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...DISMISSED. CHEA SOPHARA, 51, governor of Phnom Penh credited with turning the Cambodian capital into a tourist destination, by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen; in Phnom Penh. The move comes after violent anti-Thai riots earlier this month, which sent relations between Cambodia and Thailand to their lowest level in decades. Sophara was reassigned to be ambassador to Burma...
...that never came close to happening?even though Thailand moved an aircraft carrier into position off the Cambodian coast and its special-forces troops amassed at the border. But the violence in Phnom Penh plunged bilateral relations to their lowest level in decades, damaged the images of both countries?especially Cambodia's?and reignited the simmering resentment that Thais and Cambodians have felt for each other for centuries...
...spark was lit when several Cambodian newspapers misquoted Thai TV soap star Suvanant Kongying as saying Cambodians were "like worms" and that she would only visit the country if Angkor Wat were returned to Thailand. Built between the 9th and 13th centuries, Angkor Wat is the heart of Khmer culture and identity?and a persistent snarling point between the two countries. That the temple complex has come under Thai control three times since the 15th century, most recently during World War II, riles Cambodians. To this day, they claim, Thais still covet the temple. Thais, for their part, take umbrage...
...Cambodian officials soon determined that Suvanant had never uttered the incendiary remarks. That didn't placate Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Cambodian politicians have long played to Khmer nationalism, and on Jan. 27, Hun Sen, facing general elections this summer, legitimized the rumors by calling Suvanant "Thief Star" and declaring at a ceremony outside Phnom Penh that the "Thief Star is not even equal to a patch of grass around Angkor Wat." Two days later, fictitious rumors that Thais were killing Cambodians in Bangkok inflamed the Phnom Penh...
...DEPORTED. PAUL FRANCIS GADD, a.k.a. GARY GLITTER, 58, 1970s British glam rocker, after his December detention on unspecified charges; from Phnom Penh. In 1999, Glitter was convicted in Britain of downloading child pornography. Last summer, the Cambodian authorities asked Glitter to leave the country after he was found living with a young girl...