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35 years of prison time for Kaeng Kek Iev - better known as Duch - is strange.  Iev, a prison chief in Cambodia's notorious torture prison S-21 during the reign of the Khmer Rouge, is responsible for the violent and untimely death of about 14000 people.  

He is the first person ever to stand trial and receive verdict for his crimes during the genocide in 1975-79.

For 60 år siden brøt krigen løs i Korea. Bare fem år etter verdenskrigens slutt ble den kalde krigens trusler til virkelighet. Katastrofen var enorm, landets ødeleggelse total, våpenhvilen er aldri avløst av en fredsavtale, og sårene etter krigen er ennå ikke leget. Etter krigen ble Korea offer for verdens fortsatte ideologiske deling. Da Sovjetunionen brøt sammen, Tyskland og Europa atter ble samlet, og Kina åpnet for markedsøkonomien, fastholdt de koreanske statene status quo. Sør-Korea er i

On the 25^th of June 2010 the Nordic-Chinese Energy and Climate Day will take place at the Shanghai World Expo. Key stakeholders from the Nordic and Chinese energy research sectors will gather to network and exchange ideas. Speakers and guests include Ministers and high ranking government officials as well as notable business leaders and researchers. The event will focus on how greater Chinese-Nordic cooperation and interaction can contribute to the development and deployment of clean energy and climate technologies. To signify the very

Burma/Myanmar is a very ethnically diverse country, with ethnic minorities comprising about 40 percent of its estimated 56 million population. Burma has been afflicted by ethnic conflict and civil war since independence in 1948, exposing it to one of the longest running armed conflicts in the world. Ethnic minorities have long felt marginalised and discriminated against. The situation worsened after the military coup in 1962, when minority rights were further curtailed. The military government, which now calls itself the State Peace and

By

Sudhanshu Rai  8^th June 2010

What just happened in Thailand? Was Thailand not supposed to be a peaceful vacation paradise with perfect beaches and charming smiles? Didn't we just spend a couple of leisurely lazy days looking at stunning temples and eating delicious street food from the stalls with not a care in the world? (Yes, we did. In 2009, about 11 million foreigners visited Thailand.)

by Mikael Weissmann and Linus Hagström, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Timo Kivimäki,
Professor of Asian Security, University of Copenhagen

By Stig Toft Madsen

April 23, 2010

The Ananda Marga - the Path of Bliss - was founded in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar as a socio-spiritual organization. In 1959, Sarkar added the political wing, known as Proutist Universal, where PROUT stands for Progressive Utilization Theory.

When something happens once it is an accident, twice a coincidence, and a third time a pattern (Scott Radnitz[1])

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