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Travelife

November 30th, 2006

There is a road, there is a destination.
“A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I cannot deny myself to be without being impious) will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.” — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cambodia: Somaly Mam awarded Women of the Year

November 13th, 2006

Somaly Mam works hard. She works hard to cope with her past. In her childhood, she experienced rape, torture, and violence. With her husband Pierre Legros, she founded the AFESIP (Agir pour les Femmes en Situation Précaire) NGO in 1997 in Cambodia where trafficking in persons is one of the most serious issues. In October [...]

Pno Klem Chan Krisna

November 7th, 2006

Pno Klem Chan Krisna or the tomb of Klem Chan Krisna is a fictional short story written by Penn Setharin, a lecturer of Obirin university in Tokyo. The novel was published in electronic version in February 2003. Living in Japan, she has worked there as a teacher of Khmer language and Asian literature, as a [...]