Police in riot gear have clashed with garment factory workers on strike in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

Some of the workers, who were striking over the suspension of a union official, say police used electric batons on them.

The Free Trade Union said some of its members were injured in the scuffles - and that laws guaranteeing the right to industrial action were broken.

CNN's Dan Rivers reports on the atrocities committed under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime.

PHNOM PENH , Cambodia — A United Nations-backed court found the commandant of the central Khmer Rouge prison and torture house guilty on Monday of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sent him back to prison for a total of 19 years.

The commandant, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, was the first major Khmer Rouge figure convicted in connection with the deaths of 1.7 million people from 1975 to 1979.

Efficient and ruthless, Duch, 67, oversaw the ... Read More

Note: This letter was written a day before I was told by my wife that she is no longer wanted to be with me; it was a wise decision on her part; she's an extraordinary woman and an exceptional mother, but I failed to notice those qualities in her until it was too late. I didn't even have the chance to present this letter to her.

Learn from it, from my situation before it becomes yours.

To all the husbands out there: pay attention to your wife; no one and ... Read More

Menu for Upbeat Life

Author: Sojean Peou

Just like set menus from restaurants wherein different kinds of foods are served - from appetizers, to main dishes, to desserts - life also has its menu for an upbeat life. Different people have their own individual menu that makes them cheerful and optimistic. Find out what they are; they may help to keep your life meaningful, enjoyable, inspiring, and interesting. Consider the foll ... Read More