Top Ten events in cambodia
1. An opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, is sentenced to ten years of prison for changing a map to make it look like Vietnam was taking land from Cambodia. (2010) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
2. Two Thai citizens are charged for spying and were arrested after they crossed the border. Hun Sen called for UN peacekeepers after there was an exchange of fire across the border (2011) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
3. In April of 2012 Chut Wutty, an opinionated environmental activist, was shot dead in a confrontation with the police. This happened while he was traveling through a vulnerable forested area. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
4. The Cambodian king Norodom Sinhanouk passed away at age 89 from a heart attack. Several thousands of people came for the king’s cremation a few months after his death. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
5. Over 150,000 Cambodian workers came back home from Thailand after hearing a rumor that a new military junta there would be more strict on the illegal migrants. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
6. USAID has implemented basic health care information to the people of Cambodia and the general health there has increased. More women are having babies in hospitals and major diseases are declining. http://www.usaid.gov/cambodia/speeches/dec-20-2013-remarks-usaid-cambodia-mission-director-rebecca-black-health-project-close
7. In 2010 a ceremony was held by the villagers to protect the children by pleasing to spirits. The wine that was served there was tainted with wine which caused 20 people to be hospitalized and 14 deaths. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
8. A festival in 2010 celebrating the end of a rainy season left about 350 people dead after a stampede of the thousands of people going to the festival. People tried to flee over a narrow bridge in the capital of Phnom Penh. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
9. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered to push for an independent investigation into the election that occurred in July of 2013. Cambodia police came to disperse these demonstrators by the use of teargas, smoke grenades and water cannon. In the end on person was shot dead. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
10. A flooding occurred in July of 2014 where about 45 people died. Around 11,500 families were forced to leave their homes due to flash floods that occurred along the Mekong River. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
2. Two Thai citizens are charged for spying and were arrested after they crossed the border. Hun Sen called for UN peacekeepers after there was an exchange of fire across the border (2011) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
3. In April of 2012 Chut Wutty, an opinionated environmental activist, was shot dead in a confrontation with the police. This happened while he was traveling through a vulnerable forested area. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
4. The Cambodian king Norodom Sinhanouk passed away at age 89 from a heart attack. Several thousands of people came for the king’s cremation a few months after his death. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
5. Over 150,000 Cambodian workers came back home from Thailand after hearing a rumor that a new military junta there would be more strict on the illegal migrants. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
6. USAID has implemented basic health care information to the people of Cambodia and the general health there has increased. More women are having babies in hospitals and major diseases are declining. http://www.usaid.gov/cambodia/speeches/dec-20-2013-remarks-usaid-cambodia-mission-director-rebecca-black-health-project-close
7. In 2010 a ceremony was held by the villagers to protect the children by pleasing to spirits. The wine that was served there was tainted with wine which caused 20 people to be hospitalized and 14 deaths. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
8. A festival in 2010 celebrating the end of a rainy season left about 350 people dead after a stampede of the thousands of people going to the festival. People tried to flee over a narrow bridge in the capital of Phnom Penh. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
9. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered to push for an independent investigation into the election that occurred in July of 2013. Cambodia police came to disperse these demonstrators by the use of teargas, smoke grenades and water cannon. In the end on person was shot dead. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML
10. A flooding occurred in July of 2014 where about 45 people died. Around 11,500 families were forced to leave their homes due to flash floods that occurred along the Mekong River. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/CAMBODIA.HTML