Anti-Corruption Unit Sworn In as Investigators

Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh Tuesday, 31 August 2010 Photo: AP The Anti-Corruption Unit was formed under a new anti-graft law, which administration officials have touted as an attack on corruption, but which critics say lacks the teeth to tackle the widespread problem. “We will implement our profession as judicial police with dignity, conscience, loyalty, honest, humanity, independence, with respect for the constitution and the laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia forever.” Fourteen members of Cambodia's nascent Anti-Corruption Unit were sworn in Tuesday, vowing to use their full legal rights to investigate the country's graft problem. Members include...

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Are You In Love With Your Job?

12 Dream Jobs To Fall For Are You In Love With Your Job? Jobs To Fall For... 12 great-paying jobs that could trigger love at first sight. By Cherise Asato Have you been looking for career love in all the wrong places? If you haven't yet found the job that makes your heart go all aflutter, it's not too late. We've compiled a list of jobs that can help you make a love-match when it comes to your career. Just find what you love, and see two hot career options for you. What You Love: Freedom Job Option 1: Physical therapist assistant jobs are great for people who need a non-traditional schedule. In this position, you'll likely be able to work weekends and evenings, as patients may not be able to come in during regular "9-to-5" hours....

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Christian faith plus Chinese productivity

The employees work under the customary symbols of the atheist Communist state At first glance, it looks as though it could be any other factory driving the rapid development of the Chinese economy. But this is no ordinary enterprise because here religious faith is as important as profit. In fact, the owner of the Boteli Valve Group in Wenzhou would like to see all his staff convert to Christianity. And such a factory is not a one-off: it is part of a growing number of businesses run by Christian entrepreneurs in one of China's key enterprise zones, whose success is now being studied by the Chinese government. As he shows me the production...

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Hong Kong transplant first

A Hong Kong hospital has completed the city's first combined heart and liver transplant in a 20-hour operation involving almost 70 medical staff. An unidentified 27-year-old woman received the organs from a brain-dead donor, while giving her own failing but still usable liver to a 62-year-old man with liver cancer, a Queen Mary Hospital spokeswoman said. The operation, on Friday, was deemed a success and both patients were in a "satisfactory condition", she said. ...

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Aston Villa 2 - 3 Rapid Vienna (agg 3 - 4)

A disconsolate Aston Villa contemplate defeat By Les Roopanarine For the second time in two seasons, Aston Villa's Europa League ambitions were snuffed out by a second-half fightback from Rapid Vienna.Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa the early advantage with a clinical finish. Vienna hit back through Atdhe Nuhiu, but Emile Heskey restored Villa's lead after a Stiliyan Petrov penalty miss. Villa were to have the edge for barely a minute, though, Mario Sonnleitner heading Vienna...

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Artificial cornea 'may help restore sight'

In this image released by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Dr. May Griffith displays a biosynthetic cornea that can be implanted into the eye to repair damage and restore sight. Photo / AP Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye that coaxes its own natural corneal cells to regrow and restore vision. It worked in a first-stage study of 10 patients in Sweden, researchers reported earlier this week. And while larger studies are needed, it is a step toward developing an alternative to standard cornea transplants that aren't available in much of the world because of a shortage of donated corneas. "We're trying to regenerate the cornea from within," said Dr. May...

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Google Launches a Page for Improved Real-Time Search

photo: WN / Rubielyn BunagGoogle announced today that it has created a separate page for its real-time search feature, where users can view the most up-to-date search results from services like Facebook and (mostly) Twitter. More News From VentureBeat Playboy Unwraps Its Online Game Plans With Bigpoint Wannabe Angels: Watch the Video of Every Speech From AngelConf Google Loses Its Games Evangelist After Just Four Months Digital Chocolate Claims in Zynga Lawsuit It Owns Mafia Wars Name CollegeOnly Just Misses Scoop on College Student Social Networks The company first added real-time results to its search engine in December, but without a page of their own, the results... OA_show('openx_ad_0') document.write('');...

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Leaving Montreal Together

After spending some time together in Montreal, Canada, the rumored lovers were snapped at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Friday afternoon, August 17, heading to L.A. © /WENN Long rumored lovers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have ended their long weekend in Montreal, Canada where Kristen was filming "On the Road". In a newly-outed video, Robert was seen coming out from a black car at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, August 17.While Robert walked along with a male pal, Kristen had already walked ahead of them. When making her way to catch a departing flight, Kristen stumbled as she tried to walk as fast as...

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Paz Vega Leaves Hospital With Newly-Born Son

The 34-year-old actress looked happy as she left a hospital in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, August 18, while carrying her baby with her husband by her side. "Spanglish" star Paz Vega shared her biggest smile as she carried her newly-born son, Lenon, outside a hospital in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, August 18. Donning a pink loose-fitting mini dress, Vega protected her baby in a white blanket, while her husband Orson Salazar walked by her side.Vega gave birth to the bundle of joy, who weighed 2.750 kilograms (6.05 pounds), on Friday, August 13. According to Associated Press, the 34-year-old beauty was due to give birth in September but underwent a Caesarean section in a Madrid...

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Justin Bieber's Twitter Hacker Apologizes for Meddling Into His Life

Kevin Kristopik has delivered his apology to the 'Baby' hitmaker on U.S. news channel MSNBC, saying 'I'm sorry for meddling into your life but I also think he took it a little too far overboard.' © Judy Eddy/WENN A Michigan teenager who was forced to change his phone number and close down his Twitteraccount after Justin Bieber gave fans his contact details has apologized for "meddling" with the pop star's life. Kevin Kristopik insists he never meant to upset the "Baby" singer after obtaining his telephone number from a friend and texting the pop sensation directly.The stunned star decided to get his own back on the troublemaker by posting Kristopik's number on his...

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5-Year-Old Fan's Mother: Justin Bieber 'Was So Rude' to My Daughter

Ashley, a mother of Bieber's fan Emily, says the star refused to sign her daughter an autograph when he was riding his dirt bike around, mentioning that he shot back at Emily, 'It's my day off.' © Frank Dicks/WENN Justin Bieber has been widely known for his love for his fans. Unfortunately, a mother of one of Bieber's devotees might not think the same way after her little girl was made disappointed by the 16-year-old YouTubesensation, who refused to sign her daughter an autograph.According to Star Magazine, Bieber was approached for an autograph by 5-year-old fan Emily Cason when he was riding his dirt bike around Georgia'sDurhamtown Plantation resort on Tuesday,...

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Video: Justin Bieber Hit With Water Bottle on Stage

The incident happened during a Jingle Ball concert last year after the 'Baby' hitmaker declared his love for fans. Justin Bieber might be adored by teens in United Statesand across the pond, but he apparently couldn't win the heart of certain people. During a concert last year when he was rising to become a worldwide idol, he got clocked in the face with a water bottle.It happened when he took the stage at E107.9's Jingle Ball concert in December. He told the crowd that he loves them but suddenly a bottle filled with water was thrown at him. "Ow! Thatdidn't feel good," he said while fixing his hair. "I don't know why she just threw that at me." Despite the incident, he managed to keep his...

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Charlie Sheen's wife 'feared for her life'

The Christmas Day incident in Aspen was widely reported The wife of actor Charlie Sheen feared for her life during a Christmas Day argument that escalated into violence, a newly released police report states. The report also contains details of an alleged assault that took place two months before the December attack. During the unreported incident, Brooke Mueller claimed Sheen threw her to the ground "like a rag doll". Last week Sheen, 44, was sentenced to 30 days at a rehabilitation centre after pleading guilty to assault. The Wall Street star was put on probation for three months and told to undergo 36 hours of anger management....

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Injured Usain Bolt to miss the rest of 2010 season

Tyson Gay beats Usain Bolt in the 100m in Stockholm Sprint superstar Usain Bolt has ruled out competing for the rest of 2010 after suffering a back injury.The 23-year-old suffered his first 100m final defeat in two years when he was easily beaten by Tyson Gay on 6 August at Stockholm's Diamond League meeting. "2011 and 2012 are very important championship years and I hope to be back fully fit and healthy," said Bolt, after a medical examination in Germany. Bolt will miss the remaining Diamond League meetings in Zurich and Brussels. "I am very disappointed to miss two of the top meetings on the circuit, but trust that it is better for me not to take any risks this year," said the Olympic and World champion....

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China landslide: More than 700 people confirmed dead

The BBC's Chris Hogg decribes the devastation in Gansu province More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China - making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade. A frantic search is continuing for the more than 1,000 people still missing. Buildings were hit by a wall of mud so mighty that buildings seven storeys high crumpled like paper, says the BBC's Chris Hogg, in Gansu province. He says rescuers are searching by hand in the remote, mountainous region. A 52-year-old man was pulled alive from the rubble more than 50 hours after the disaster, and other rescue teams say they have heard...

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