Sy Sar, subject of a dramatic documentary, was plucked from Cambodia by an American patron who turned him into an international ballet star. His journey, he tells Neil Norman, was sometimes painful - and always emotional... more
International Development Secretary rejects claims that the Government is putting Britain's security concerns ahead of aid priorities by trimming the number of countries which receive UK assistance... more
Cambodia calls for the UN to help end the fighting on its border with Thailand, where artillery fire echoes once more at an 11th-century temple... more
Cambodia's prime minister says festival stampede which killed at least 349 people is the country's biggest tragedy since the Seventies reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge... more
Queenco Leisure, the hotel and casino operator, signs a joint-venture deal with Paradise Investment to open a hotel, casino, restaurant and karaoke premises in Cambodia... more
Watching President Obama addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, I was reminded continuously of the early Seventies and the American withdrawal from Vietnam... more
Cricket legend Imran Khan lambasted David Cameron today over his criticism of Pakistan, and warned that his remarks would radicalise more young Muslims against the West... more
Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, died last week alone in a rat-infested Los Angeles mansion. Hers is a cautionary tale of a pointless hunt for fame... more
The chief of a notorious torture centre appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal for the start of the first trial over the deaths of an estimated 1.7million people at the hands of the Khmer Rouge regime... more
Edible tarantulas are on sale in Selfridges where customers are being offered the chance to put themselves through their own DIY bushtucker trial... more
With the threat of deflation hanging over an economy edging into recession and job losses set to soar, experts say hundreds of thousands of homes in the capital could be repossessed by 2010... more
Weyreap's Battle is a strange danced-opera with evil giants and monkey soldiers, masks and magic, plus dancing sea horses and carousing langoustine.
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Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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