DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia gives $9,000 for winning a gold medal from upcoming 26th SEA Game in Indonesia” plus 9 more

DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia gives $9,000 for winning a gold medal from upcoming 26th SEA Game in Indonesia” plus 9 more

Cambodia gives $9,000 for winning a gold medal from upcoming 26th SEA Game in Indonesia

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 07:07 AM PDT

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PEHN, August 18, 2011-The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) announced on Thursday that it will give $ 9,000 to an athlete who win a gold medal from the upcoming 26th SEA Game in Indonesia late this year.

Thong Khon, tourism minister and president of NOCC said: "the government will offer $6,000 and other $3000 from Naga World Casino," "Cambodian athletes will get more medals from these international competitions" he said after the agreement of MOU with Naga World.

Cambodia will send 230 athletes for the upcoming 26th sea game for 2011 in Indonesia with 20 types of sport fields.  Cambodia also will give the same money for 27th Sea Game in Burma 2012.   Cambodia won 3 golden medals from 2010 in Laos.

Cambodia PM ask help from US and Australia on wreckage from unmanned terrorism plane

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 06:41 AM PDT

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, August 18, 2011-Cambodian PM Hun Sen on Thursday appealed to the United States and Australian government to offer help analysis on the wreckage from unmanned plane after Cambodian armed force found it in Preah Vihear province, where Cambodian and Thai troops has confronted since 2008.

"We have not accused Thai troops of using this unmanned plane in aim of terrorism acts at the area," PM Hun Sen said in the closing ceremony of second mandate for sub-national level at home affairs ministry.

"This could be a testing from terrorism group, "he added. "So, we need the help from USA and Australia to conduct an analysis on this plane. Cambodia also found the black box of machine of plane and the country could not convert the data from the box. "Next time, the terrorist group could do anywhere" he stresses.

21 insurgents killed, 44 detained in Afghanistan: statement

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:52 AM PDT

KABUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police, backed by army and NATO-led forces, have eliminated 21 insurgents and detained 44 others throughout the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

"Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with army and Coalition Forces launched 16 joint and independent operations over the past 24 hours in the Kabul, Kunar, Nangarhar, Helmand, Paktia, Wardak and Ghazni provinces," said a statement issued by Interior Ministry here on Thursday morning.

"As a result of these operations, 21 armed insurgents were killed and 44 other armed insurgents were arrested," the statement said.

Afghan officials use the word insurgents referring for Taliban militants.

However, Taliban outfit as the major anti-government group fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan has yet to make comment.

Numerous light and heavy weapons and ammunition were also seized during the operations, the statement said.

ANP, during separate operations, also discovered and seized 11 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), seven AK-47 guns, 11 pistols and more that 140 kg of explosive materials, besides finding a handful of ammunition in Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Wardak, Ghanzi and Paktia provinces in the same period of time.

The Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since the militant group announced spring offensive from May 1 against Afghan and NATO-led troops stationed in Afghanistan.

Indonesian airline orders 12 new Russian planes to boost competition

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:51 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian airline, Sky Aviation, has announced it ordered 12 new Russian-made commercial planes in a bid to take the fleet to the county's major airlines, local media reported on Thursday.

The airline said on Wednesday that it would buy the Sukhoi Superjet 100 craft from manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company in a 380 million U.S. dollars deal.

The 100-seat aircraft, categorized as a regional explorer, has a cruising altitude of 40,000 feet and maximum speed of just below the speed of sound, making it a potential rival to the U.S. and France-made, the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

Sky Aviation director Krisman Tarigan said he hoped the airplanes would arrive as early as August next year.

With the new SSJ 100, Sky Aviation said it would open domestic routes in Kalimantan, Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua that have historically been underserved by commercial airlines with mid-sized jets.

"We are ready to use the SSJ 100 on domestic and international routes,"Krisman was quoted by the Jakarta Globe as saying. To finance the purchase, Krisman said Sky Aviation would use a Russian bank's export-import loan scheme guaranteed by the Russian government.

"At the moment, we are still in discussion with the bank helped by SCAC. It will be loaned with a special interest rate, not a commercial one," he said.

Sky Aviation, a unit of Group Petroneks Energy, is a relatively new player in the aviation industry, securing its flying permit in May 2009 from the Ministry of Transportation.

The company currently owns two nine-seat Grand Caravan airplanes, three 50-passenger Fokker 50 and two Cirrus SR 20 and SR 22, which can each carry three passengers. In addition, it also operates 10 Sky Lander airplanes, which can each accommodate 19 passengers.

Cambodia tests live rockets in Koh Kong

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:46 AM PDT

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, August 18, 2011-Cambodia has tested the live rockets in Koh Kong in the training military to strengthen spirit for armed forces, a military official said.

The military training exercise was attended by 70 trainees and they tested live rockets including B-40 and light weapons to targets and the ceremony is under witness from Mr. Bun Lit, provincial governor and Dam Dararith, deputy chief of staff of royal armed forces.

"This way will help strengthen the spirit of the soldiers, Bun Lit said, adding that he urged the trainees to pay attention on work and professional in serving the nation.

Cambodia sends two coaches to train about fencing to Manila

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, August 18, 2011- "Cambodia will send two coaches to train about fencing sport in Manila of Philippines under program of president of fencing (sword fighting) Asia," a senior sport official said.

"Cambodian coaches are supported by Dr. Celso Dayrit, president of fencing sport of Philippines," Meas Sarin, undersecretary of state for education ministry of Cambodia said. The two are Mr. Hang Chetha, Miss Chay Chansithory and they will stay in Manila from 18-30 as schedule.

"The sport is important for us and we will try to promote further as we will attend the upcoming sea game in Indonesia late this year," Sarin stresses. "We will be third place of fencing sport in 2013 and 2015 in SEA Game, he added.

Cambodia to donate rice, cash to WFP in next 5 years

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:35 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The government of Cambodia signed an agreement to donate 10,000 tons of rice and 2.3 million U.S. dollars to the United Nations World Food Program in the next five years to contribute to the body's humanitarian activities, said a joint statement on Thursday.

The agreement was signed on Wednesday evening between Finance Minister Keat Chhon and WFP representative to Cambodia Jean Pierre de Margerie.

Through the deal, the government will donate 2,000 tons of rice and 46,000 U.S. dollars to the WFP a year.

Meanwhile, Jean Pierre de Margerie expressed sincere thanks to Cambodia for its five-year generous contribution to the WFP and added the donation makes Cambodia a model country in contributing multi-year resources for improving food security.

Urgent: UN chief calls for immediate cease of all military operations in Syria

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:34 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday called for an immediate cease of all military operations and mass arrests in Syria during a phone conversation with Syrian President Bashar Assad, said a statement released late Wednesday night by his spokesperson.

Volvo recalls 447 cars in S.Korea for steering oil leak

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:32 PM PDT

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Global automaker Volvo recalled 447 passenger cars sold in South Korea due to the possible oil leakage from steering wheel hose, the transportation ministry said Thursday.

The vehicles subject to the recall are the S80 sedans with detective hoses that could lead to leakage of power steering fluid, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said in a statement.

The models produced between March 8, 2006 and May 16, 2007 will be repaired free of charge starting Friday at any Volvo service center in the nation.

U.S.-Mexico joint drug-fighting efforts to focus on training Mexican police: official

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:31 PM PDT

HOUSTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The next phase in the U.S.-Mexico joint fight against transnational drug cartels will focus on training Mexican police, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.

William Brownfield, U.S. assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs, said in the Texas border town of Laredo that local police forces, especially in northern Mexico, face the most concentrated violence and are in the most need of training.

"If we do not address these problems cooperatively today, we will be addressing them on our own front doorsteps in five years," Brownfield was quoted by local media as saying.

Under an agreement signed Wednesday by Brownfield, deputies from the sheriff's office in Webb County, Laredo, will travel to Mexico or Central American countries to help train their counterparts.

The agreement, the first of its kind the U.S. State Department has signed with a local law enforcement agency on the U.S.-Mexico border, is the latest step in the Merida Initiative.

The initiative outlines the U.S. partnership with Mexico and Central American countries in the fight against drug cartels and has committed 1.4 billion U.S. dollars since it's launch in 2008.

Mexico got 327 million U.S. dollars to train its police forces in 2009 from the U.S. State Department through the Merida Initiative, according to a April report by the Government Accountability Office, the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the U.S. Congress.

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