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Today on Global Voices

January 28th, 2006

An email from Rebecca MacKinnon
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Like holding the world in hand

January 25th, 2006

A fascinating story of a jobless and homeless American man who hitchhiked in Europe in his adulthood, now an ambassador to Cambodia, is a lesson for young people. At 20 he dropped out of colllege, became an upholsterer, and then moved on to wander in Europe. 30 years later it was completely changed.
In an article [...]

Around Cambodia with Digital Citizens

January 23rd, 2006

A blackout in the United States in 2003 made history and news headline, but not at all in Cambodia. In Stung Treng, while composing an email in a community Internet center, a development worker could not finish because the generator-powered computer was running out of gas.
In Krong Keb, Cambodia’s forgotten beach, as written in the [...]

Football: Cambodia draw with Thailand

January 23rd, 2006

Cambodia hosted a football match with a Thai team on Sunday January 2006. The evening friendly match, at newly-renovated Olympic Stadium, lively crowd of Cambodian fans welcomed national league championship team and a team from Thailand. Both sides have chances in counterattack, but failed to score goal in both first and second half. Several fans [...]

A Classmate Reunion

January 21st, 2006

Having lunch with my old classmates
Almost ten years ago I went to Beng Trabek high school, played football, and had lot of fun with them for a few years. Since then some of us went to college, some had jobs, a few started business, and the others moved on in lives. This year, once again, [...]