The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia's dark recent history to be transformed into a tourist spot.
In a controversial move that underlines the increasing allure of the country's genocidal history and the importance of tourists to Cambodia's coffers, the government has decided to "preserve and develop" Anlong Veng. The jungle town in the far north of the country was the last stronghold of the rebel movement responsible for the deaths of up to 2 million people. In a statement, the authorities in Phnom Penh said the town will be transformed into a "historic tourism site for national and international guests to visit and understand the last political leadership of the genocidal regime".
Making money off of a War Criminal
Rural Internet
India is to embark on an ambitious scheme to provide all its 630,000 villages, no matter how remote, with broadband internet access.
The plan is to use the internet to improve education and health services in areas blighted by poverty and to help to bridge the cultural chasms that still separate India’s regions and castes. It would also enable the country’s outsourcing businesses, clustered in cities such as Bangalore, to serve Western clients from the most isolated hamlets.
The government-run scheme will focus initially on the northeast, an area in the grip of several insurgent battles, as well as the poorest tribal and border regions, which often lack reliable mobile telephone coverage, let alone the internet.
Bringing information and education to those most in need
Out smarted
The government intends to impose rules on Internet users, but these attempts could be rendered irrelevant as the Web goes mobile.
Since last year, Korean users have been required to make verifiable real-name registrations when leaving comments or posting files on Web sites with more than 100,000 daily visitors, as part of the government's steps to curb cyber-bullying and libelous claims on the Internet.
However, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) is finding it difficult to enforce the same regulations on the mobile Internet, which looks to be on the verge of exploding due to the popularity of the Apple iPhone and other smartphone models.
By the Smartphone
Who needs a Tropical Paradise?
For someone who has become accustomed to the convenience of the omnipresent vending machine in Japan, trying to get something to drink after the cafes and supermarkets have closed in France can be a nightmare.
Most likely you will find yourself giving up the search thirstier than when you started.
The reason being there are no vending machines on the streets. If one were to set up a vending machine, chances are that before serving anyone, the device would soon be destroyed and the merchandise inside stolen, I am told.
When you can have Vending Machine Paradise
Uh that Smell
An intensive care paramedic and three ambulance crews met a Jetstar flight on arrival in Queensland this morning after six passengers fell ill on board.
Ambulance officers assessed the passengers, who complained of nausea and headaches, during the Brisbane-to-Mackay flight.
Four cabin crew were also checked after they reported feeling off-colour.
Flight JQ882, with 182 passengers on aboard, landed after 8am this morning.
Can't you Smell that Smell
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