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19 March 2013
The death of Ieng Sary, Cambodia's "Murderous Thug"
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- In November 1975, seven months after Pol Pot seized Cambodia, then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asked Thailand's representatives about Pol Pot's brother-in-law, Ieng Sary.

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17 February 2013
Cambodia: Former King Sihanouk's war of words survive his cremation
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Richard S. Ehrlich
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Former king Norodom Sihanouk was cremated on February 4, but the flames could not destroy the legacy of his words, describing how he transported weapons to Vietnam's communists to kill Americans, and promising guns...
12 July 2012
Flesh-eating fish are feeding on tourists' feet
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A pool of flesh-eating fish may conjure up painful visions of pointy-toothed piranhas, but that doesn't stop countless people offering themselves to gentler fish which hungrily suck dead skin, prompting new health...
11 May 2010
"Seh Daeng" denies leading a death squad to protect the reds
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- He boasts of killing 20 Thai communists and fondly recalls working with the CIA, but denies suspicions that he leads a death squad, involved in bombings and shootings to help the Red Shirts cripple Bangkok.
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17 March 2010
Meeting our makers: face to face with sweatshop workers who make what we buy
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Tom Over
On Monday, April 26, at Capital University, we might be willing to give the shirts off of our backs after meeting a Bangladeshi garment worker and a Pakistani who works in a factory that produces some of the balls soccer moms watch their...
11 March 2010
U.S. surveillance blimp fights harsh criticism
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An Arlington, Virginia-based company is defending its harshly criticized US $ 9.7 million sale of a helium-filled blimp, equipped with infrared thermal cameras, to Thailand's army for hunting Islamist guerrillas in...

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