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Hun Sen rejects fundraising for KR trial Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will not establish a national fundraiser or solicit prominent businessmen to fund the Khmer Rouge tribunal. - The Cambodia Daily, June 9, 2005 |
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Sok An pleades to diplomats for KR funds Cambodia's senior deputy prime minister makes an urgent appeal for help funding the governments share of the Khmer Rouge tribunal budget to international donors. - The Cambodia Daily, May 31, 2005 |
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UN envoy, government trade accusations The UN human rights envoy to Cambodia accuses the government of burying its head in the sand on issues of corruption and says democracy in the country is sliding backwards. - The Cambodia Daily, April 21, 2005 |
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Montagnard Spokesman Decries Repatriation A Montagnard leader tells the UN asylum-seekers should not be sent back to Vietnam unless their protection is assured. - The Cambodia Daily, April 21, 2005 |
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Hun Sen threatens land grabbers, NGOs doubtful Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will punish and hold accountable officials who grab land from normal citizens, but NGOs say we've heard this all before. - The Cambodia Daily, April 11, 2005 |
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Government reviews presence of forestry watchdog The Cambodian government decides to launch an investigation into why outspoken environmental group Global Witness is still in the country after it was fired two years ago as the government monitor. - The Cambodia Daily, April 8, 2005 |
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Families facing eviction told development requires 'sacrifices' The Phnom Penh government tells 168 families that they will be forced to move for the good of the city's development. - The Cambodia Daily, April 3, 2005 |
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The Keeper of the Forest An environmentally minded Buddhist monk tries to create a sanctuary in the forest to protect the forest. - The Cambodia Daily Weekend edition, April 2-3, 2005 |
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Villagers say police shot to kill A blow-by-blow account of what happened during the bloody Poipet eviction. - The Cambodia Daily, March 23, 2005 |
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Police kill five Poipet villagers Heavily armed police shoot and kill villagers after being ordered to evict them from land behind a casino. - The Cambodia Daily, March 22, 2005 |
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EU debates imposing sanctions on Cambodia The European Union contemplates leveling sanctions against the country if the government does not release jailed opposition parliamentarian Cheam Channy. - The Cambodia Daily, March 14, 2005 |
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UN rights envoy slams government on all fronts The UN human rights envoy to Cambodia calls the government a 'shaky facade of democracy' and worries about Hun Sen's growing power. - The Cambodia Daily, March 8, 2005 |
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Trent Facility Officially Opening, Contractor Dispute Unresolved A local university opens a new building after months of lawsuits and other legal problems with the contractor. - The Peterborough Examiner, Oct. 2, 2004 |
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Organized Crime Looks to Pot Farms For Income A pseudo-indepth look at one of the marijuana farms that are exploding across the country. - The Peterborough Examiner, Sept. 22, 2004 |
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The Silencing of Trent Professors speak out against secrecy by board of governors at a local university. - The Peterborough Examiner, July 17, 2004 |
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Money, not health, key in meat inspections, hearing told Former Ontario meat inspectors report that political interference has turned meat inspection into an untrustworthy system more concerned with money than food safety. - The Peterborough Examiner, March 25, 2004 |
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Bomb survivor recalls deadly attack A Canadian soldier who survived a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan speaks about his experience. - The Peterborough Examiner, Feb. 18, 2004 |
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AIDS fatalities make "Business of Death" lucrative In Zimbabwe, where dozens of other industries are collapsing, the funeral and burial sector is booming. - The Standard, Nov. 2, 2003 |
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Virginity tests return to fight HIV/AIDS The traditional virginity tests is being resurrected by traditional leaders throughout the country as a way to fight HIV/AIDS. However, women's rights questions are raised in the process. - The Standard, Oct. 26, 2003 |
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Graft alleged as Chitungwiza water problems persist Charges of corruption abound in a town council as water rate hikes of over 500 per cent leave poverty stricken citizens struggling to survive. - The Standard, Oct. 26, 2003 |
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Retrenched farm workers sink to destitution Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwean farm workers were forced to fend for themselves following the land invasions. Here a group of them tells their story. - The Standard, Oct. 19, 2003 |
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Water bills shock Chitungwiza residents Poverty stricken residents of a Harare ghetto are hit with water rate increases of 500 per cent or more. - The Standard, Oct. 19, 2003 |
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Cattle die of starvation on resettled farm The Zimbabwe SPCA investigates the deaths of hundreds of cattle on farms throughout the country. - The Standard, Oct. 12, 2003 |
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Rave scene rises from death bed An outline of Harare's struggle to regain it's reputation as one of Africa's top party meccas - The Standard, Oct. 12, 2003 |
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More than 5.5 million will need food aid, says WFP The number of Zimbabweans requiring food aid will be higher than original estimates of 5.5 million due to the country's economic crisis and severe shortages of seed and fertilizer. - The Standard, Oct. 5, 2003 |
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Patients die as drug prices hit the roof Hundreds of Zimbabweans can no longer afford to buy medicine as inflation and the high price of importing raw materials to produce drugs have doubled and tripled prices over the last two months. - The Standard, Sept. 28, 2003 |
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Mbare widows ditch handouts for peanuts A group of widows in a Harare ghetto raise money to support themselves and over 100 orphans by making and selling peanut butter. - The Standard, Sept. 21, 2003 |
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Zimbabwe gays soldier on Gay Zimbabweans relate their experiences at living in a culture that does not acknowledge their existence. - The Standard, Sept. 14, 2003 |
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A system in crisis Desperate voices of the beleaguered South African health care system - The Mail & Guardian, June 28, 2003 |
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Questions of death (PDF file) Flesh-eating disease kills a woman and her family tries to find some answers - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Oct. 18, 2002 |
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Nurses need voluntary addiction treatment program, inquest told The results of an inquest into the suicides of a drug addicted nurse and her lover - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Sept. 26, 2002 |
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Doctors' college recommend addictions be reportable Doctors testify at an inquest into the suicides of a drug addicted nurse and her lover - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Sept. 16, 2002 |
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Local police blast pot study Law enforcement reactions to a Senate-committee recommendation to decriminalize marijuana - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Sept. 8, 2002 |
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Drug unit brings down rural pot house Vietnamese marijuana 'grow houses' move out of the confines of the city and into the country. - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Sept. 5, 2002 |
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High-risk sex offender moves into county (PDF file) In an exclusive interview, a repeat child sex offender tells the community why he won't offend again. - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Aug. 15, 2002 |
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Alive and fighting (PDF file) In an exclusive interview, a Colombian trade activist his escape to Canada to avoid assassination - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, July 19, 2002 |
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'She's a fighter' (PDF file) A handicapped three-year-old girl's near-death fight with meningococcal disease - Woodstock Sentinel-Review, July 11, 2002 |
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Sugar bush bandits hunted: shot fired Small story about an attempted robbery of a maple sugar bush - Ottawa Citizen, April 3, 2002 |
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Police can't keep up with 'grow' houses Police say they are losing the battle against Vietnamese marijuana 'grow houses' - Ottawa Citizen, April 1, 2002 |
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Protesters plan return to Ottawa Despite a change of venue, protesters still planned on marching on Canada's capital to protest the Kananaskis G8 summit - Ottawa Citizen, March 30, 2002 |
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Police kill man in highway gunfight A Hells Angel wanna-be is killed in a gunfight with police (I was the only one to get the cop's name - or any name for that matter) - Ottawa Citizen, March 11, 2002 |
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Former students sue Algonquin 12 students sue the college for failing to deliver quality of education. (I was still attending Algonquin when I wrote this story.) - Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 16, 2002 |
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Orleans man entertains as 'Weekend Fisherman' - The Orleans Star, 1998 (yup, one of the first) |