4 Cambodian karaoke workers killed by fire in their room

September 18th, 2009 WARSAW - Twelve miners were killed and some 16 were hospitalised with burns after a fire in the KWK Wujek Slask coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday. Fifteen miners were seriously injured, TVN 24news broadcaster reported.

September 18th, 2009 WARSAW - Seven miners were killed and about 30 suffered burns in a fire in the Wujek coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday. Rescuers were attempting to save one miner who remained underground after the accident in the country's coal-rich Silesia region.

September 7th, 2009 Cambodian PM opposes more Khmer Rouge arrestsPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen renewed his criticism of the country's U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal Monday, warning that arresting more suspects could spark civil war. Hun Sen spoke in response to last week's ruling by the tribunal allowing prosecutors to pursue further arrests.

August 12th, 2009 Khmer Rouge official asks for harsh punishmentPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The chief of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center, being tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal on genocide charges, asked the Cambodian people Wednesday to give him "the harshest punishment." The statement from Kaing Guek Eav, who headed the notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, came as a widow wept before the court, demanding justice for the death of her husband and four children during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror. "I accept the regret, the sorrow and the suffering of the million Cambodian people who lost their husbands and wives," the defendant told the tribunal.

August 11th, 2009 Millicom to sell Cambodian operationsNEW YORK — Luxembourg-based wireless service provider Millicom International Cellular SA said Tuesday it agreed to sell its Cambodian operations to the Royal Group, its partner in Cambodia, for $346 million. This transaction comprises Millicom's 58.4 percent holdings in CamGSM, Royal Telecam International and Cambodia Broadcasting Services, the company said.

August 11th, 2009 6 found dead after coal mine blastBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Six Slovaks have died and another 14 are believed to have been killed by a fire and explosion in a coal mine. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek says rescue workers have found six bodies of a total of 20 workers who were trapped underground after a fire and explosion hit the coal mine in central Slovakia on Monday.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three children of a family, including a one-and-half-month-old girl, were burnt to death and their two siblings and mother suffered critical burns when their one-room house in northwest Delhi caught fire, police said Monday. The deceased were identified as Shivani, 10, two-year-old Rajrani, and 45-day-old Dabi.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four labourers were burnt to death Wednesday when the footwear factory they worked in was gutted in west Delhi, police said. Two men were working and five were sleeping in the factory in Sultanpur area at 4.30 a.m.

July 6th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Parent-Teacher Association of a secondary school in Malaysia is seeking the help of authorities to investigate claims that the school principal held karaoke sessions with female students at the girls' hostel. According to SM Tok Janggut Parent-Teacher Association chairman Datuk Mohd Jelani Jaafar, they had received numerous complaints on the matter, and some of them were from the teachers themselves.

June 6th, 2009 Official: 27 children die in Mexico day care fireMEXICO CITY — A Mexican official says at least 27 children have been killed in a fire that spread from a warehouse to a day care in the northern city of Hermosillo. Prosecutors spokesman Jose Larrinaga told the Televisa television network that dozens more have been hospitalized.

June 5th, 2009 CHENGDU - At least 24 people were killed when a bus caught fire Friday morning in the city of Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province, officials said. The accident took place at 8 a.m.

June 3rd, 2009 NALAGARH - Five people, including two fire brigade personnel, were killed in a fire that broke out in a factory in this Himachal Pradesh town Wednesday, police said. At least four workers of the factory, which made electrical appliances, were missing and a police officer feared that if they were trapped inside the premises they would be dead.

May 1st, 2009 Japan donates $4 million to Khmer Rouge tribunalPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Japan has donated $4.17 million to the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal trying former Khmer Rouge leaders on war crimes charges, just as the troubled court was running out of funding, a court official said Friday. The money will be used to offset a salary shortfall for 251 court staffers until at least the end of the year, tribunal spokesman Reach Sambath said.

April 23rd, 2009 14 soldiers killed fighting forest fire in NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — Officials says 14 soldiers have been killed while trying to put out a forest fire in a village in Nepal's mountainous northeast. Government administrator Jitendra Bhandari says 150 soldiers have been fighting the fire since Wednesday.

April 2nd, 2009 PHNOM PENH - Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has apologised to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen over misunderstanding caused by a word he used to describe the premier, according to a letter received here Thursday. The Thai foreign minister had used the word 'Nak Leng', which he said meant lion-hearted and courageous but Tuesday the Cambodian premier had lashed out at the minister for calling him a 'gangster'.