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Fake, faulty malaria drugs alarmingly common, study finds
World NowMore than one-third of malaria medicines tested in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were fake or faulty, according to a new study that warns shoddy drugs could fuel the rise of hardier parasites.... -
Obama awards Vietnam War-era rifleman a posthumous Medal of Honor
This post has been corrected. Please see note at bottom for details.President Obama awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor to a Vietnam-era warrior Wednesday, commemorating his bravery as well as a generation of veterans often forgotten, even shunned, by the nation they served. Obama presented the medal to the widow of...Tags: Jill Biden, Joe Biden, Wars and Interventions, Michelle Obama, Awards and Prizes
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Not Just for Kids: 'Never Fall Down' details horrors of Khmer Rouge
Los Angeles TimesNever Fall Down A Novel Patricia McCormick Balzer + Bray: 224 pp., $17.99, ages 14 and up When it comes to genocide, Hitler is obviously well covered. There are countless titles for young readers about the atrocities he inspired. The Khmer Rouge,...Tags: Dave Eggers, Politics, Hate Crimes, Lakes and Ponds, Human Rights
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On Sunday: Alain Mabanckou, Jonathan Franzen and lumber as history
Jacket CopyIn Sunday books: a talk with UCLA author Alain Mabanckou, plus reviews of the latest by Jonathan Franzen, lumber as history and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's letters and diaries.... -
Filmmakers 'appalled' by process in White House video contest
Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano were excited when they heard about the White House video contest on issues affecting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. They spent two weeks putting together a three-minute film on the plight of Cambodian deportees,...Tags: Politics, Deportation, International Law, Extradition, Movies
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Cambodia's looted treasures
During the Cambodian civil war from 1970 to 1998, the Khmer Rouge and other paramilitary groups began decimating that country's ancient sites in search of treasures to sell on the international art market. Along with arms dealing and drug smuggling, the...
Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Auction Service, Archaeology
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Southeast Asian sweets add variety to life
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFresh mango glistening the brilliant orange of a late-summer sun, glutinous rice balls glowing a radiant pandan green, tender taro cakes blooming the same piercing purple as a field of lilacs. Bhan Kanom Thai is a rainbow rush of colors. The Hollywood...Tags: Vientiane (Laos), Dining and Drinking, Yams, Bangkok (Thailand), Indonesia
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Feds vs. Sotheby's: Antiquity looted in Cambodia, complaint says
Federal agents have threatened to seize from Sotheby's a 10th-century Cambodian sandstone statue, alleging the auction house planned to sell it despite warnings that looters had stolen the piece from its rightful place, adorning an ancient temple in the...
Tags: Auction Service, Theft, Arts, Arts and Culture, Sculpture
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Sundance: Critic Kenneth Turan spies some films to watch
24 Frames‘Robot and Frank,’ starring Frank Langella, and the documentary ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ are among the titles to keep an eye on as Sundance gets set to open.... -
Khmer Rouge jailer loses appeal, gets life term
World NowCambodia Khmer Rouge Jail Life: Cambodian Judge Denies Khmer Rouge Jailer Appeal, extends jail sentence to life.... -
Around the world in 23 days
Phileas Fogg went around the world in 80 days. I did it in 23. And I bet I visited more amazing sites than he — India's Taj Mahal, Easter Island, Tibet, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the African plains, to name a few — all without having to endure...Tags: Celebration, Companies and Corporations, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Mechanicsville (Lehigh, Pennsylvania)
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Critic's Choice: Southeast Asian noodle restaurants
Southern California's one big bowl of noodles for anyone who loves Southeast Asia's many incarnations. And we're not just talking about pho and pad Thai. Look to the Central Vietnamese restaurants of Westminster for your fix of mi quang, neon-yellow...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Cilantro, Salads, Foods and Beverages, Restaurants
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