media at Government House in Bangkok, Dec. 7, 2013.

Thai PM Confident Military Will Not Stage Coup

Meanwhile, some members of caretaker Cabinet are calling for police to serve arrest warrant on key protest leader, former deputy prime minister Suthep Taugsuban.

"Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea (4th L) and former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary (2nd R) sit at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh June 29, 2011.

Prosecutors Seek Wide Scope in Impending Tribunal Case

Former Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan, left, and Nuon Chea, right, look on during the funeral for Khieu Ponnary, the first wife of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, in 2003, file photo.