Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Resiliant Cambodia battles history

DETENTE: A Thai and Cambodian soldier stand together in the Thai military camp just across the border from Cambodia near the Preah Vihear temple. Leaders of the two armies were in talks following a two-day firefight. (MICHAEL FOX/Stuff.co.nz)
18/11/09
By Michael Fox
Stuff.co.nz

Cambodia is a land of both brutality and promise.
It embodies some of the world's major social problems: inequality and unbridled growth with scant regard for human, social or environmental consequences.
It bears the scars of war, fanaticism, cruelty and what happens when the rest of the world turns a blind eye.
But it also shows remarkable resilience.

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